Railway Heritage Centre, Tiruchirappalli

The Railway Heritage Centre is a railway museum–cum–heritage centre for rail exhibits at Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India.

Overview
The museum was set up with initial funding of inr 10000000 in order to preserve old artifacts and photographs, rare documents and equipment for posterity. In addition, it also provides interesting historic developments of the South Indian Railway Company and its timeline. In early 2013, the construction of the museum began at an area of 9500 sqft, adjacent to the Rail Kalyana Mandapam (Community Hall), near Tiruchirappalli Junction, and was formally inaugurated on 18 February 2014 at a final cost of inr 15000000.

Exhibits
The museum which is a part of the erstwhile South Indian Railway’s sesquicentennial celebrations, and has both indoor and outdoor exhibits. Some of the indoor exhibits include old documents and digital archives (rare photographs, maps, gazettes, railway manuals and books used during the British Raj) and epoch artifacts (old lamps used at stations made up of "China glass", clocks, bells, staff badges, etc.). The outdoor exhibits include a couple of vintage locomotive engines and a functional toy train.

Recreation
There are toy trains for the children, shady alcoves as well as local eateries.