Museo del ferrocarril

Museums

Type of Event: Activities for children ACTIVITIES: Museum: Saturdays from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Second Sunday of the month, from November to April and from 10:30 to 13:30. Free entrance. FCAT VV (Ferrocarril Alicante-Torrellano live steam, 1/8 scale trains manned). Maquetismo Train service: Saturdays from 4:30 to 7:00 p.m. Donation to travel on trains: 1.50 euros. Train service with steam traction "Alicante - Torrellano Vapor Vivo (FCAT VV)": The "Ferrocarril Alicante Torrellano vapor vivo" is one of the activities carried out by the Associació Alacantina d'Amics del Ferrocarril. Within the railway hobby, one of the most interesting aspects is that of railway model. Among the multiple scales and trends, the most striking for its possibility of public use is the so-called manned live steam (steam-live or live-steam they call most European fans). The dimensions, its facilities to the outside, the circulation of locomotives with steam traction, the use of mineral coal as fuel and the possibility of converting the amateur into authentic machinist are the characteristics of these small scale railroads, which have more and more adepts . Days of operation of trains with steam traction: Second Saturday of the month, from May to October, from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Second Sunday of the month, from November to April, from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Donation to travel on trains: 1.50 euros. Special days for groups, associations, groups, previous concerted visit. Schools: School days previous concerted visit.