Surely, it must occur to all of us that this would be a fine museum
in a great location (with real trains outside, of course!) as well as
the IRFCA/ HQ in Inidia!

/Geert

At 08:18 AM 9/9/2007, you wrote:

>CR to judge heritage value of stn shed
>
>Artefacts Could Be Sent To Rail Museum And Space Used As Barracks For
>RPSF Jawans
>
>TIMES NEWS NETWORK
>
>Mumbai: The Central Railway authorities are yet to evaluate the
>heritage worth of an old cargo shed near the newly-commissioned P
>D'Mello Rd entrance to the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus.
>Artefacts that merit preservation will be despatched to the
>railway museum in Pune so that the space can be put to use, perhaps
>to construct barracks for the Railway Protection Special Force
>(RPSF).
>Long defunct, the cargo line near Carnac Bunder once connected
>Bombay port to the northwest of undivided India. In fact, it belonged
>to Western Railway, which dealt with traffic on that route. CR, which
>had its cargo shed at Wadi Bunder, catered to traffic from the north-
>east, east and south.
>"It is common knowledge that the shed on the east of CST has
>existed for decades,'' said Shriniwas Mudgerikar, chief public
>relations officer, CR. "We are yet to assess the heritage value of
>the artefacts at the location.''
>Once objects of beauty, the tall stone walls of the shed are now
>home to an assortment of jawans from the RPSF and Bangla-speaking
>migrants who claim they are from `Kolkata in Bihar'.
>Worn cobblestone platforms stand in stark contrast to the modern
>paver blocks and bright new ticket counters near the second entrance
>to CST at Carnac Bunder.
>Jawans from the special protection force can be seen cooking over
>a fire that is fuelled by an old wooden sleeper, while the opposite
>platform serves as a recreation room complete with cricket on live
>television.
>Sub-inspector M Balasubramaniam said a proposal was under
>consideration to convert the shed into barracks for RPSF jawans. A
>preliminary assessment was done recently when the authorities arrived
>to take measurements of the structure.
>Non-committal on the cargo shed's future, railway officials said
>they were aware of the need to safeguard the city's cultural
>heritage.
>The move to retain and restore the site must also fit in with CR's
>plans to turn CST into a world-class railway station. It has
>identified 22 stations that will earn a complete makeover, and CST
>occupies pride of place on that list.
>
>


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