North Western Railway Heritage

Date: 2005-02-19
Owner: Gallery Administrator
Size: 66 items
nwr_electrical_bell.jpg

Electric bell, 1908.

nwr_musket_hat_rack.jpg

Musket and hat rack, circa 1901.

pnsr_cot.jpg

A cot from the Punjab Northern State Railway, circa 1889.

nwr_chair.jpg

A chair from an NWR office.

nwr_seat.jpg

More antique NWR furniture.

nwr_field_phone.jpg

Field phone, 1898. This could be hooked on to telegraph wires for emergency communication with the control center or head station from trackside locations.

nwr_hand_lamp.jpg

Kerosene lamp, 1903. This was hung by its hook from the last coach or wagon of a train as the 'last vehicle' indication.

nwr_jhelum_bridge_fencing_plaque.jpg

Fencing with plaque of the contractors, Campbell, Johnstone & Co., from the Jhelum bridge, built in 1872.

nwr_water_trolley.jpg

A water trolley. Watermen ('paniwallahs') used these to carry pots filled with water for sale by the cup alongside trains at the station, especially in the summer.

nwr_heritage_point.jpg

Golra station, a functioning station of Pakistan Railways today, which is the 'Heritage Point' for the exhibition of items from NWR and other railways' history.

nwr_hot_water_bottle.jpg

A hot water bottle with its strap.

nwr_grill.jpg

Grilling equipment.

nwr_ng_262_64.jpg

Narrow gauge 2-6-2 loco (class not specified) #64 with coaches at Golra.

nwr_ng_horse_box.jpg

Narrow gauge horse box, for two full-grown horses or up to four ponies.

nwr_oil_lamp.jpg

An oil lamp.