Location:
Lousado museum is in Lousado railway station at the junction of the Minho and Guimarães lines.
It is in the County of Vila Nova de Famalicão with good road access from the A3, towards Braga, via the "Santo Tirso-Trofa" turn-off.

Building:

It occupies the whole of the old Guimarães Railway Company workshops (1883/1927) covering 1400 m²

The architectural project and restoration work have maintained the kinds, jobs and construction materials of the original buildings, and is now famous in terms of industrial archaeology. 
Part of the cover is in Marseilles tiles, set on a system of French roof trusses with longitudinal skylights and wooden lining. Some of the walls were built with small parts in black and brown Schist, living up to the name of Lousado, which means "of slate".

The workshops were originally separate from one another but were brought together to reunite the rolling stock collection and the workshop tools.

The design of the museum was based on good contemporary museum practice, and includes public and private areas with comfortable spaces for visitors, a shop, guided tours and access for all members of the public and regular hours so as to take advantage of an unequalled collection.

Exhibition:
The exhibition of chronologically organised rolling stock, aims to show different kinds of trains.
The rolling stock was built between 1875 and 1965 and comes from eight different companies and acquired in six countries from fifteen builders.

Item (year of construction):

• CFG 6 Locomotive “Soares Veloso” (1907)
• PPF 14 Locomotive (1905)
• E 144 Locomotive (1931)
• CF PPV 6 Locomotive (1874)
• CP ME 7 Rail car (1948)
• A 5 Carriage (1906)
• C 334 Carriage (1906)
• 8229004 Carriage (1911)
• CFG 9443003 Carriage (1883)
• SEyf 5 Saloon Carriage (1931)
• CFG 32 Wagon (1888)
• CFPPdeV 11 Wagon (1874)
• MEC 01 Inspection Trolley
• DIE 3 Inspection Trolley
• DPE 1 Inspection Trolley
• Workshop Gantry Crane (1875)
• Rail ambulance
• 1115008 Closed wagon
• 7013001 Water tank
• Pedal operated trolley
• Flat wagon
• 9411001 Rolling crane

Opening times and Admission:
Open from Tuesday to Friday 10h to 17h and on Saturday and Sunday 14h to 17h30. We suggest you contact the FMNF Education Service. Tel: 249 130 375 / se@fmnf.pt

Historical Note:

• The first narrow gauge trains (90cm) ran between Oporto-Boavista and Póvoa de Varzim in October 1875.
• The 1m guage stretch between Trofa-Vizela, on the Guimarães line, was opened on 31 December 1883.
• These lines were part of the Companhia dos Caminhos de Ferro do Norte de Portugal in 1927 and then, in 1947, were taken over by CP.
• The narrow gauge lines around Oporto came to an end with the change of gauge to 1.67m on the Guimarães line and the handover of the stretch between Senhora da Hora-Trofa on the Póvoa line to the Metro do Porto in 2001. Lousado museum holds particular interest and meaning as a witness to aspects of railway life for a people, region and country.

Contact:
Education Service FMNF
Tel.: 249130375
Fax: 211021773
E-mail: se@fmnf.pt
www.fundacaomuseuferroviario.org.pt