The 'joy train' at the Regional Rail Museum takes visitors around the premises for a view of outdoor heritage exhibits
The 1965-made first-class coach of the 'Ooty Train', which ran in the Nilgiri Mountain Railway, from Mettupalayam to Ooty.
A visitor looking at the exhbits in the technical gallery of the Regional Rail Museum
Train tail lamps on display at the Regional Rail Museum. Display boards explaining everything from the history of the Indian Railway to high-speed trains across the world are placed between the exhibits.
Some of the outdoor exhibits at the Regional Rail museum date back to the 1800s. It was only in 1951 that the railways were nationalised as one unit -- the Indian Railways. At the time of independence there were ove 40 rail systems in operation.
A running scale model at the Regional Rail Museum, which displays the MRTS, suburban and long-distance rail network in Chennai.
Clocks that are over 100 years old, at the Regional Rail Museum. These clocks are still ticking, display the correct time and are hand wound. They were made by Smiths Clocks in England.
An electric coach used for both goods and passenger trains, this was made in 1954 by English Electric Co. Ltd, in London and by Vulcun Foundry Newton-le-Willows in Lamcashire.
An old track-changing system on display at the Regional Rail Museum
A narrow gauge steam engine, made by Baldwin Loco Works, USA, once used in the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway
A steam-operated ploughing engine, made in 1895, on display at the Regional Rail Museum. An Englishman, John Fowler, who was an agricultural engineer, pioneered the steam engine's use for ploughing and digging, enabling faster and increased cultivation.
A metre-gauge steam locomotive on display at the Regional Rail Museum. The locomotive, made in 1909, ran for over 80 years before being withdrawn from service in 1994.