Railway Museum

Nairobi exists in part because of the Uganda railway. The Railway Museum close to Nairobi city centre, is located in an old railway building and is dedicated to the history of the railroad in Kenya. A collection of steam locomotives and rolling stock are on display including a model of the MV Liemba, built by the Germans and still in use along Lake Tanganyika. The carriage used during the hunt for the Maneater of Kima in 1900 is exhibited in the yard of the Railway Museum, a familiar story not unlike the Maneaters of Tsavo. In both tales, a lion halted the construction of the railway line by attacking laborers at their camps. The carriage on display was the one in which Captain Charles Ryall, a colonial officer, had positioned himself to shoot the man-eating lion; unfortunately he fell asleep along with his men and was dragged out the window by the lion.

Train and ship models, photographs from the original construction of the Uganda Railway, Railway magazines, maps and drawings, and a silver service set used on overnight trains to Mombasa are other highlights at the Railway Museum in Nairobi. Many of the items including framed photographs, original reports and suppliers' catalogues are displayed in a glass case but can be utilized for research.

The Engine Seat used by visiting dignitaries to shoot wildlife from the front of the train and the steam train used in the movie "Out of Africa" is highlights of the Railway Museum.