Railway Museum Mysore

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The Railway Museum at Mysore, India is an outdoor exhibit of vintage locomotives.

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The Railway Museum at Mysore, India is an outdoor exhibit of vintage locomotives. It was setup in 1979 by Indian Railways and is the second such museum after the National Railway Museum in Delhi. The museum is situated opposite the Central Food Technology and Research Institute on Krishnaraja Sagar road. In addition to the locomotives it has a gallery of photographs and paintings depicting the growth of railways in India. Railway signals and lights are also displayed. The museum also has a battery-operated mini-train for children which makes a small ride in the grounds of the museum.

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ES 506 4-6-2 is the first locomotive at the entrance.
An Austin rail-motor car
Several inspection cars, one inspection car is used as a ticket office.
Two royal coaches that belonged to the Maharaja of Mysore.
The Maharani Saloon carriage that has a kitchen, dinning car unit and royal toilet dating back to 1899.
A W.G. Bagnall #1625 which was made in 1900 for Khushalgarh - Kohat - Thal Railway which was a military frontier line, was subsequently transferred to North Western Railways. It operated at Timber Depot in Marala and was transferred later to Dhilwan Creosoting plant. This 2'-6" gauge locomotive is configured as 2-4-2ST.
Class E #37244 4-4-4T from SIR built by North British Locomotive Co. in 1920. Originally # 8, it was one of the three superheated locomotives.
Class TS/1 #37338 2-6-2T from SR, made by W.G. Bagnall in 1932 for Mysore State Railways.
A YP #2511 made by Telco in 1963.