Railway Museum Mysore

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

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[edit] Description

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.

[edit] Exhibits

  • 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.

[edit] Austin Railway Car

Austin Rail Car
Austin Rail Car

This is a 1925 model Austin car. This was originally an automobile made for running on road. It was later sold to scrapdealer. A railway employee brought this car from scrapdealer and restored it. However, he made few major change to the car. He fitted rail wheels to the car and removed the steering. Thus began its journey as railcar. It was used for carrying inspection officials on track. It could carry 6 people. the only one of its kind in world railcar is still in running condition.

[edit] YP 2511

YP2511 was built by Telco in 1963. It is a meter gauge steam engine. The plate containing YP 2511 boiler's details mentions that the boiler was built in 1957. The boiler was numbered 2352.

[edit] wagnell119-ER

This narrow gauge steam engine was built by WG Wagnall and Co., Ltd in 1900. This engine was numbered NWR NG tank loco no: 119 E. It was used between Bangalore and Tumkur. This steam engine used wood instead of coal.

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