The Bulawayo Railway Museum
These pages are maintained for the Friends of the Bulawayo Railway Museum
The museum is situated behind the Bulawayo Railway Station, in the
Raylton suburb of Bulawayo in western Zimbabwe. Access is possible via
the pedestrian footbridge at the station. The museum is located in an
area that was previously a workshop used in the maintenance of
refrigeration wagons.

Opened in 1972, the Museum displays a wealth of small exhibits and
models as well as steam and diesel electric locomotives.

The Museum is owned by the National Railways of Zimbabwe and is
managed by the NRZ Historical Committee, made up of railwaymen from
various departments.
The wall of remembrance
The Friends of the Bulawayo Railway Museum

A support group comprising both local and overseas members, known as the Friends of
the Bulawayo Railway Museum, supports the Committee.
If you have enjoyed these pages your support would be welcomed.

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Without them, these pages would not exist
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This includes all
photographs, text, line
drawings and artwork.
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Display of Royal Train china
Exhibits

Nearly all of the main exhibits within the
museum, and many preserved
elsewhere, are featured here.


To the exhibits.....
The museum on the Net
For Sale

Fund raising is a big part of the Friends of
the Bulawayo Railway Museum's
activities. Please support them when you
can.

To the shop
The shop on the Net
History

There can be no museum without history,
this page will give a brief overview of the
National Railways of Zimbabwe and its
predecessors.

To the past
History of a railway on the Net
Geoff's Trains Limited
69 Pitt Street, Kidderminster
Worcestershire, DY10 2UN,
England
Phone & Fax: 44 (0)1562632000
email
Newsletters

The Friends of the Bulawayo Railway
Museum issues a quarterly newsletter.

From Volume 8, the newsletter has been
distributed electronically.

Find back copies here
Museum news
These pages are still
being developed
If some of the pages seem to be
incomplete, they probably are.

If there seem to be pages
missing, I am probably getting
around to them.

If you would like to comment on
the content or offer text and
photographs for consideration ,
I would love to hear from you.
The Museum before it opened in 1972
Kindred spirits

There are other railway museums in
Africa. Click here to find their websites

Nairobi, Kenya
More African railway museums
Click here
for Geoff Cooke's
Fotopic website