Museo del Ferrocarril

This museum was awesome with over 30 full size train engines. There were Steam trains, electric trains, and diesel trains. Admittance into the museum was only 3 euros total for the whole family which made the experience even better. The boys loved the museum. Trains had been used in Spain starting in the 1840's, but this museum was the first proper train station in Madrid in the 1880's and was used until 1971 then converted into this train museum in 1984. The old steam engines are what I enjoyed the most they are so beautiful and have so much more character then our modern trains. The boys were excited to find out that you could climb in the trains and were able to touch. They both also carried their tickets the whole time we were in the museum and home they didn't want to let them go.

Train cut open so that you can see how steam propulsion works. Erich explained how it worked to the boys and amazingly they were fascinated. They had information about all the trains and Erich was reading them to us since they were in Spanish. It would say what year the train was constructed and after a few times Tyson would ask Kaleb when was this train made. So Kaleb went around telling us. He was our tour guide.




Entering the Cafe'teria. They had an old dining car that you could eat on so we got a snack for the boys to eat and they thought it was cool to eat on the train.

All the trains lined up on the tracks.

Passenger car. Seats don't look to comfortable for a long journey, but there was tons of leg room.



Waving goodbye. Leaving the station.