Golra Heritage Museum
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The station master's office. Next to it is the Golra Heritage Museum. Notice the heritage pictures displayed outside the station master's office.
Inside the station master's office.
Looking towards the Peshawar side. The old bell was used to inform the passengers of the arrival and departure of the train. Next to the bell is a green arrow on which is written "qibla" in Urdu, denoting the direction one should face to pray. T
Looking towards Rawalpindi-side. The Golra Heritage Museum is on the left hand side with the main station building attached to it. Look at the Victorian-style building with old lamps, cast iron benches, old weighing machine and tin roofs.
A colourful entrance to the Golra Sharif Museum.
A plaque at the entrance of the Golra Sharif Museum says that it was inaugurated by President Pervez Musharraf on 3rd March 2007.
A view of exhibits at the Golra Heritage Museum from the entrance. Notice the old style fans mounted on the ceiling.
At the left-hand side of the entrance, there is a wooden stand inside which old rifles are neatly kept. This stand also has hangers for coat, belts and caps. An old coat, a belt and a cap can be seen hanging.
A collection of old wick lamps used for signaling, guards and inside the railways station. Below this is a huge search-light which was fired using oil and was used during accidents and emergencies.
Tools from bygone era - resistance heaters, fan, ammeter and voltmeter.
A blast from the past - ammeter, voltmeter, lamp shades and fan.
An old style phone hanging on the wall which has a hand-held microphone and phone-mounted speaker. A brief set of instructions on how to use it are also supplied.
The station master of Golra Sharif Junction Janab Mohammad Ramzan showing an old powerful electrical searchlight that was taken out of a wooden box.
Two set of Morse-code telegraph machines displayed inside a glass casing.