National Rail Museum
Heritage museum of Indian railway history, including the world's oldest working steam locomotive.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the National Rail Museum in Delhi centers on the Fairy Queen, a locomotive built in 1855 in Leeds that hauled mail through Bengal and troop trains during the 1857 rebellion before earning a Guinness World Record as the oldest steam engine still in regular use. It follows the engine from empire through independence to the morning in 2011 when railway officials arrived to check on it and found parts missing. Look closely at the frame in front of you before you move on.
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