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Hyderabad: Indian Railways on Saturday, showcased rare photographs from its archives at the Railway Photographic Exhibition inaugurated at the Salar Jung Museum.    The photo exhibition on 160 years of Indian Railways showcases facets of railway infrastructure and operations.    Among the exhibits were older photographs of the Ranchi Railway Station, random photographs of the different sorts of steam engines and trains, locomotives, baggage carriages, railway architecture, bridges and tunnels.   Also rare photographs capturing the legendary Bhagat Singh at the Lahore Railway station, personalities like Jawaharlal Nehru, Gandhiji and Lal Bahadur Shashtri at railway stations are exhibited.   A photo of the Nizam of Hyderabad at the erstwhile Hyderabad Deccan Station is also on display.    “The growth of Railways shows the growth of nation. This exhibition will be interesting to the viewers as it enables them to have a vivid glimpse of how the railways evolved during the past 100 years,” said GM of SCR D.P. Pande.