Railways to launch drive to identify heritage items lying unnoticed

New Delhi, Feb 8: On lines of reviving the Fairy Queen Steam Locomotive and setting up of Rewari Steam Centre, the Railways is gearing up to launch a special drive to identify various heritage items that are currently lying unnoticed at different locations. 

To give focused attention to preserve Indian Railways’ century old rich heritage, the Railway Board recently organised a day-long event of heritage officers of Zonal Railways and Production Units, which was presided over by Chairman, Railway Board Ashwani Lohani, a statement said.
The Board had also planned to ensure proper preservation and display of such heritage items besides opening a logbook of all major events both at the Zonal Railways and National Rail Museum to record the timelines of Railways history. 
Moreover, upkeep of Hill Railways and bringing them to world standard would also be high on the agenda.
An open interactive session was conducted at the National Rail Museum and the objective was to create more awareness about technology and preservation processes of different domains of Heritage of Indian Railways. 
Experts from agencies such as INTACH, C-DAC (Ministry of IT), Google Art & Culture, UNESCO and Centre for Heritage Management, Ahmedabad University were also present to explain various details of these areas. UNI