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The ”’Santiago Railway Museum”’ is the main Railway [[Museum]] of the city of Santiago, located on the [[Quinta Normal Park]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Museo Ferroviario de Santiago |url=https://www.registromuseoschile.cl/663/w3-article-50616.html |access-date=2025-11-09 |website=Registro de Museos de Chile |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Parque Museo Ferroviario de Santiago – EFE Trenes de Chile |url=https://www.efe.cl/efecultura/punto-de-encuentro/actividades/parque-museo-ferroviario-de-santiago/ |access-date=2025-11-09 |website=www.efe.cl}}</ref>
The ”’Santiago Railway Museum”’ is the of the city of Santiago, located on the [[Quinta Normal Park]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Museo Ferroviario de Santiago |url=https://www.registromuseoschile.cl/663/w3-article-50616.html |access-date=2025-11-09 |website=Registro de Museos de Chile |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Parque Museo Ferroviario de Santiago – EFE Trenes de Chile |url=https://www.efe.cl/efecultura/punto-de-encuentro/actividades/parque-museo-ferroviario-de-santiago/ |access-date=2025-11-09 |website=www.efe.cl}}</ref>
== History ==
== History ==
In 1980, the [[Santiago (commune)|Santiago Municipality]] and the Chilean Rail Company [[Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado|EFE]] signed an agreement to build a rail museum in the [[Quinta Normal Park]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-06-22 |title=Biblioteca y Archivo, Parque Museo ferroviario de Santiago. Recuperando el patrimonio bibliográfico y documental para la memoria ferroviaria del país. – FUNDACIÓN DHARMA CHILE |url=https://dharmachile.org/biblioteca-y-archivo-parque-museo-ferroviario-de-santiago-recuperando-el-patrimonio-bibliografico-y-documental-para-la-memoria-ferroviaria-del-pais/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250219220743/https://dharmachile.org/biblioteca-y-archivo-parque-museo-ferroviario-de-santiago-recuperando-el-patrimonio-bibliografico-y-documental-para-la-memoria-ferroviaria-del-pais/ |archive-date=2025-02-19 |access-date=2025-11-09 |work=FUNDACIÓN DHARMA CHILE |language=es-ES}}</ref> As part of the agreement, [[Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado|EFE]] ceded multiple historical [[steam locomotive]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Museo Ferroviario de Santiago |url=https://www.amigosdeltren.cl/museo-ferroviario-de-santiago |access-date=2025-11-09 |website=www.amigosdeltren.cl}}</ref> Four years later, in 1984, the museum was inaugurated to the public. The museum currently counts has 16 [[Locomotive]]s and 4 Passenger cars.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Museo Ferroviario de Santiago – Santiago Turismo |url=https://www.santiagoturismo.cl/es/parque-museo-ferroviario/ |access-date=2025-11-09 |website=www.santiagoturismo.cl}}</ref>
In 1980, the [[Santiago (commune)|Santiago Municipality]] and the Chilean Rail Company [[Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado|EFE]] signed an agreement to build a rail museum in the [[Quinta Normal Park]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-06-22 |title=Biblioteca y Archivo, Parque Museo ferroviario de Santiago. Recuperando el patrimonio bibliográfico y documental para la memoria ferroviaria del país. – FUNDACIÓN DHARMA CHILE |url=https://dharmachile.org/biblioteca-y-archivo-parque-museo-ferroviario-de-santiago-recuperando-el-patrimonio-bibliografico-y-documental-para-la-memoria-ferroviaria-del-pais/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250219220743/https://dharmachile.org/biblioteca-y-archivo-parque-museo-ferroviario-de-santiago-recuperando-el-patrimonio-bibliografico-y-documental-para-la-memoria-ferroviaria-del-pais/ |archive-date=2025-02-19 |access-date=2025-11-09 |work=FUNDACIÓN DHARMA CHILE |language=es-ES}}</ref> As part of the agreement, [[Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado|EFE]] ceded multiple historical [[steam locomotive]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Museo Ferroviario de Santiago |url=https://www.amigosdeltren.cl/museo-ferroviario-de-santiago |access-date=2025-11-09 |website=www.amigosdeltren.cl}}</ref> Four years later, in 1984, the museum was inaugurated to the public. The museum currently counts has 16 [[]]s and 4 cars.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Museo Ferroviario de Santiago – Santiago Turismo |url=https://www.santiagoturismo.cl/es/parque-museo-ferroviario/ |access-date=2025-11-09 |website=www.santiagoturismo.cl}}</ref>
[[File:1. Locomotora de vapor Kitson-Meyer, año 1909, del Museo Ferroviario de Santiago de Chile.jpg|thumb|left|[[Kitson-Meyer]] 3349, year 1909, preserved in the Santiago Railway Museum.]]
[[File:1. Locomotora de vapor Kitson-Meyer, año 1909, del Museo Ferroviario de Santiago de Chile.jpg|thumb|left|[[Kitson-Meyer]] 3349, year 1909, preserved in the Santiago Railway Museum.]]
[[File:Aguada o grúa de agua, año 1875. Museo Ferroviario de Santiago de Chile.jpg|thumb|left|Water crane. [[Stothert & Pitt]], Bath, 1875. Santiago Railway Museum.]]
[[File:Aguada o grúa de agua, año 1875. Museo Ferroviario de Santiago de Chile.jpg|thumb|left|Water crane. [[Stothert & Pitt]], Bath, 1875. Santiago Railway Museum.]]
Railway Museum in Santiago, Chile
The Santiago Railway Museum is the railway museum of the city of Santiago, located on the Quinta Normal Park,[1][2] in the capital of Chile.
In 1980, the Santiago Municipality and the Chilean Rail Company EFE signed an agreement to build a rail museum in the Quinta Normal Park.[3] As part of the agreement, EFE ceded multiple historical steam locomotives.[4] Four years later, in 1984, the museum was inaugurated to the public. The museum currently counts has 16 locomotives and 4 passenger cars.[5]
