The Railway Museum sits at the end of Station Road near the Haile Selassie Avenue roundabout, adjacent to Nairobi Railway Station. It traces the history of the Uganda Railway — the ambitious British colonial project that opened up the interior of East Africa — through original rolling stock, photographs, and historical artefacts.
The collection includes ten old steam engines built between 1923 and 1955, including the carriage from which Superintendent John Henry Patterson was seized by one of the famous man-eating lions of Tsavo in 1901. Displays cover the role of the railway in Kenya's colonial and post-independence development.
Two working restored steam locomotives are kept in the nearby railway workshops; access is usually possible on weekdays if arranged through the museum curator. One of them hauls a tourist excursion from Nairobi to Naivasha on the second Saturday of each month — an all-day outing that passes through the Rift Valley.
Open daily 8:30am–4:45pm. Admission approximately KSh 200 for foreign visitors.