Railway Heritage Park – GoyaGate (Pratap Nagar)

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Located near the Pratapnagar Railway Station, the Railway Heritage Park was established to commemorate the occasion of completion of 150 Years of the arrival of Railways in Vadodara. The story of the development of Railways has been depicted in Park. It also underlines the economic & political changes associated with the Railways.

Attractions:

The park is divided into two parts, one of them is a small garden while the other part is a rolling stock(engines) park, the Railway Museum is also located in the vicinity of these parks.

The shaded garden displays a model narrow gauge station at its center, complete with tracks, signals, lamp-posts and even a couple of carriages. This garden is also dotted with panels that trace the history of the Western Railway from the humble beginnings of the Great Indian Peninsular Railways’ first passenger train pulled by the legendary engines Sindh, Sahib, and Sultan leaving on its maiden run to its present form.

In the Rolling Stock Yard you can also take a look at the following things:

Diamond Crossing: Diamond Crossing is a device that is arranged at a location in which two different trains are helpful to take the train on the track. The narrow gauge and broad gauge trains from one track to another is also helpful. The Diamond Crossing at Pratap Nagar workshop was developed in 1925. A train Crossing from Diamond Crossing was considered a Great Experience.

Turn Table: In the past, it was only possible to run the engine in one direction. So when the train arrived at the station, it had to be taken to turn table to change its traveling direction. After the engine is brought to Turn Table, it was manually turned to change its direction. Made in 1874, this turn table was operated at Jhagadiya Narrow Gauge Line.

Hand Crane: Made in Ms. Cowens Seldon & Co. in England in the year 1883, this is a hand crane which was placed at Bharuch by BB&CI in the year 1915. This crane lifted big carriages, consignments of both narrow gauge & broad gauge trains. The capacity of the crane is 5 ton(s).

Inspection Salon: Railway officials periodically checked the narrow gauge lines. So whenever railway officials went for checking, they attached an inspection salon to that route. Composed in 1960, the salon had lights, ceiling fan, water, a chair with table, restroom, kitchen. And for personal assistants, arrangements for rooms & washroom was also done.

Tank Wagon: For transferring petroleum products on a narrow-gauge track from place to place, tank wagon was used. Later, when the line was replaced with a broad gauge line, the tank wagon was used to carry water used at Nagpur division. This tank wagon was built in 1951.

Relief Train – Bogie Tool Van: The tool van was a van used for attending any accidents happening on the railway lines for help & emergencies. Built in 1956, this bogie tool van was also used to transfer injured people to Main Station.

Relief Train – Bogie Medical Van: At the time of the accident, Accident Relief Medical Van was also attached to Relief Train. In which all emergency medical were available. The bogie had all types of facilities like water, medicines, stretcher and all other necessary equipment.

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Earlier while at Pratap Nagar, delightful snacks at Cafeteria, was served either outdoors, or inside a refurbished narrow gauge coach ! But it was then closed.

You can read full Information of Railways of Baroda State – HERE

Timing : GoyaGate (Pratapnagar) Heritage Park is open 365 Days from 10 AM to 7 PM

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  1. Payal gajjar says:

    It is a very good information what you shared with people . Its is always need to know about the history of city in which you are living….
    Thank you for the information..

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