Rewari Railway Heritage Museum Explained

Rewari Railway Heritage Museum
Native Name:रेवाड़ी रेल संग्रहालय
Native Name Lang:hin
Map Type:India Haryana#India
Coordinates:28.2085°N 76.612°W
Former Name:Rewari Steam Locomotive Shed
Location:North end of Rewari railway station, Rewari, Haryana, India
Type:railway museum
Key Holdings:Fairy Queen
Collections:steam locomotive
Owner:Northern Railway zone of Indian Railways

The Rewari Railway Heritage Museum (formerly the Rewari Steam Locomotive Shed) is a railway museum in Delhi NCR at Rewari city in Haryana, India. Built in 1893, it is the only surviving steam locomotive shed in India, and houses some of India's last surviving steam locomotives as well as the world's oldest still-functional 1855-built steam locomotive the Fairy Queen. It is located north of the entrance of the Rewari railway station, from Gurgaon and from the National Rail Museum at Chanakyapuri in New Delhi.[1]

History

Steam locomotive shed

Built in 1893, the Rewari Steam Locomotive Shed was the only locomotive shed in North India for many years, and part of the railroad track connecting Delhi with Peshawar. After steam engines were phased out by the 1990s and steam traction on meter gauge tracks was discontinued in January, 1994,[2] the loco shed remained in neglect for many years before it was rehabilitated. The steam shed reopened in May, 2002.[3]

Heritage museum

The Rewari Steam Locomotive Shed was refurbished as a heritage tourism destination, its edifice restored, and a museum added by the Indian Railways in December 2002.[3] The shed exhibited Victorian era artifacts used on the Indian rail network, along with the old signalling system, gramophones, and seats. The refurbished heritage museum was opened in October 2010. The engines are still available for live demonstrations.[4] [5]

Exhibits

The shed and compound has 11 (of 16 functional in India)[6] of the world's oldest steam locomotives, restored and still functional, including the following:

Development plans

In January 2018, Indian Railway prepared a proposal to develop an 8.8 Hectare railway heritage theme park adjacent to the Rewari Rail Museum. It will be built in collaboration with the Government of Haryana and India's Ministry of Tourism based on a concept similar to the Devon Railway Centre in UK, the Edaville Railroad Theme Park in the USA and the Ferrymead Heritage Park in New Zealand. The Railway has asked the Haryana Government to include this heritage museum in the state subsidised "Swadesh Darshan scheme" under the under-development Madhogarh-Mahendragarh-Narnaul-Rewari heritage circuit of the Tourism Ministry being implemented at the cost of INR1.47 billion (INR147 crore or US$23 million).[13]

The Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) has launched a drive to increase the awareness of this museum among the students.[14] [15]

Facilities

The museum is open daily.[16] It has a 3-D steam loco simulator simulating Darjeeling Himalayan Railway steam locomotive ride, 3-D virtual reality coach simulator, a toy train, educational yard model train system, an indoor exhibition gallery, a 35-seater conference room with projector, a century-old dining car, cafeteria and souvenir shop. In the museum, there are exhibit halls showing models of small engines, old railway equipment, hand-held brass signal lamps, and old photos. The facilities at the museum include 30 minute long documentaries and films shows, once or twice a day in museum's conference hall with a seating capacity of 50, about the history and present operations of railways in India.[14]

Fairy Queen steam-locomotive ferries tourists from Delhi to Rewari every second Saturday from October to April.[13]

