NRM Revisited

Images from the National Railway Museum - Shashanka Nanda, Ankit Bharaj & Siddhartha Ganesh

Date: 2007-05-22
Owner: Gallery Administrator
Size: 24 items
pow1

This MG steamer from the Jaipur State Railway is at the head of original Palace on Wheels coaches, which themselves were saloons from the former princely states of Rajasthan. The saloons are in terrible condition with rust and termites having eaten away t

x-37385

X class steamer #37385 from the Nilgiri Mountain Railway. Just love the livery.

x-37385-2

Front view of the 37385

4502-wcp1-ef1

The WCG1, earlier known as EF1 had a long life with the GIPR and then the Central Railways. The last of these locos were retired only in the 1990s having entered service in the 1930s. The locos were probably the only articulated electric locos to do duty

gipr-cab

The dusty, musty cab of the WCP2

bnr-garrat

This is how big the Garrat is !! This loco was by far the biggest ever to run on Indian tracks. One example, was recently brought back to life by the SER Kharagpur workshops and runs occasionally.

hasan-a885

The smallest steamer to have ever operated on IR. An A class loco, #885 named Hasang. This loco is parked on the small mound almost level with the flyover outside NRM.

hasan-a885-2

Footplate and details on the Hasang

railcar-899

#899 was a railcar operating on the Neral Matheran Railway. Built on the chassis of a Dodge truck of the 30s, it has a strange belt driving mechanism.

mlr-739

#739, a 2' gauge steamer, which used to ply on the Neral Matheran Railway

mlr-739-2

View from the driver's lookout - aboard the 739

b-class

A B class steamer from the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway looks neat in its fresh paint coat. Note the tiny NG 2' gauge locos behind it.

mlr-739-3

Broadside view of the 739

railcar-899-2

The biggest and smallest machines of the GIPR !!

face-off

The knights get ready for a round of jousting. Sir Roger Lumley on the left and Sir Leslie Wilson on the right.

Comments
WOW!!! The color of NRM has completely changed. When I visited last April, all the locos lost their beauty & now every loco has been repainted. http://sr-amesh.fotopic.net/c953270.html
Posted by Ramesh on 2007 May 23 05:24:44 +0100