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The '''Railway Museum''' at [[Mysore]], [[India]] is an outdoor exhibit of vintage locomotives.

The Railway Museum was established in 1979 by ''Indian Railways'', the second such museum after the ''National Railway Museum'' in [[Delhi]]. The museum is opposite the [[CFTRI|Central Food Technology and Research Institute]] on Krishnaraja Sagar Road. It has locomotives and a gallery of photographs and paintings depicting the growth of [[railways]] in India. Railway signals and lights are also displayed. The museum has a battery-operated mini-train giving a short ride for children on the grounds.

==Exhibits==
* ES 506 4-6-2 is the first locomotive at the entrance .
* An [[Austin Motor Company|Austin]] rail-motor car
* Several inspection cars, one inspection car is used as a ticket office.
* Two royal coaches that belonged to the [[Maharaja]] of Mysore.
* The [[Maharani]] Saloon carriage that has a kitchen, dining car unit and royal toilet dating back to 1899.
* A [[W.G. Bagnall]] #1625 which was made in 1900 for Khushalgarh - Kohat - Thal Railway which was a military frontier line, was subsequently transferred to [[North Western Railway]]s. It operated at Timber Depot in [[Marala]] and was transferred later to [[Dhilwan]] [[Creosoting]] plant. This 2'-6" [[Rail gauge|gauge]] locomotive is configured as 2-4-2ST.
* Class E #37244 4-4-4T from [[Surrey Iron Railway|SIR]] built by North British Locomotive Co. in 1920. Originally # 8, it was one of the three superheated locomotives.
* Class TS/1 #37338 2-6-2T from [[Southern Railway (Great Britain)|SR]], made by W.G. Bagnall in 1932 for Mysore State Railways.
* A YP #2511 made by [[Telco Systems|Telco]] in 1963.

==Austin Railway Car==
[[File:Austin115107.jpg|left|thumb]]
The picture at left is a 1925 model Austin, originally an automobile made for running on road. It was later sold to a scrap dealer. A railway employee brought this car from the scrap dealer and restored it. However, he made few major changes to the car. He fitted rail wheels to the car and removed the steering. Thus it began its journey as railcar. It was used for carrying inspection officials on track. It could carry six people.

==MG Steam Locomotive - YP-2511==
[[File:YPClassSteam2511.jpg|left|thumb]]
YP2511 was built by Telco in 1963. It is a meter gauge [[steam engine]]. The plate containing YP 2511 boiler's details mentions that the boiler was built in 1957. The boiler was numbered 2352.

==NG Steam Locomotive - 119 E==
[[File:NG Steam Locomotive - 119 E.jpg|alt=NG Steam Locomotive - 119 E|thumb|NG Steam Locomotive - 119 E]]
This North Western Railway NG Tank Loco No. 119 E used firewood as fuel instead of coal. It was built by W.G. Bagnall Ltd.,

England in 1900. Wheel Configuration: 2-4-2 Height: 3429 mm

== NG Steam Locomotive-E-506 ==
[[File:NG Steam Locomotive-E-506.jpg|alt=NG Steam Locomotive-E-506|left|thumb|NG Steam Locomotive-E-506]]
This is a narrow gauge steam locomotive with 4-6-2 wheel arrangement was supplied to Mysore State Railway (MSR). An ‘E’ class

locomotive rebuilt with a super-heater but not reclassified as ES class, became a Southern Railway locomotive and was renumbered 506

in 1957. It was a part of a batch of three locomotives (4237-9) supplied by Kerr, Stuart and Co.Ltd., England (KS) in 1922. The MSR also had another six E, ES & ES1 class locomotives, all built by KS. The ES was used for mixed traffic operations on the Bangalore- Bangarapet line. They also worked on Kolar District & Bangalore-Chikballapur Railway.

== MG Steam Locomotive -TS 37338 ==
[[File:MG Steam Locomotive -TS 37338.jpg|alt=MG Steam Locomotive -TS 37338|thumb|MG Steam Locomotive -TS 37338]]
This 2-6-2T was manufactured by W.G.Bagnall Ltd., Stafford, England in 1932 for Mysore State Railway. The TS was a metre

gauge suburban tank engine, used on slow passenger services on the Bangalore-Tumkur line.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Mysuru_Rail_Museum_entrance.jpg
File:Merry_Weather_Steam_Pump.jpg
File:YPClassSteam2511.jpg
File:NG_Steam_Locomotive-E-506.jpg
File:MG_Steam_Locomotive_-TS_37338.jpg
File:Austin115107.jpg
File:MG_Diesel_Locomotive-YDM_6200.jpg
File:MG_Rail_Bus.jpg
File:MG_Brake_Van_115257.jpg
File:Bogie_Hopper_Wagon.jpg
File:Iconic_Toy_Train_Station.jpg
File:Turn_Table.jpg
File:Indoor_Signal_Gallery.jpg
File:MSR_Cast_Iron_Gate.jpg
File:Rail_Coach_Cafe.jpg
</gallery>

==See also==

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* [[National Rail Museum, New Delhi]]
* [[Rewari Railway Heritage Museum]]
* [[Regional Railway Museum, Chennai]]
* [[Railway Heritage Centre, Tiruchirappalli]]
* [[Joshi's Museum of Miniature Railway]]
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==References==
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* Chugging through Time [http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-districtplus/chugging-through-time/article4704082.ece]
* [http://www.mysore.org.uk/museums/railway-museum.html Mysore Railway Museum mysore.org.uk]
* [http://www.trainweb.org/railworld/Trip%202001/MYS/index.htm Mysore Railway Museum trainweb.org]
* Source for Technical and Historical information: Indian Locomotives by Hugh Hughes

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