On some days the Old Patiala State Steam Monorail is steamed up and runs on its track around the museum. Some of the exhibits that can be seen clockwise from the left are a WP in the distance, an EMU motor coach, Jodhpur Railways Steam loco, Nilgiri Railway 'X' class loco, an old DC loco of the GIPR and on the extreme right a Ledo Coal mine loco. This metre gauge loco was built in 1895 and was one of the first locos ever to be built in India. On my last visit to the NRM in Feb this year, I happened to spot behind the wall of the NRM a line up of the original Palace On Wheel's rake on a temporarily laid MG track. On making a few enquiries, I was told that the old caoches had just arrived there from Ajmer Shops and more were expected soon.
Picture shows some of the carriages parked on the track.
This picture should not be confused with the NRM, New Delhi but is an attempt to show the old and new Palace On Wheels rakes. The road to the right of the rake is the workshop road and on the extreme right of the picture the walls of the workshops can be seen. The locomotives better known as 'Crocodiles' were built at the Metroplitan Vickers works and their mechanical portions came from the SLM, Winterthur. One of the more recent additions to the NRM is the 'WL' class of locomotive. Built by Baldwin this loco retired in May 1987.