At the Museum of Czech Railways

Today we will visit the Company Museum of Czech Railways in Lužná u Rakovníka (ČD Muzeum Lužná u Rakovníka). It's the place where you go by an old train from Prague and get a real old punched ticket. When you get into a train consisting of well restored historical cars, make yourself comfortable on a soft seat, touch wooden varnished racks, you feel as if you are some kind of travelling Puaro.  The operator whistles, clouds of steam gush from beneath the wheels and the train starts its way - to the Museum of Railways. The consist is drawn by a super modern (for 1954) locomotive called "Parrot". 

Locomotive 477.043 Production year: 1954 Producer: ČKD Praha „Papoušek“
For more safety there is another locomotive coupled in the end.

The museum itself is located on the railway station Lužná u Rakovníka. You may get there by an ordinary train too, of course.

The museum is the former depot of the Bustehrad railway that was turned into one of the most interesting and most visited sights of the Czech Republic. Its main pride is a big collection of old and restored still active locomotives.

Japanese Icebreaker - Welcome Aboard!

At the holiday of self defence sea forces of Japan one could visit a Japanese icebreaker AGB-5003. It's a scientific vessel but belongs to the army.  The icebreaker was built in 2008 to replace AGB-5002 vessel. The displacement of the icebreaker is 12500 tons, length is 138m. Four engines have total power of 30000hp, they let the vessel sail with the speed of 19.5 knots in the open water and overcome 1,5m ice at 3 knots. The icebreaker carries three helicopters - two SN-101 and one AS355. The vessel is used for Antarctic expeditions and suppport of Japanese Antarctic scientific bases.

Visit of the Mercedes Benz Museum

You will certainly need about 3 hours to fully enjoy presence here, so plan your visit in advance.

What Remained of the Retro Cars Museum In Nagaoka?

This time we'll go to the retro cars museum located in Nagaoka, Japan.

Autostadt Park of Volkswagen

The large automobile concern couldn't make an amusement park without a museum of various ancient stuff. Volkswagen made it in a reasonable way. Let's look at the evolution in the most posh form.