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1. Open-air museum
As we approach we see 16 black locomotives on display, parked on segments of railroad tracks.
Museum of Steam Locomotives, Resita, Caras Severin
Steam Locomotive Museum - a well-preserved gem
Address
Museum of Steam Locomotives Resita It is located on Calea Timisoara near the overpass over the railroad where the entrance from Timisoara intersects with the entrance from Caransebes. Go down this passage towards the center and on the opposite side from where we come is the museum. Parking you have to look for, you have to orient yourself. I parked the last two times opposite before the public transportation station. Visiting is free and can be done anytime.
About the Steam Locomotive Museum
Museum of Steam Locomotives is symbol of Reșița municipality. It is also the largest open-air technical museum in Europe.
Being organized outdoors, it can be visited at any time. There is a security firm that watches the museum pieces 24 hours a day. It's a fascinating exhibition and I'm glad it stands the test of time. Very well maintained. I always found the locomotives painted and clean.
Steam Locomotive Museum
History of steam locomotives Resita
2. Resicza locomotive
In 1972, on the 100th anniversary of the first locomotive manufactured in Resita, the Museum of Steam Locomotives was inaugurated through the efforts of Eng. Mircea Popa. Since then, Resicza locomotive took the central place in the museum. Locomotives were manufactured in Resita between 1872 and 1964.
Further on there is an information board entitled Resita - Vienna - Resita
Resicza, the first steam locomotive made in Romania
Resicza locomotive
3. Other famous steam locomotives
Hungary 4 was exhibited in 1873 in Vienna and she retraced the route followed by Szekul a few years earlier, but in reverse, following a kind of triathlon because she traveled by water, railroad and on a platform pulled by oxen.
On the right Resiczei welcomes us Princess Elena (15). A locomotive that could develop 220 horsepower. I won't tell you about each locomotive individually, you can read the information panels that were mounted next to each of the 16. The most common steam locomotives used by CFR were the 50.000 series. Faster became the P8 series that could go up to 100 km/h. The different models on display in the open-air museum were used for passenger, freight and mixed trains. The performance of the locomotives made in Resita increased over time. In the beginning, the speed that was marked on them was called "jitter".
Princess Elena Locomotive
4. Other steam locomotives
It is best to make time to visit them. The Steam Locomotive Museum in Resita is very dear to my heart. It is hard for me to make you love locomotives the way I feel and I do not intend to do so. For me it comes from my family, from my childhood, from those roots that count a lifetime.
I'm glad this museum exists and is so well presented. It is today's jewel of Resita. And I think that you can put the equal sign between Resita and this museum and if we would ask on the street for an emblematic objective in Resita 99% 99% would answer Museum of Steam Locomotives.
locomotive CFF 704.209
locomotive CFF 764.103
locomotive CFR 50.378
alley with steam locomotives
locomotive CFR 142.072
locomotive CFU 14
locomotive CFF 764.493
Views and impressions
Superb! Museum of Steam Locomotives is today the most attractive tourist attraction of Resita. I'm glad that on my last visits here I found the locomotives very presentable, as if ready to start the parade. By contrast, in Sibiu, where there is a similar museum, something must be done for their sake.
Bravo Resita for the Steam Locomotive Museum!
Read the guide City of Resita!
All the best!
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