Museum of the Moscow Railway (Moscow Rizhsky station)
railway museum in Moscow
The Museum of the Moscow Railway at Rizhsky station in Moscow (Russian: Музеи Московской железной дороги: Экспозиционная площадка натурной железнодорожной техники музея истории Московской железной дороги) is an open-air exhibition of rolling stock near the Moscow Rizhsky railway station in Moscow.
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