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Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Mysore Rail Museum

People find Mysore as good hangout place during weekends. The most often visited are ZOO, Chamundi Hills, Palace, KRS etc.. However most of the visitors do not know about RAIL MUSEUM situated near Mysore Railway Station. Please visit this place also; It hardly takes an hour to watch.

There are lot of things you can find here. The legacy trains includes steam, coal engines and various equipments used for overhaul. Also you can step into those trains and have a feel of driver's cabin and ancient looks within. There is also a toy train for people to enjoy which is taken for 2 rounds. For children, there a small playground where they can rejoice for some time. There is a gallery which depicts the old events of indian railways. All of that being displayed have clear description nearby them. You can also have watch to the Maharani rail which was considered to be posh train in those days. This train was specifically meant for Maharani of Mysore. The Maharaja train is in Delhi museum as per placard.

The fares are very minimum.

The entrance fee is
Adults: Rs. 5
Children (above 5): Rs. 2


The fee is separate for toy train
Adults: Rs. 5
Children (above 5): Rs. 2


The videos and photos also come at minimum cost
Still Camera: Rs. 10
Video Camera: Rs. 20


The MUSEUM is open all days from 9:30 A.M till 6:00 P.M without any breaks.

I hope you will enjoy the place. Here are some photos. Only few of photos have captions :-)

MAIN ENTRANCE


TOY TRAIN


GALLERY

PHOTO OF OPENING OF HASSAN-MANGALORE RAIL LINE

MAHARANI TRAIN


Watch small video of Toy Train ride!


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