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Chabówka Railway Museum – Majestic Locomotives From Times Bygone
Arrival at Chabówka Railway Museum
So what did we think of the Chabówka Railway Museum?
Holiday Time Train Chabówka to Sieniawa in 2025
PKP Cargo – Owners of the Chabówka Railway Museum
Map Location of The Chabówka Railway Museum
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Chabówka Railway Museum – Majestic Locomotives From Times Bygone

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The Chabówka Railway Museum is officially known in Polish as Skansen Taboru Kolejowego W Chabówce (The Open-air Railway Rolling Stock Museum in Chabówka).

In July 2025, my cousin invited me for a return visit to this exciting railway heritage park, which I had previously explored with him and his wife 14 years earlier.

We set out from Kraków, driving about 1 ½ hours through the scenic Gorce Hills. With temperatures reaching 35 °C, my wife had chosen to stay at our hotel in Kraków.

The associated photograph of the Gorce Hills attribution: Pudelek, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons.

Arrival at Chabówka Railway Museum

We eagerly began exploring this haven for railway enthusiasts. Most days, the museum displays historical rolling stock as static exhibits, but on special occasions, excursions use heritage locomotives and carriages. We visited on a static day.

Locomotives Tp4-259 and ST-43-422. — Tp4-259 and ST-43-422

TKt locomotive at Chabówka Railway Museum. — Tp4-259 and ST-43-422

So what did we think of the Chabówka Railway Museum?

We loved it. One thing did sadden us, though. My cousin and I were shocked at the poor state of many of the locomotives and rolling stock. For example, you can compare photograph No. 1 of locomotive Tp4-259 (from the photo gallery) taken this year with the penultimate photograph from 2011 of the same locomotive. As you can see from some of the pictures in the photo gallery, much of the rolling stock is in a state of disrepair.

For those sensitive to high temperatures, be aware that during our visit, the temperature reached 35º Celsius. The only shelter from the heat was the platform canopy at the railway heritage park, which is shown in the photo gallery above.

We loved that you could walk around the entire railway heritage park, including the locomotive shed, without any hindrance.

Holiday Time Train Chabówka to Sieniawa in 2025

As mentioned above, we visited Chabówka on a static day. Below is an excellent YouTube video dated 20 July 2025 showing an excursion from Chabówka to Sieniawa.

PKP Cargo – Owners of the Chabówka Railway Museum

I did some Googling and it turns out that PKP Cargo, which owns the railway museum, is undergoing a restructuring programme that is expected to take several years. The Polish Government have stated that PKP Cargo is too important to the Polish economy and cannot be allowed to go into liquidation. Source: Google AI overview – backed up with web links.

It appears that the Chabówka Railway Museum is currently not a priority for investment, which likely contributes to the poor condition of much of the rolling stock.