The Maharaja of Mysore Saloon - During Restoration

The Maharaja of Mysore Saloon was built in 1899 at Banglore workshops of Mysore State Railway on the underframe supplied by M/s Hurst Nelson of U.K. This saloon was a part of a special three coach train used by Maharaja Krishnaraja Wodeyar of Mysore and his family.

The Saloon had problems since it had been exposed to the external atmosphere. This had caused all types of deterioration, i.e., physical, chemical and biological. Corrosion, pitting, flaking were the major problems.

Here, you can see it during the restoration process.

Here the process of preparing surface for paint application has been initiated.