National Network for Museum Railways

21 October 2024

On Thursday and Friday last week, Narvik Museum participated in a meeting with the National Network for Museum Railways!

The inside of the cab of a steam locomotive in the exhibition at the Norwegian Railway Museum

The network meeting took place at the Norwegian Railway Museum in Hamar, with participants from both north and south, east and west.

Thorunn Lunde and Øystein Aas from the Vest-Agder Museum and the Setesdal Railway talked about the repair and maintenance of locomotives on the Setesdal Railway and documentation of railway history

Many of the participants in the network meeting come from museums that have their own museum railways, such as the Setesdal Railway, the Krøder Railway and the Lommedal Railway. Many of the museums also have trains and wagons both in operation on the courts and in exhibitions and in warehouses or warehouses. The Directorate for Cultural Heritage was also present and participated in the discussion.

The network meeting was very exciting, with many good speakers, with different topics and angles. It was everything from restoration and maintenance of steam locomotives, dissemination and documentation of railway history, and personal stories about experiences with the museum railways. There were also several great professional discussions.

Jan Salvesen talked about his work with the electric locomotive El11.2078

One of the days, the participants were given a guided tour with Bjørg Eva Aasen in the Norwegian Railway Museum’s poster exhibition with fun and beautiful travel and advertising posters from NSB through the ages.

Bjørg Eva Aasen guided in the poster exhibition

The participants also got to wander through the exhibitions at the museum, both in the newest building and in the outdoor museum and park at the old building.