It is an open-air museum featuring a distinctive station building, a narrow-gauge steam locomotive, a diesel electric engine, six historical coaches and a red-brick office building.
The first thing you encounter on entering the museum premises is the old station building, erected in 1913. It is unusual for being constructed in a traditional Chinese style, its gables are adorned with auspicious Chinese motifs.
Inside the building is a room chronicling some moments in railway history through old photographs.
This would not interest toddlers, but I was happy to learn how the arrival of the train facilitated local development. Still, children would probably find the models fascinating. The highlights were the old ticketing office and signalling room.
Old engines and coaches are the main attractions. Train buffs will be interested to know that there are two engines on display: an English-made 0-4-4T steam engine and an Australian-made diesel engine, one of the first two diesel engines ever to run on Hong Kong's rails.