WELCOME TO THE OUTDOOR EXHIBITS

NOTE: In case you want to view any of the items selectively, visit the Hyperlinked Master List of Outdoor Exhibits page, scroll through the list till you find the exhibit you want and click on its title. You will  be taken directly to that particular exhibit.

In the well kept gardens in the National Rail Museum's open display yard stand some of the most exquisite specimens of railway rolling stock ever seen in the Indian subcontinent. Beauties no doubt, but beasts as well, when it came to hard work and reliability. Specimens of ingenuity in design and operation, some exquisite saloons and cars used by the Maharajas and royalty of yesteryear, along with the mundane and hardy workhorses ferrying millions of the ordinary gentry, in tightly packed third class cars. All rare, and no more in existance in India, which makes them even more valuable.

Ranging from some of the smallest and lightest engines to run in the country, like the CS and Hasang, to massive behemoth locomotives hulking over the pygmy locomotives, like the Beyer Garratt and the XG/M.

To meet them is to love them, so without any further ado, let us proceed straight to the exhibits, beginning with the glass house which is home to the oldest but most celebrated of the exhibits, a matriarch in her own right, the venerable Fairy Queen.The Queen has recently reliquinshed her glass palace to the RAMGOTTY locomotive, and she is away on more onerous assignments. Ref. the Fairy Queen page for details.

Tragically, few appreciate the value and pricelessness of these classic machines of a bygone era, and several of the visitors inflict damage upon them, ranging from exasperating but comparatively less harmful graffiti to permanent and at times irreparable damage like breaking window panes, fittings etc. While half the thrill of visiting a railway museum is being able to climb into the locomotives and get a feel of things, fear of irreparable damage has forced the museum authorities to permanently seal off the entry doors to the exhibits.

I urge visitors to this museum and this webpage to desist from doing anything, however unintentional, which might damage the items in our treasure trove, and to report immediately any instance of harm being inflicted upon the exhibits by misguided zealots who gain entrance to the museum grounds under the name of visitors.

The exhibits are divided into five pages of sixteen exhibits each, so as to make things more manageable. In case you want to view any of the items selectively, visit the Hyperlinked Master List of Outdoor Exhibits page, scroll through the list on that page, and click on the item to be taken directly to that particular exhibit.

SO, HERE GOES:

ALL PHOTOS HAVE BEEN TAKEN BY ME UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED

18 October 1997 was a red letter day for the NRM. The venerable Fairy Queen did the nation proud by putting the NRM among the select list of rail museums in the world who also operate tourist trains. The 'Fairy Queen Express' left Delhi Cant.railway station on this day with 35 passengers on board, bound for Alwar, and then Sariska. Visit the Fairy Queen page for more details.