Feld- und Industriebahnmuseum Freiland, Railway museum in Freiland, Austria.
The Feld- und Industriebahnmuseum Freiland is a railway museum in Türnitz, Lower Austria, on the site of a former cardboard factory opposite the disused Freiland station. Its collection includes 50 locomotives and 180 wagons, among them a working Orenstein & Koppel field railway locomotive from 1899. The vehicles run on 500 metres of track with gauges of 600, 700 and 760 millimetres, and most are displayed outdoors on about 4,500 square metres.
The museum was founded in 1965 in Vienna and relocated to Freiland in 1983, taking over the grounds of a defunct paper factory. The move allowed it to house its expanding collection of narrow-gauge railways in a new location.
The collection covers narrow-gauge field and industrial railways from the late 19th century to the present, including lines serving hospitals and brickworks. Changing special exhibitions are curated on such themes, and the museum is run entirely by volunteer members of the supporting association.
The museum opens on specific days throughout the year and offers rides on a 500 meter demonstration track with operating vehicles. Visitors should check ahead to learn which days are available for visits and whether ride opportunities are scheduled.
The collection includes a working Orenstein & Koppel field railway locomotive from 1899, still operational. The museum also holds the army field railway steam locomotive 415 of class R IIIc, which volunteers have been restoring for years with the aim of returning it to service.
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