The Ambarawa railway museum was established much later on October 16, 1976 in the Ambarawa station to preserve the steam locomotive. They were coming to the end of their useful life when the 3 feet 6 inches guard railway or the Indonesian state railway or Perusahaan Negara Kereta Api was closed. The steam locomotives are parked in the open air next to the original station.

    The Ambarawa Train Museum houses 21 antique locomotives plus two more, which are stored in the depot. These locomotives are no longer produced, even the factories that made them is no longer exist. The main building of this museum is the defunct Ambarawa railway station which was built in 1873. The station covers 127.500 m².

    The oldest in this museum is a locomotive made by Hartman Chemnitz. This loco, with a lenght of 8.58 m, and width of 2.45 m, began its operations in 1891. Using wood as a fuel, the steam loco could run 50 km/h - its maximum speed.

    A special part of a visit to this museum is a trip by train from the Ambarawa Train Museum to the defunct Bedono train station. This package tour is called Railway Mountain Tour. Why is the trip so special? It's because the participants will board an antique train and it will travel on a 4.9 km cog railway, which is the only one in the way.

Why was the Ambarawa railway museum established?