The Rail Museum located near the railway station of Mysore, on Krishnaraja Sagar (KRS) Road in front of CFTRI main gate, is open on all days except Mondays. Timings: Tuesday to Sunday from 09:30 AM To 17:30 PM (Entry will be closed after 04:30). It has a footfall of around 300 to 400 visitors per day. An entry fee of ₹ 15 for adults and ₹ 10 for children is fixed. Tourists carrying still camera will be charged ₹ 20 and ₹ 30 is charged for video camera.

This rail museum is a fantastic get away for 2-3 hours for anyone who loves Trains. Though a visit to this museum is not a part of itinerary of many tourists but with an impressive collection of vintage Trains from the British Era, this museum takes you back in time and provides a charming and romantic experience of Indian Railways. It is true that a decent & diverse collection of railway artefacts including meter gauge steam locomotives are displayed in here and also in various other rail museums in the nation. These vintage beauties chugged across the length and breadth of the country until they were supplanted by diesel engines. A few were preserved, while the rest went under the auctioneer’s hammer to be sold as scrap.