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(3) Steam Locomotives at Academic Institutes: Mysterious Steam Engine at SGSITS Indore.

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(Posted  on 7/11/2024) Pankaj Khanna 9424810575 Continued from the previous articles: (1)  Engine No.17--A Mysterious Industrial Steam Engine kept at SGSITS, Indore.  (Posted on 23/9/2024) (2)  More about Late Mr. DPR Cassad and his donation of the Engine to SGSITS, Indore. ( Posted on 2/11/2024 ) Steam Engines are the Symol of Industrial Revolution and they are also living relics of  Engineering Heritage of the golden Steam era. Steam-Music buffs simply idolise these Steam Engines! Hence this blog post, third in the series. (More for Steam- Music Buffs in Hindi: रेल संगीत। ) There were around 7000 Steam Engines owned by Railways in the country in Seventies just before Railway stopped manufacturing them in India. As Diesel and Electric Engines took over completely; most of the Steam Engines were abondoned or condemned or scrapped. Some of them were perhaps stolen too and many of  them have been practically forgotten. Luckily a few of them have survived bec...