The Sierra Leone Railway started its first passenger train service to the provinces in 1898. During the 70s, its 350 miles of track were torn up and sold as scrap. The rolling stock ended up in a depot by the Freetown docks. Today, through the efforts of Colonel Steve Davies, formerly of IMATT, and the Government of Sierra Leone, the railway museum has been rehabilitated.
The museum showcases the rise and fall of Sierra Leone Railway and includes the carriage of the former Governor, the Royal saloon, a wooden bodied passenger carriage, a bogie passenger brake (oldest vehicle in the collection), several Gardner-powered Hudswell Clarke diesel locomotives, a wick ham inspection trolley, a 1915 Manning Wardle Saddle tank and No. 73, a huge 4-8-2 + 2-8-4 Beyer Garrett from 1955.