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

Date: 2015-02-16
Owner: Subhabrata Chatterjee
Views: 886
Comments: 1
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65 ton Brake down Crane:Restored by Kota Workshop (Subhabrata)

Date: 2015-02-16
Owner: Subhabrata Chatterjee
Views: 774
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EMU Coach 35B: Restored by Matunga Workshop. (Subhabrata)

Date: 2015-02-16
Owner: Subhabrata Chatterjee
Views: 878
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EMU Coach 35B Inside view (Subhabrata)

Date: 2015-02-16
Owner: Subhabrata Chatterjee
Views: 823
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Crane Tank: Restored by Dhanbad Loco (Subhabrata)

Date: 2015-02-16
Owner: Subhabrata Chatterjee
Views: 816
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Brake Down Crane 1883: Restored by Mancheswar Workshop (Subhabrata)

Date: 2015-02-16
Owner: Subhabrata Chatterjee
Views: 833
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Sheep Van:Restored by Jagadhari Workshop. Complete restoration. CRB Award winner for best restored in Wagon Category (Subhabrata)

Date: 2015-02-16
Owner: Subhabrata Chatterjee
Views: 741
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Gaekwad Baroda Saloon: Restored by Pratapnagar and Lower Parel Workshop.Complete restoration including electrical equipment, furniture. (Subhabrata)

Date: 2015-02-16
Owner: Subhabrata Chatterjee
Views: 768
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Gaekwad Baroda Saloon: inside view (Subhabrata)

Date: 2015-02-16
Owner: Subhabrata Chatterjee
Views: 763
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EM 922: By Kota Workshop. Apart from regular restoration, lights and whistle are made functional. Cab equipments are fully restored and labeled properly. (Subhabrata)

Date: 2015-02-16
Owner: Subhabrata Chatterjee
Views: 754
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EM 922 Cab equipments are labeled (Subhabrata)

Date: 2015-02-16
Owner: Subhabrata Chatterjee
Views: 763
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Phoenix :Restored by Jamalpur Workshop. Apart from regular restoration, lights and whistle are made functional. (Subhabrata)

Date: 2015-02-16
Owner: Subhabrata Chatterjee
Views: 794
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ST 707: Restored by Jamalpur Workshop. Apart from regular restoration, lights and whistle are made functional. Cattle-guard restored. (Subhabrata)

Date: 2015-02-16
Owner: Subhabrata Chatterjee
Views: 778
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ERC 4910: Restored by Gorakhpur Workshop.Complete restoration including electrical equipment, furniture. (Subhabrata)

Date: 2015-02-16
Owner: Subhabrata Chatterjee
Views: 761
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Wagon A 148: Restored by Izzatnagar Workshop (Subhabrata)

Date: 2015-02-16
Owner: Subhabrata Chatterjee
Views: 814
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
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