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Hejaz Railway Museum
Museum in Medina, Saudi Arabia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Hejaz Railway Museum (Arabic: متحف سكة الحجاز, Hejazi Arabic pronunciation: [mat.ħaf sɪk.kat al.ħɪ.dʒaːz]) in Medina is a railway museum that was opened in 2006.[1] It is on the grounds of the restored historic Ottoman railway station at Medina, locally called استسيون "Istasyōn" (Hejazi Arabic pronunciation: [ɪs.tas.ˈjoːn]), including a stretch of the historic track and a train shed<ref>Pictures of the shed restoration among others at the with originally four tracks. There are several engines and pieces of rolling stock on display, some of which were transported to the museum from other places along the historic Hejaz railway line. At least one engine has been restored enough so it could be operational on the museum tracks. It is, along with the old train station at Mada'in Saleh, one of two museums in Saudi Arabia dedicated to the Hejaz railway.
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