• 6 years ago
A short Documentary film about my travel by train on Karachi - Peshawar mainline & Taxila - Khanjrab line (Karakoram or silk railroad) from Rawalpindi, Islamabad to Havelian Abbottabad through Haripur Hazara by Pakistan Railway's Train Hazara Express. My Visit to Tourists attractive places Pakistan Railways Museum Golara sharif Railway Station & Taxila Gandharan Art Museum
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Golra Railway Station is the site of a venerated railway museum housing the relics and memorabilia associated with railways dating back to the days of the British Raj. The railways' station with its museum is a major attraction for tourists and locals alike and is becoming a major attraction for railway enthusiasts.
The Railway Heritage Museum was established in October 2003. From relics dating back to the inception of railways in the subcontinent by the British to memorabilia depicting the creation of the museum are housed and preserved in this heritage site. The Rail Heritage Museum is housed in three different halls to contain artifacts reflecting a history of railway over a period of more than 150 years including almost 100 years of undivided India. As a part of the museum, this is a big yard for cranes, trolleys, saloons, locomotives, coaches, and tracks are marshaled impressively, portraying the railway’s march forward through time. The museum houses an impressive blend of artifacts covering the many facets of the railways' systems. Mechanical models, signaling systems, communication tools and the evolution of operational protocols are preserved and chronologically displayed in the museum. The museum also displays the social impact and anthropological implications of the railways on the human geography of the multi-racial subcontinent. The steam and electric locomotives,
Sangjani Tunnel is in Margla hills.
The railway track is along the Grand Trunk Road also known as Sher Shah Suri Road. Kabul to Dhaka.
Taxila museum
is a site museum and its collection mainly focuses on Gandharan art. These sites at Taxila date back to 600 or 700 BC.
There are some 4000 objects displayed, including stone, stucco, terracotta, silver, gold, iron and semiprecious stones. Mainly the display consists of objects from the period 600 B.C to 500 AD. Buddhist, Hindu, and Jain religion are well represented by these objects discovered from three ancient cities and more than two dozen Buddhist stupas and monasteries and Greek temples in the region.

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