Miaoli Railway Museum Explained

Miaoli Railway Museum
Native Name:	苗栗鐵道文物展示館
Native Name Lang:	zh
Coordinates:	24.5678°N 120.8219°W
Established:	10 June 1999
Location:	Miaoli City, Miaoli County, Taiwan
Type:	Transport museum

The Miaoli Railway Museum is a railway park in Miaoli City, Miaoli County, Taiwan.^[1]

History

The museum will open up a new railway park within its vicinity in 2023, which will display several locomotives and railway-related artifacts. It is built on a 1.91 hectares of land and cost NT$1 billion.^[2]

Diesel locomotives

• TRA Class R0 diesel-electric locomotive R6
• TRA Class S300 diesel-electric locomotive S305
• TRA Class S400 diesel-electric locomotive S405
• TRA LDH101 Narrow track 762mm diesel-hydraulic locomotives
• Taiwan Alishan Railway 11403-5 diesel-mechanical locomotive
• Taiwan Alishan Railway 11403-1 diesel-mechanical locomotive

Steam locomotives

• TRA Class CT150 steam locomotive CT152
• TRA Class DT560 steam locomotive DT561
• Taiwan Alishan Railway number 28 Shay locomotive
• Taiwan Sugar Corporation number 331 tank locomotive

Passenger cars

• 30SP2502
• 25TPK2053
• LTPB1813
• SPC2

Work train

• Taiwan Sugar Corporation number 254 Draisine

Railway monuments and historic buildings

• Locomotive garage
• Railway turntable

Transportation

The museum is in walking distance south of Miaoli Station of the Taiwan Railways.

See also

• List of museums in Taiwan

Notes and References

1. Web site: Railway Museum . Miaolitravel.Net . Miaoli City . 29 January 2014 .
2. News: Yu. Hsiao-han. Lee. Hsin-yin. 20 November 2022. Railway park in Miaoli set to open next year: TRA. Focus Taiwan. 23 November 2022.