In the historic building at the Yekaterinburg-Passenger station, located next to the active train station, is the Railway Museum. The exhibits, some of which are displayed outdoors, introduce visitors to the history of the construction of the Ural Railway and railway professions.

Museum Building

The museum is located in the first building of the Yekaterinburg train station, built in 1878 by architect Pyotr Shreiber. The station was opened shortly before the launch of the first Ural Gornozavodskaya railway. This architectural monument of the 19th century, preserved in its original form, stands next to the modern station and continues to be a source of pride for the residents of Yekaterinburg.

Ural writer Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak wrote about the 19th-century Yekaterinburg station: "The building itself is designed in the Russian style and impresses with its magnificence, so it is even difficult to compare the Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Nizhny Novgorod stations with this work of Mr. Gubonin: low arches, ornate columns, high gables, massive oak furniture, in short, everything on a grand scale. The builders of the Ural road seem to have set themselves a special goal to astonish us with the contrast compared to the poverty of the station houses."

The Yekaterinburg station is captured in one of the first photographs of the city from the late 1880s.

Outdoor Exhibition

In front of the museum entrance are sculptures dedicated to "railway professions" from different eras. Visitors are greeted by the stationmaster, ready to announce the departure of the train, track workers, and a conductor with a glass of tea. The authors of these works are city sculptors Alexander Kokoteev and Yuri Krylov. There is also a barrier, rails, a track worker's cart, and a semaphore.

Indoor Exhibition

The exhibition inside the museum is divided into two thematic parts: historical and technical. The historical part tells about the construction of the Ural Gornozavodskaya and Perm railways, introducing the first steam locomotive in Russia and its creators, the Nizhny Tagil engineers Yefim and Miron Cherepanov.

The technical part of the exhibition features a working model of the Upper Neyvinsk and Revda railway station, demonstrating different types of traction: steam and electric locomotives. A three-dimensional map of the Sverdlovsk railway illustrates the process of conducting electricity in this area.