Preserved Steam Locomotives in Turkey, 2026

Thomas Kautzor presents his first formal reports of the Rahmi M Koç Museum, Istanbul since May 2016 together with other attractions there. This page shows preserved TCDD steam locomotives in and around the city.

Given that some elements will be of more interest than others to visitors to these pages, I have broken them down into smaller sections.

• Click here for the introduction and Preserved Steamships in Turkey, 2026

• Click here for Preserved Steam Road Engines in Turkey, 2026.

• Click here for Preserved Stationary Steam Engines in Turkey, 2026.

• Click here for Thomas's May 2016 report and later 2022 report.

• Click here for the Surviving Steam Road Engines index.

• Click here for the International Stationary Steam Engines page.

Below are pictures of Istanbul's steam locomotives and news of historic stations there.

		Notes
		A new addition is TCDD 4-8-0 46018 (Henschel 22207/1932), which for many years had been stored at Halkali Station. By 11.2022 it was taken to Konya for restoration and is now on display at RMK Museum.
		Another recent railway display at RMK Museum is TCDD 2-4-0 23004 (SS 3501/1888, ex ORC 20), formerly on display without a tender in front of Haydarpasa Station (picture left) where completion of the restoration work is still halted by the digging out of antiquities. It was transferred to Camlik Museum and reunited with its tender in 2019 and has been on loan here since 02.2022.
		Currently, Sirkeci Station on the European side is also being restored into a museum, with all more modern additions having been demolished, and TCDD 0-4-0T 2251 (Krauss 381/1874, ex CO 407) having been removed.
		TCDD 2-6-0T 3407 (Borsig 7151/1909, ex CFOA 22) at Sögütlücesme Station in Kadiköy, the first mainline station after Haydarpasa on the Asian side, has been nicely restored. ...
		The following pictures from 2024/2025 show Istanbul’s other three preserved TCDD steam locomotives.
		TCDD 2-8-2 46226 (Lima 7947/1942, ex WD 1130) at the old Hadiköy Station
		TCDD 2-10-0 56511 (Borsig 15461/1943, ex DRB 52.364) at Tuzla Science Centre
		TCDD 2-10-0 56520 (MBA 13923/1943, ex DRB 52.4859) outside Gebze Station