A Railway Heritage Centre and a state-of-art library have been inaugurated by General Manager of East Coast Railway Indra Ghosh and president of East Coast Railway Women's Welfare Organisation Ratna Ghosh at the ECoR headquarters, Rail Sadan,here.
A large numbers of old photographs depicting old world charm of the Railways before Independence and during the Bengal Nagpur Railway (BNR), East India Railway (EIR) days are on display at the heritage centre. Various logos, emblems and photos of steam engines and stations used in the yesteryears of different State Railways since the evolution of railways in India are kept here for viewing.
Plans are also afoot to develop this heritage centre by exhibiting vintage equipments of the signalling system, rich and vibrant history, romance, nostalgia of old world charm items used at railway stations, retiring rooms, railway institutions, workshop items used in the steam era, furniture, old tickets, etc.
Books on various subjects, newspapers, magazines, in-house journals and reference books for children, students and railway employees are kept in the library. This State-of-Art Library has also been developed with computerisation for issue of books. At present, over 15,000 books are available with plans to increase the number to more than 30,000 in near future.
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