Çamlık Steam Locomotive Museum

The Çamlık Steam Locomotive Museum was opened on 7 September 1991 in the Çamlık neighborhood of İzmir with the aim of preserving steam locomotives, the iconic symbols of railways, and transmitting them to future generations. The museum displays steam locomotives whose numbers are steadily decreasing worldwide. Çamlık is located 88 km from the center of İzmir by rail and 85 km by road.

The museum is built on a section of the historic İzmir-Aydın railway line, constructed in 1866, and is situated on Türkiye’s oldest railway line. In addition to 30 steam locomotives manufactured in Germany, Britain, France, the United States, Sweden, and Czechoslovakia, the museum also houses one of only two surviving steam locomotives in the world powered by wood. Furthermore, the museum exhibits various railway vehicles and equipment including cranes, water presses, passenger and freight wagons, and other related items.

^{Çamlık Steam Locomotive Museum (Source:} Turkish Museum⁾

The station within the museum complex was constructed in 1890, and the museum is located very close to the Ancient City of Ephesus. Vehicles used by Atatürk during his train journeys are also on display. Additionally, the wagon used by Atatürk when he visited Çamlık in 1937 to observe the Aegean Maneuvers is presented to visitors in its complete original configuration. The museum is open seven days a week.

The Çamlık Steam Locomotive Museum is one of the largest railway museums in Türkiye and in Europe. The museum displays 33 locomotives built between 1887 and 1952, many of which feature rare components. It also exhibits a variety of interesting railway equipment including motorized water pumps used for firefighting, cranes, materials used in locomotive repairs, open freight wagons, enclosed passenger wagons, and snow-clearing locomotives. The museum also contains a toilet dating back to 1850 and a 900-meter-long historic tunnel.