Mahatma Gandhi alighting a third class wooden coach, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in the cabin of a locomotive, a special train carrying refugees, packed with passengers, with many squatting on the roof top, at the time of Partition, a steam engine on a turn table …
These are a few of the hundreds of photographs of historical importance on display at an exhibition that was inaugurated by General Manager of East Coast Railway Rajiv Vishnoi, being organised at Srinivasa Kalyana Mandapam, near the Railway Station to trace the 160-year journey of Indian Railways.
The exhibition is drawing thousands of visitors and people of different age groups are evincing keen interest in seeing the pictures. Many of the visitors were seen capturing the rare photographs on their digital cameras.
The pictures are sure to revive memories of the pre-Independent era among senior citizens and the majestic steam locomotives would have revived the memories of those who were fortunate enough to have seen them chug in and chug out of the stations.
Pictures of some of the royal station buildings such as the Victoria Terminus (1887), the Howrah Railway Station in 1906, the majestic Charbagh (Lucknow), Old Delhi railway station and the Nampally Railway Station provide a peep into the railway history.
A working model of a train to Araku and a model of a locomotive and a few other models done with egg shell by artiste Durga Shankar of Visakhapatnam were a big draw at the expo.
ExtendedThe exhibition, which was scheduled to conclude on Monday, has been extended by two more days in view of the overwhelming response from the public. The timings, which are from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., have also been extended by two hours till 8 p.m. on all the days.
