By Peter De Keles

Author  Bio In Italy, steam preservation started in 1911, when 2 early locomotives were overhauled to be shown at a fair in Torino.

Title:	Italian National Railway Museum at Pietrarsa
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Length	1:22	Release Date	05/26/2009
Overview	In Italy, steam preservation started in 1911, when 2 early locomotives from SFAI built in 1862 and 1863 were overhauled to be shown at a fair in Torino. After this fair finished the locomotives were scrapped. An inauspicious start. Information about preserved steam in Italy is not easy to obtain. The Italian National Railway Museum at Pietrarsa has been closed for years for restoration. ***image2*** The museum has just recently re-opened. The National Railway Museum of Pietrarsa stands on the site of the old workshops of the State Railways where locomotives and carriages used to be built. The museum occupies four large buildings at the old Pietrarsa works immediately alongside Pietrarsa station on the FS line along the coast from Naples to Portici. Other buildings house the diesel locos, railcars and heavy engineering machinery. This video is a quick scan of what is there.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-HhDtU1lcA

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