New arrivals include a 66-year-old engine that used to run on the Neral-Matheran line, a rare rail bus from Buldhana and an engine from Akola
The aircraft blue diesel-run rail bus was a regular feature on the 12-km Jalambh-Khamgaon section of Buldhana district.
The aircraft blue diesel-run rail bus of WRB1 class which could accommodate 76 passengers was a regular feature on the 12-km Jalambh-Khamgaon section of Buldhana district. Manufactured by Bharat Earth Movers Limited, it had been shifted to Central Railway's Parel workshop for an overhaul.
“Spotting a rail bus is always a rare thing for Mumbaikars and there cannot be a better place than the Mumbai CSMT headquarters for display of this rail bus that has served for over a decade,” a railway engineer said. The Murtijapur locomotive of ZDM4A class diesel numbered 212 of 2-foot-6-inch gauge was built in 1975. The engine will be refurbished and painted in its original colour.
This NDM1-class, made-in-Germany engine used to run on the Matheran route
The third locomotive had a closer connection with Mumbai. It is a blue-yellow 2-foot gauge, NDM1-class locomotive made by Arnold Jung Gmbh, Germany. Now 66 years old, this 700-HP engine used to run on the popular narrow gauge Neral-Matheran Hill Railway. The German engine was rebuilt at the Parel workshop in 2002.
Food on wheels
Opened in 2018, the open-air museum at CSMT is also set to get a 'Restaurant on Wheels’ made out of an old, refurbished rail coach for R28 lakh.The heritage gully has rare artefacts, including a 1928 vintage narrow gauge steam locomotive that used to run on the Kurduwadi-Latur Barsi Light Railway, one ofIndia’s first electric locos named Sir Leslie Wilson and a WCG-2 class electric loco manufactured by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works that ran on 1500V DC power. Among the other attractions are a heritage wagon manufactured by the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company, England, in 1920, a printing press, an old stone crusher, and a fire engine made in 1880, which was operated manually by a team of eight to 12 men and a steam crane.
1975
Year of manufacture of the Murtijapur loco
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