<span style="color: #222222;">Minister of Railways Piyush Goyal and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi today dedicated a Railway Museum at Hubballi in Karnataka through video conferencing. The event was presided over by Minister of State of Railways Suresh Angadi and was attended by other dignitaries and senior officials.<br />''<br />''This Rail Museum is first of its kind in North Karnataka and second in South Western Railway after the historic Rail Museum at Mysuru.<br />''<br />''Speaking on the occasion, Mr Goyal said, Railways has an emotional connect with all of us. He said, it has played an important role in our lives and has been witness to our personal journeys of life in different phases. Mr Goyal referred to Mahatma Gandhi and said Gandhi Ji also preferred to understand India through trains. The Minister said, Railways have itself gone through great transformations and the story of its evolution from steam era to modern bullet trains era is truly remarkable. He said, the Museum is a monument of tribute to that extraordinary change and it will help in sensitizing society about shared history and culture. Mr Goyal said, Government is now making Railways fully electrified and 100 per cent green. He said, it will be a world class passenger and freight services organization.  He congratulated all the Railway officials for extraordinary work during the lockdown. The Minister mentioned that  Railways has pledged  to contribute to the 5 trillion economy and Atma Nirbhar Bharat.<br />''<br />''Mr Joshi said the museum is most relevant as Hubballi is an important Railway junction historically as well. He said it will become another prominent tourist destination in the region.<br />''<br />''He thanked Mr Goyal for running 229 special shramik trains from the Region.<br />''<br />''At Hubballi Museum, the artefacts are broadly arranged in three sections, at two cottages named Malaprabha and Ghataprabha and the outdoor section.<br />''<br />''Other highlights of the Museum are Galaxy of Rolling Stock,  Theatre  Coach, Suruchi Cafeteria, Toy Train, Memorabilia  Shop, Ticket Printing Machine, Model train run and Children's Activity Room.</span><br />