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The Fairy Queen, also known as the East Indian Railway No. 22, is a steam locomotive which was built in 1855. It was restored by Loco Works Perambur, Chennai in 1997, and housed at the Rewari Railway Heritage Museum. The train occasionally runs between New Delhi and Alwar. [2]
The Rewari Railway Heritage Museum (formerly the Rewari Steam Locomotive Shed) is a railway museum in Delhi NCR at Rewari city in Haryana, India.Built in 1893, it is the only surviving steam locomotive shed in India, and houses some of India's last surviving steam locomotives as well as the world's oldest still-functional 1855-built steam locomotive the Fairy Queen.
Fairy Queen Express: 1997 IR: Fairy Queen Express is a steam engine locomotive which runs between the Indian capital, New Delhi, and Alwar in the state of Rajasthan. It was built around 1855 and was one of the first train in India to offer luxurious train travel. [13]
East Indian Railway Company: Class CT: 0-6-4 T, converted to a superheater; EIR class G: 2-2-2 T, first two named Express and Fairy Queen; Built in 1855, the latter is the world's oldest locomotive to be in working order and was rebuilt by ICF; Housed at East Indian Railway (EIR) EIR class P: 4-6-0; Great Indian Peninsula Railway:
Rewari Junction railway station (station code: RE [1]) is a major railway station of the Indian Railways serving the city of Rewari in the Indian state of Haryana. It is in the Jaipur Division of the North Western Railway zone and lies on the Delhi–Ajmer–Ahmedabad route. Six railway lines branch out from this railway station.
The Fairy Queen, a national treasure (cultural artifact) of India and the world's oldest working locomotive engine (c. 1855 CE), [16] operates as a tourist luxury train between Delhi and Alwar. In 1998 it was listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's oldest steam locomotive in regular service.
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The concept of the Palace on Wheels was derived from the royal background of the coaches, which were originally meant to be the personal railway coaches of the erstwhile rulers of the princely states of Rajputana, Baroda, the Nizam of Hyderabad and mainly the Governor-General of India. [8] Due to changes in the rail gauges over the years, after ...