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Rewari: The Mechanical Wing of the Northern Railway has decided to initiate new additions in the Heritage Rail Museum (HRM) at the Loco Shed in Rewari to attract more visitors in general and the student community in particular.Ashwini Lohani, chief mechanical engineer (CME), and Vikas Arya, deputy chief mechanical engineer of the Northern Railway, along with their team recently visited the HRM here.Jayanto Sanyal, state convener of the Haryana chapter of the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH), and Sudhir Bhargava, convener of the Rewari chapter of INTACH, coordinated their visit.The Rewari HRM in the Loco Shed is one of the oldest Loco Sheds of the Indian Railways and comprises models of several old engines, allied equipment and other such exhibits. However, it has not been able to draw a fair number of visitors during the past two years.While seeking reorientation of the HRM, the INTACH functionaries put forward suggestions regarding showing of documentaries about the history and present operations of the railways, addition of new exhibits to depict the working of the railway network in the hilly and desert terrains of the country, appropriate reconditioning of the restaurant, showing steam locomotives in running condition and provision of a special guide to draw more visitors.

Lohani directed his staff to prepare a brochure about the history of the museum, the railways and other vital exhibits of the museum and distribute them free of cost to the visitors.