Museu Ferroviário de Lousado - V. N. Famalicão, Portugal
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Lousado museum is in Lousado railway station at the junction of the Minho and Guimarães lines.
Waymark Code: WMB56P
Location: Braga, Portugal
Date Posted: 04/06/2011
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It occupies the whole of the old Guimarães Railway Company workshops (1883/1927) covering 1400 m2
The architectural project and restoration work have maintained the kinds, jobs and construction materials of the original buildings, and is now famous in terms of industrial archaeology.
Part of the cover is in Marseilles tiles, set on a system of French roof trusses with longitudinal skylights and wooden lining. Some of the walls were built with small parts in black and brown Schist, living up to the name of Lousado, which means "of slate".
The workshops were originally separate from one another but were brought together to reunite the rolling stock collection and the workshop tools.
The design of the museum was based on good contemporary museum practice, and includes public and private areas with comfortable spaces for visitors, a shop, guided tours and access for all members of the public and regular hours so as to take advantage of an unequalled collection.
Exhibition:
The exhibition of chronologically organised rolling stock, aims to show different kinds of trains.
The rolling stock was built between 1875 and 1965 and comes from eight different companies and acquired in six countries from fifteen builders.
Item (year of construction):
CFG 6 Locomotive “Soares Veloso” (1907)
PPF 14 Locomotive (1905)
E 144 Locomotive (1931)
CF PPV 6 Locomotive (1874)
CP ME 7 Rail car (1948)
A 5 Carriage (1906)
C 334 Carriage (1906)
8229004 Carriage (1911)
CFG 9443003 Carriage (1883)
SEyf 5 Saloon Carriage (1931)
CFG 32 Wagon (1888)
CFPPdeV 11 Wagon (1874)
MEC 01 Inspection Trolley
DIE 3 Inspection Trolley
DPE 1 Inspection Trolley
Workshop Gantry Crane (1875)
Rail ambulance
1115008 Closed wagon
7013001 Water tank
Pedal operated trolley
Flat wagon
9411001 Rolling crane
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