Museum trains at Rizhsky Rail Terminal, Railway museum at Rizhsky Rail Terminal, Moscow, Russia
The Museum of the History of Railway Transport of the Moscow Railway occupies a detached building behind Paveletsky Station, entered from Kozhevnicheskaya Street, with a 1,800 m² exhibition hall. Its first and main exhibit is locomotive U127, the funeral train of Vladimir Lenin. Displays use working scale models, installations and video sketches, alongside a collection of railway uniforms, documents and photographs. The open-air technical site at Rizhsky Station, opened in 2004, held 66 vehicles as of 2009, including the 1903 steam locomotive OV-841; it closed on 7 July 2022.
The open-air display opened at Rizhsky Station on 31 July 2004; the indoor history pavilion behind Paveletsky Station, entered from Kozhevnicheskaya Street, opened on 5 August 2011. Its first and main exhibit is locomotive U127, the funeral train of Vladimir Lenin. The Rizhsky site closed on 7 July 2022 as exhibits were removed, and the closed Likhobory depot has been named as the new site, with no opening date set.
The collection preserves carriages that show how rail travel was organised: a four-axle wooden passenger car No. 70833, a third-class passenger car, saloon cars No. 9 and No. 15, and two SV-RIC international-class saloon cars. A field-hospital car No. 017-70841 and an operational car No. 017-70866 recall the railway's wartime and service roles.
The open-air display stood to the left of the exit to the suburban platforms at Rizhsky station, open daily 10:00–16:00 except Monday and Tuesday. Group excursions ran Sundays at 12:00, also Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays by advance booking, and included a steam ride to Podmoskovnaya station. The site closed on 7 July 2022 while exhibits were moved; the planned new home is the disused Likhobory depot, with no opening date set.
Among the exhibits is the experimental AC electric locomotive EP200, built at the Kolomna locomotive works, and three cars of the ES250-001 "Sokol" electric train, delivered in 2012. The oldest item is the steam locomotive OV-841, built in 1903.
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