Mysuru Rail museum adds artefacts to shore up its collection

The items include a mechanical weighing machine which is over 100 years old

Taking advantage of the second lockdown inducing the closure of the museum to public for over two months, the Mysuru Rail Museum added several new artefacts to shore up its collection. This includes a mechanical weighing machine which is over 100 years old, manufactured in 1907, with a weighing capacity of 250 kg. The weighing machine was procured from the Shivapur railway station between Birur and Shivamogga. It was lying in the stores and there was a period when such mechanical weighing scales were ubiquitous in all railway stations of the country.