Çamlık Railway Museum, Railway museum in Çamlık, İzmir Province, Turkey.
The Çamlık Railway Museum displays 33 steam locomotives arranged around an 18-track turntable, alongside nine passenger cars and seven freight cars from various manufacturers. The entire collection sits on the grounds of the former Çamlık station and shows the range of Turkish railway transport.
The museum occupies the site of the former Çamlık station, which stood on the mainline built by the Ottoman Railway Company in 1866 as Turkey's first railway route. This early connection shaped traffic and regional development for generations.
The collection includes a special salon car that Mustafa Kemal Atatürk used when traveling across Turkey's developing rail network. This car reflects the connection between the country's modern leadership and the expansion of its railways.
The museum is open for visitors to walk freely among the vehicles and spend time viewing the locomotives from different angles. The open-air layout lets you explore at your own pace, and the light changes throughout the day to show the trains in different ways.
Locomotive number 45501 in the collection was involved in the 1957 Yarımburgaz incident, one of Turkey's most severe railway accidents. This engine offers visitors a quiet connection to a significant moment in Turkish railway history.
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