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identity
(name or number) |
Year
built |
Brief
description of the exhibit |
|
1907 |
India's
only steam monorail. Still runs within the museum grounds offering joy rides. |
FIRE TRUCK (road vehicle) |
1914 |
Used in
railway workshops. A regular winner till date at vintage car rallies in Delhi. |
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identity
(name or number) |
Year
built |
Brief
description of the exhibit |
FAIRY QUEEN |
1855 |
Oldest
operating steam
locomotive. Also the oldest locomotive in commercial service. Oldest exhibit at the NRM. |
RAMGOTTY |
1862 |
Converted to bg from 4'
0" gauge.Wooden brakes.Second oldest exhibit. |
B-26 |
1870 |
0-6-0 with two-tone
whistle, used on the Oudh & Rohilkhund Railway. |
COVERED WAGON |
1879 |
One of the earliest
rivetted steel bodied freight cars, with bottle-jack buffers and ususual circular doors at
each end. |
A-48 |
1891 |
Half sectioned. Typical
express passenger 4-6-0 locomotive. Commonly known as 'mail engine'. |
ERC (green/white car) |
1890 |
Used on the O & RR,
fitted with sunshades on all sides. |
ST 707 |
1904 |
Assembled from spare
parts received along with fully built locomotive imports. |
WP/P |
1947 |
Express passenger
locomotive, pride of the IR fleet for over four decades. |
AWE |
1943 |
One of the war-design
classes of locomotive. |
WL |
1955 |
Light duty steam engine.
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ERA |
1914 |
6-Wheeler saloon, used
on the MSM Railway. |
PHOENIX |
1907 |
Originally a
railmotor. |
HPS/2 |
1950 |
Erstwhile standard
'mail' engine on the IR. BESA design. |
HAND CRANE |
1883 |
Hand-operated breakdown
crane. |
HG/C |
1909 |
Typical BESA design
freight locomotive. |
WOODEN BODIED
SHEEP CARRIER |
1929 |
Wooden bodied bi-level
sheep carrier. |
CRANE TANK |
1923 |
Tank locomotive with
crane, used in workshops. |
EMD |
1907 |
Passenger loco often
deployed for VIP train workings. |
PT |
1936 |
Suburban tank
locomotive.
|
E.M.U. POWER TRAILER (motor coach) |
1928 |
Power trailer (motor
coach) of one of the earliest e.m.u.s in India. |
SENTINEL (b.g.) |
1926 |
Vertical boiler steam
engine with chain drive for light workings. |
|
1930 |
Massive 234 T
articulated Garratt locomotive. |
XT/1 |
1935 |
Typical IRS design
suburban tank locomotive. |
SIR ROGER LUMLEY WCP/1 |
1930 |
First d.c. electric
passenger locomotive to run on the IR. |
SIR LESLIE WILSON WCG/1 |
1928 |
First d.c. electric
freight locomotive to run on the IR. Articulated, based on 'crocodile' design. |
Y-2 |
1907 |
Heavyweight
pre-electrification banking engine on the GIP. |
JAGJIVAN RAM WAM/1 |
1959 |
One of the first a.c.
electrics to run on the IR. |
XE |
1930 |
IRS design express
passenger locomotive. |
WDM/1 |
1957 |
First bg
diesel to run in India, based on Alco's World Series design. |
BIDHAAN WAG/1 |
1963 |
First Indian built ac
freight electric locomotive. |
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identity
(name or number) |
Year
built |
Brief
description of the exhibit |
TJ |
1942 |
Second lightest mg
engine to work in India. |
6-car Armoured train |
1886-90 |
Armoured train |
YB |
1935 |
IRS std. express
locomotive. |
HP |
1948 |
US-built BESA-era steam
engine fitted with 12 wheeled tender for working in arid areas. |
X (Nilgiri locomotive) |
1920 |
Rack and pinion
locomotive. |
Bikaner car BKS/ET |
1902 |
One of the earliest
wooden-bodied 3rd class cars on the Bikaner Railway. |
P |
1922-23 |
BESA engine, assembled
at Ajmer Workshops. |
FOWLER DIESEL |
1949 |
India's earliest serious
dieselization attempts were made using this class of engines. |
E-207 |
1878 |
Converted to saddle tank
from an earlier 0-4-2 design. |
MYSORE MAHARAJA SALOON |
1899 |
Part of the Maharaja's
royal train. Convertible from mg to bg. |
FMA |
1888 |
Very popular 0-6-0 of
her time. |
F-1 |
1895 |
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identity
(name or number) |
Year
built |
Brief
description of the exhibit |
MTR |
1910 |
Dimunitive ng engine
with balloon-stack chimney. |
MOURBHUJ COACH |
N/AV |
Composite, unbraked,
entrance from balcony at each engine. |
SENTINEL (n.g.) |
1929 |
Vertical boiler steam
engine with chain drive for light workings. |
CS |
1927 |
The smallest and
lightest ng engine ever used in India. (Apart from 'Hasang) |
DECAUVILLE |
1902 |
Saddle tank engine,
looks just like a pannier tank. |
KALKA-SIMLA RAILCAR |
1931 |
Petrol engined,
dimunitive car which could be turned on its axis for the return journey. |
ZF |
1934 |
Very powerful, compact
hill engine, no lookout on boiler side. |
WT |
1925 |
Worked on the IR's most
extensively used 2' 6"ng lines centred around Dabhoi in Gujarat. |
RD |
1929 |
Standard power on the
Raipur-Dhamtari (hence RD) line before dieselization. |
MLR |
1907 |
Engine with articulated
axles used on the Matheran line. |
MATHERAN CARS (2 nos) |
N/AV |
Pint sized 4-wheelers,
one first class, the other third class. |
DARJEELING COACH |
1902 |
Pint sized 4-wheeler,
built locally at Tindharia. |
B-777
(DARJEELING LOCO) |
1889,
Re-built 1917 |
Legendary
standard DHR power. |
MATHERAN RAILCAR |
1912 |
Chain drive, converted
from a bus, 4-whl. bogie in front, single axle at the rear. |
HASANG |
1897 |
Used at Ledo, Assam, one
of the smallest ng engines used on the IR. (Apart from the CS). |
MUSEUM TOY TRAIN |
1976-77 |
Steam-engine shaped
diesel engine, Constantly circumvents the static exhibits. |
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