Unveiling National Rail Museum New Delhi 2015

After 38 years of long establishment, National Rail Museum is undergoing a massive overhauling. From last one year with active patronage from Railway Board and herculean efforts of nearly 1200 finest workers from 30 Railway workshops along with allied contractors all its priceless outdoor exhibits are being restored to their original signing glory. Metal works, wood works (even with expensive teak or deodar wood) was carried out, original fittings as restored or imitated, durable Auto-coat PU paint is applied with proper surface finish.
Dear member as a proud chief restorer of the project let me share few results. Hope you will like it

PS : Indoor Gallery, elevated canteen, Shed on the outdoor exhibits, garden scale rail, miniature steam and diesel train (1:8 and 1: 22 scale) is expected in this year.

Date: 2015-02-15
Owner: Gallery Administrator
Size: 72 items
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B-26: Restored by Izzatnagar Workshop.Apart from regular restoration, lights and whistle are made functional. (Subhabrata)

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Loco L2: Restored by Lallaguda workshpo. Apart from regular restoration, lights and whistle are made functional. (Subhabrata)

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HPS-2 24467: Restored by Dhanbad Loco (Subhabrata)

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5T Hand Operated Crane no 15: Restored by Tindharia Workshop (Subhabrata)

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TRC: Restored by Gorakhpur workshop.Complete restoration including electrical equipment, furniture. (Subhabrata)

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WDM2 : Restored by NRM.Cab equipments are being restored (Subhabrata)

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YDM1: Restored by Izzatnagar Workshop.Apart from regular restoration, lights and horns are made functional. Cab equipments are restored (Subhabrata)

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YDM1 cab inside view (Subhabrata)

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Loco YB: Restored by Izzatnagar Workshop.Apart from regular restoration, lights and whistle are made functional. (Subhabrata)

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Armoured train: Restored by Jhansi and Raipur Workshop (Subhabrata)

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TJ 643:Restored by Ajmer Workshop.Apart from regular restoration, lights and whistle are made functional. (Subhabrata)

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35 ton crane: Restored by Hubli Workshop. (Subhabrata)

Comments
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What a fantastic restoration effort. Hats off to all the 1200 workers and the chief who overlooked this herculean task. Feels heartening to see that so much interest is being taken to restore to the minutest detail possible. Great job Shubhabrata and team!
Posted by Pawan Koppa on 2015 Mar 03 10:06:37 +0000
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I am overwhelmed and speechless with such encouraging response from you. Thanks a lot.

Shirish: We tried to maintain liveries from archival records, oldest available photos and in consultation with various railfans and historians across the...
Posted by Gallery Administrator on 2015 Feb 24 08:21:05 +0000
A great group of pictures. I do like the before and after views.
The restoration work is excellent and was much needed. Thanks to the many people involved
Posted by David Churchill on 2015 Feb 23 09:39:02 +0000