Regional Rail Museum to be called Chennai Rail Museum

It may well be the season of renaming institutions in Tamil Nadu. After the Madras High Court, which, the state government wanted to be renamed “Tamil Nadu High Court”, it is the now the turn of the Regional Rail Museum in Perambur. Unlike the court, the case of rail museum has been long overdue.

Passengers taking a ride on a toy train at the Chennai Rail Museum

Updated on:

21 Aug 2016, 4:42 am

Chennai

ICF (Integral Coach Factory), which manages the rail museum has officially announced that it would be renamed as ‘Chennai Rail Museum’ on Monday when Chennaiites would be celebrating ‘Madras Day’ in commemoration of the founding day of the city on August 22, 1639.

Established by then railway minister Nitish Kumar in 2002 and attracting around 6,000 visitors per month, the museum near the furnishing division of ICF has many rare artefacts that are testament to the evolution of Indian Railways, particularly its southern zone.

Of particular interest would be the steam, diesel and fowler steam plough engines on display outside the museum, which demonstrate the seismic shift in the hauling capacity of the trains over years. And if you are one of those unlucky ones in the state capital to have not witnessed a heritage Nilgiri Mountain Railway (NMR) train chugging through the narrow caves of mist covered western ghats only on screen, the museum might help you catch a glimpse of a life size model of a NMR coach on

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Regional Rail Museum to be called Chennai Rail Museum

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