E: [email protected], [email protected]
W: http://dhr.indianrailways.gov.in/ or http://www.railwayindia.co.in/museums-of-railways/ ghum-railway-museum.html
The status of UNESCO World Heritage was provided in 1999 to the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Toy Train of narrow gauge. In 2000, Ghoom Railway Museum came into being to showcase the heritage of DHR to the world.
Ministry of Railways. Included in the Darjeeling Himalayan Railways are three museums, of which one is DHR Ghoom Museum situated within Ghoom Railway Station. Sukna and Kurseong have two other DHR museums.
About the collection: The Ghoom museum is an open air and indoor museum. Steam engine Baby Sivok, first class coach, goods wagons and weighing machines are kept outdoor and more than 300 old photographs, artefacts, manuals, routes, old records, old telegraph machines, ticket tube, station bell, photographs of old buildings are available indoors