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,
From mainroad behind Kusadasi, you ‘ll take the small country road leading to Aydin, one road over Kirazli village or the other one over Yenikoy.At the end you’ll find Camlik village with a small trainstation on the left and a little further on the road between Selcuk and Aydin is the Camlik trianmuseum, where you can find old locomotifs from the years between 1930-1940.
You can find even a wagon with the bath of Ataturk still in it, as Ataturk liked to travel with a train. It is nice for children as they allow them to go in the trains and to climb on them. There is a restaurant as well ( Aziziye Restaurant )
Steam Train Museum, Selcuk ( Camlik Locomotive Museum )
Really nice trip out to Camlik there is lots to see with trains from many other places. There is also picnic area and cafe and toilets.
There are a planty of locomotives from different countries, most of them were build in 1900s. You can enter into each of them to see how it works. The Ataturk wagon is amaising with marbel bath and smal kitchen. There are restaurant inside. We were there for almost 3 hour and it was great. I recommend to visit.