Museo Del Ferrocarril Torreón

The Museo del Ferrocarril in Torreón is dedicated to preserving and sharing the railroad history of the Comarca Lagunera region. Opened in 1997, the museum occupies a historic building from 1907 that was once part of the city's first and second train stations, and it houses a diverse collection. In permanent and rotating exhibition rooms, you can view photographs, historical documents, and maps and plans from the nineteenth century. A particular highlight is the outdoor area, where locomotives and machinery from different eras of railroad history are on display. The second phase of construction, completed in 1999, includes restored nineteenth-century railcars that now serve a variety of purposes. They function as interactive play areas for children, as a science car with computer technology, and as an audiovisual room for screening films about railroad history. A former school car and a camp car with their original furnishings round out the experience. The offerings are complemented by a detailed miniature display of the old station building, where two electric toy trains run along the historic routes.