Darjeeling Mail - উত্তরবঙ্গের ঐতিহ্য - Joydeep Roy

One of the oldest exhibits — a hand-operated crane built in 1859 at Oldbury, an industrial town in West Midlands, England. The one-tonne capacity crane was used at the loco unit in Katwa

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A lathe machine powered by steam engine, built by H.W. Ward & Co, Birmingham, in 1908. It was one of the items found lying unattended during the renovation

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The broad-gauge steam locomotive belonged to the erstwhile East Pakistan Railways. It entered the Indian territory during the 1971 Liberation War and was captured by the Indian Army. It was kept at the Bandel yard before being brought to the museum

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The driver’s cabin of one of the first Metro rakes

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The sprawling museum compound with the Howrah bridge in the background

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