The Mumbai Central rail terminus greets people with two huge gardens on both sides of its entrance, and an old engine displayed there. But the picture will soon change. Metro-3 has threatened this beautiful landscape, as there are plans to do away with the gardens for a metro station. The engine called ‘Little Red Horse’ — which used to chug on the narrow gauge — too will be shifted.

The WR will be paid Rs 70-odd crore for parting with the land. It will be decided where to place this engine (below) that has charmed lakhs of commuters as they stop to look at a piece of Indian rail’s past. Pics/Bipin Kokate