Chennai Rail Museum

Chennai Rail Museum

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The Chennai Rail Museum is a railway museum in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The museum opened on 16 April 2002 in the Furnishing Division of the Integral Coach Factory near Perambur. The 6.25-acre museum has technical and heritage exhibits, with a sizable collection of steam engines from the British Raj. It also has vintage coaches, which were endemic on Indian railways. Most of the older models were manufactured by the North British Locomotive Company, with some trains in the collection dating back more than a century. Toy-train rides are available, and a renovated indoor art gallery is open to the public. The museum is managed and maintained by the ICF