In popular culture

The Rewari steam locomotive shed has rented locomotives for various film shoots and part of the film Gandhi, My Father was shot here.[17] [18] Locomotives have appeared in films such as Barfi!, Guru, love aaj kal, Rang De Basanti and Veer-Zaara among others.[19] The locomotive Akbar has featured in several movies shot here, including: , Gandhi, My Father, Ki & Ka, Sultan (2016 film), Gangs of Wasseypur (film series), Qarib Qarib Singlle (2017 film), Partition (2007 film), Pranayam (2011 Malayalam movie), Ek Tha Chander Ek Thi Sudha (TV serial)[8]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Google map of Rewari Railway Heritage Mesuam and national Railway Museum at New Delhi . 15 May 2017 . 7 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180707202017/https://www.google.com.sg/maps/dir/Rewari+Railway+Station,+Rewari,+Haryana,+India/Rewari+Heritage+Steam+Loco+Shed,+Railway+Colony,+Rewari,+Haryana+123401,+India/National+Rail+Museum,+Market+Road,+Chanakyapuri,+New+Delhi,+Delhi,+India/@28.3924175,76.6144564,10z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m20!4m19!1m5!1m1!1s0x390d500955555555:0xd8c5cb763bc48586!2m2!1d76.6112927!2d28.2027189!1m5!1m1!1s0x390d5a90a82df38d:0xe7c03c9f359c54c5!2m2!1d76.6118288!2d28.2088235!1m5!1m1!1s0x390d1d7021a0de89:0xdb46d0593f9caa02!2m2!1d77.1800892!2d28.5854992!3e2 . live .
  2. Web site: Overview of Bikaner Division . 15 May 2017 . 21 May 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120521200939/http://www.nwr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1328716079947-overview%20bkn.pdf . live .
  3. Web site: National Conference on Steam Heritage Tourism inaugurated. 2 December 2002. Ministry of Railways. 15 May 2017. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064145/http://pib.nic.in/archieve/lreleng/lyr2002/rdec2002/02122002/r0212200218.html. live.
  4. News: Gathering steam. 4 Apr 2010. The Indian Express. India. 5 October 2010. 15 January 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110115235339/http://www.indianexpress.com/news/gathering-steam/599590/. live.
  5. Web site: Rewaristeamloco.com. 4 October 2014. 6 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141006081525/http://www.rewaristeamloco.com/. dead.
  6. Web site: Rewari Museum needs some steam . business-standard.com . 11 January 2019 . 6 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180806180944/https://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/rewari-museum-needs-some-steam-117113001423_1.html . live .
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  8. Web site: Learn- about Gadar's 'Akbar', has run in more than 40 films. . Hindi News . 11 January 2019.
  9. Web site: Tourist train 'Akbar' to commence tiger sighting journey in October . dnaindia.com . 11 January 2019 . 6 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180806151348/http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-tourist-train-akbar-to-commence-tiger-sighting-journey-in-october-2021827 . live .
  10. Web site: A walk around the 'Akbar steam locomotive #1761 . youtube.com . 11 January 2019.
  11. http://hdwon.co/video/150UP-Delhi-Cantt-Alwar-STEAM-EXPRESS-with-WP-7161-Akbar-INDIAN-RAILWAYS-Heritage-Steam-Train/h9CG9ufL5tE '150UP Delhi Cantt – Alwar STEAM EXPRESS'
  12. Web site: Bullet Nose WP-7200 at Safdarjung 13 Jan 2007 . youtube.com . 11 January 2019 . 13 April 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160413090450/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKnP10nc39A . live .
  13. Web site: Railway heritage theme park on the anvil at Rewari . 11 January 2019 . 27 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180827205950/http://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay.aspx?newsID=491571 . live .
  14. Web site: Rewari heritage rail museum to attract students . timesofindia.com . 11 January 2019 . 18 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180818132838/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Rewari-heritage-rail-museum-to-attract-students/articleshow/16586269.cms . live .
  15. Web site: Rewari locomotive: The only steam loco shed that remains in India . economictimes.com . 11 January 2019 . 7 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180807003437/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/slideshows/infrastructure/rewari-locomotive-the-only-steam-loco-shed-that-remains-in-india/slideshow/21137888.cms . live .
  16. Web site: Rewari Steam Loco Shed . mycity4kids.com . 11 January 2019 . 15 December 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191215115715/https://www.mycity4kids.com/Delhi-NCR/Fun-Places-To-Go/Rewari-Steam-Loco-Shed_Rewari/57015_bd . live .
  17. Eye on Games, black beauties gather steam. 10 Aug 2010. The Times of India . India. Dwaipayan. Ghosh.
  18. News: Charm of Chhuk-Chhuk. 3 July 2005. The Tribune. India. 15 May 2017. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304033324/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050703/spectrum/main2.htm. live.
  19. Web site: Full Steam Ahead: Photo exhibition pays tribute to steam locomotives . indianexpressd.com . 11 January 2011 . 19 June 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140619064023/http://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/full-steam-ahead-photo-exhibition-pays-tribute-to-steam-locomotives/ . live .

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