Nairobi Railway Museum

The Nairobi Railway Museum was opened in 1971, and much of the credit for its foundation goes to the first Curator, Mr. Fred Jordan, who had been with the railways in East Africa from
1927.
Realizing the speed at which changes were taking place within the railway system, he saw the need to preserve as many links with the past as possible. He began to gather items which were to form the nucleus of the present day museum's fascinating and growing collection.

The museum has a collection of photographs from this period, including a picture history of Nairobi from its infancy, and images of other occurrences and milestones during the railway construction. Numerous artifacts from the early years of the railway operation are on display in the Museum. The Museum also has a yard with exhibits of the different steam engine locomotives used on the railway system from 1898 when the first train set off on its maiden voyage from Mombasa. One of these, the 59 or Mountain class locomotive weighs 254 ton and is reputed to have been the most powerful metre-gauge locomotive ever built, capable of moving 1200 ton trains in one trip. Other exhibits include a sample water crane similar to those used at various water stops and stations along the railway line.

The Nairobi Railway Museum is run by the Kenya Railways Corporation and it is the only Railway Museum in East and Central Africa.

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