View large exhibits building. The Railway Museum, at the Haifa East station, hosts exhibits illustrating milestones in the development of rail transport in this country since its early days in 1892, including rail links with neighboring countries. Today's railway system and its various functions are also on show. The large exhibits building was originally built as the Haifa locomotive shed of the famous Hedjaz Railway. The building was renovated for its present exhibition use in the year 2000. A special attraction of the museum is the site itself, a railway station in actual daily use, with its characteristic atmosphere of train travel, enhancing a visit to the museum and distinguishing it from many other railway museums. The Museum is open Sunday to Thursday. From 08:30 to 14.00 (except on the eve of a holiday). The Entrance to the museum is with payment and in cash only. Tel: 04-8564293, Fax: 04-8564310 Groups of 25 visitors or more can come directly by rail, by prior arrangement with the museum manager, 48 hours ahead of the visit. From the Museum archive From the Museum

Coach and locomotive exhibit includes:

- Saloon coach No. 98 built in England in 1922 used by officers of Palestine Railways and for visiting dignitaries including Sir Winston Churchill (later Prime Minister of Great Britain), Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, Queen Elizabeth of Belgium and David Ben Gurion (first Prime Minister of Israel)

- Ambulance coach No. 4720 built in Belgium about 1893 for the Egyptian State Railway and used in World War I for transporting wounded soldiers from the front line during the British conquest of Palestine.

-Narrow gauge Hedjaz Railway 0-6-0 tank locomotive No. 10 built by Krauss of Germany in 1902, mainly used for shunting work. This is the last steam locomotive left in Israel.