In the museum, there are 33 steam locomotives displayed outdoor, half of them arrayed around a 18-road turntable. The manufacturing years of the locomotives range from 1891 to 1951. The oldest one is built by British Stephenson. Steam engines are made by Henschel (8), Maffei (2), Borsig (1), BMAG (2), MBA (1), Krupp (3), Humboldt (1) from Germany, NOHAB (2) from Sweden, ČKD (1) from Czechoslovakia, Stephenson (2), North British (1), Beyer Peacock (1) from the UK, Lima Locomotive Works (1), ALCO (1), Vulcan Iron Works (1) from the USA and Creusot (1), Batignolles (1), Corpet-Louvet (2) from France. Visitors may climb up into the engines. The locomotives are provided with plaque giving information about technical details. The museum offers nine passenger cars including two wooden cars. The salon car used by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881-1938) can be visited also inside. There are also seven freight cars on display. In addition to various rolling stock, many railway and rail station utilities at the facility such as water tower, road turntable, hand lorry and crane can be visited.
A small gallery space honours the memory of Atatürk with countless photos, portraits, newspaper articles and an antique desk.
The museum is located on the former part of the ORC mainline, the oldest line in Turkey, near the village Çamlık, very close to the famous historical site at Ephesus. When the tracks on the Izmir to Aydın main line were realigned, a small portion of the line as well as the original Çamlık railway station were abandoned. The museum was started in 1991, and completed in 1997. It uses the original tracks built in 1866.
Çamlık station is on the former orc line, the oldest line in Turkey. The outdoor Steam Train Museum has one of the largest steam engines collection in Europe, most them joining the museum shortly after being retired from service.
Steam Train Museum, Selcuk,
Wonderful place to spend an hour or two. Beautiful gardens and the engines were great. our highlight was to walk in Attatuk's private rail carriage, such fun. Highly recommended.
Çamlık locomotive museum was just wonderful. My husband and I traveled by train from Selçuk. We had a short walk up the road to the museum, the turntable of which is clearly visible on satellite map. There we spent a glorious time climbing up into the cab of amazing locos from all over the place!
A very nice place to spend a few hours.Lots of trains to see and a very nice restaurant.
Although I love railway museums often our companions are less than enthralled. This though is different, truly magnificent number and variety of locomotives displayed in a garden / park environment. So much so that on our visit newly weds were having their photos taken there.
Selçuk Steam Train Museum in Çamlık ( Çamlık Railway Museum )
What a wonderful surprise…. driving back from Ephesus when I saw a small sign broadcasting the largest railway museum in Europe!!
Being a railway enthusiast and never having heard of the place I just had to go given the pure chance of discovering it.
Very interesting and well looked after museum and easy to reach from Selcuk. I 100% recommend you to visit even if you are, like me, not particularly fascinated by trains. Honestly! It was a real, unexpected treat. A charming place, lovingly preserved trains. And if you have a genuine, actual interest in trains, you'd probably explode with the excitement.
This is an unusual museum set in beautiful gardens. We have no interest in trains but found the display quite fascinating. Amongst other international locomotives, it was a treat for us Brits to see Robert Stephenson engines. Also to be able to walk through Kemal Attaturk's private train which appeared to be in original condition.
if you like trains you shoud visit this place… near to city center of Kusadasi holiday resort…
Seriously, this was an amazing experience. You can walk inside the carriage of Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey.