Pocket-sized steam engines, flyovers, swimming pool, lamp posts and even a tiny circus. The 26′ x 26′ hall inside the factory of Soudamini Instruments at Kothrud – Joshi’s Museum of Miniature Railways, boasting of its minute yet intriguing details, is India’s only miniature city that has found itself a mention in the Limca Book of Records in 2004. Started in the year 1998, the museum is a creation of B.S Joshi, who as a child, collected model trains and made miniature figurines out of cardboard. There are working models of trains with a length 10 to 15 inches. There are 65 signals, fences, lamp posts, flyovers that have been handcrafted, using chemical etching techniques. So if you love trains and miniature cars you must visit the place. To know more about the museum, read our recommendation here.
