Find out about the history of railway transportation in Namibia at Trans-Namib Railroad Museum. As you enter the museum you'll be met with a wide range of railway maps, equipment, and locomotives themselves, dating all the way back to the days of German colonial rule and South African administration. Among the objects exhibited you can see the first diesel locomotive in the country, as well as exhibitions relating to Namibian Airways and maritime history, and a selection of telecommunications equipment. Ask the knowledgeable, professional curator about the items on display--he will fill you in on the background of each piece of history. To find out how to plan a trip to Windhoek, use our trip itinerary maker.
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Nice insight in the history of the railroads in Namibia, station has a lovely architecture. Former types of railroads. Do not visit the area by yourselves (but visit in small groups), when nobody is..... more
Nice insight in the history of the railroads in Namibia, station has a lovely architecture. Former types of railroads. Do not visit the area by yourselves (but visit in small groups), when nobody is..... more »
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This is well worth an hour of your time, a very fine collection of object and images from a railway system which once linked the country, but today is underused. Windhoek station is a fine building...
This is well worth an hour of your time, a very fine collection of object and images from a railway system which once linked the country, but today is underused. Windhoek station is a fine building... more »
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