Indian Railways Reports
by various contributors
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Reports [sorted by author]
Abhijit Lokre
- Ahmedabad station, early morning action [2004-10-22]
- Ahmedabad to Jalgaon and more [2004-12-06]
- Ahmedabad evening action.... [2005-02-02]
- Double headed diesels, historic forts and a sleepy tiger [2005-02-18]
- A day at Bangalore... [2005-04-18]
- Unforgettable rail journeys - Nagpur Pune [2005-03-05]
- The Spirit of Mumbai. [2005-08-01]
- Uttar Pradesh blues. [2005-12-01]
Abhishek Gopal
- Waitlisted for 26 hours! Bilaspur-Nizamuddin by Gondwana Exp. [2008-08-28]
- An Evening Parikrama [2010-07-12]
Abhishek Tamhankar
- Trip Report : Kankavli To Kalyan by 2617 [2009-03-28]
- Visit to Sainagar [2010-04-17]
- Kalyan to Shegaon and back [2010-09-25]
Adurty Venkatagiri
Ajai Banerjee
Ajit Rao
Akshay Marathe
Alok Patel
- Nagpur - Mumbai - Nagpur: Observations [2003-11-29]
- Nagpur Allahabad Trip Report [2004-02-23]
- Nagpur Diamond Crossing Incident [2004-11-29]
- WAG9 31075 stalls [2005-10-16]
- Train crashes into truck [2005-11-17]
- WAP4 stalls with 23 coach train! Big blow to electrics! [2008-03-23]
- Ode to Sewagram and the Song of the Geetanjali [2006-07-06]
Amarjit Sandhu
Anamitra Ghatak
Anand Krishnan
Animesh Kishore
Anindya Roy
Anirban Mukherji
Apurva Bahadur
- Visit to Daund [1998-07-19]
- Trip to Wankaner [1999-01-09]
- Goa Trip Report [2000-11-10]
- John Lacey in Pune [2000-12-25]
- Chennai Trip [2001-07-25]
- Goa Trip Report [2001-12-04]
- Mumbai Trip [2002-04-08]
- Jodhpur Trip [2002-07-10]
- Goa trip report [2002-11-01]
- Jarandeshwar-Adarki-Wathar Report [2003-01-14]
- Reversing station outing [2004-02-14]
- "Tree" trek at Monkey Hill [2004-03-06]
- Nagpur trip - By road! [2004-05-09]
- Kamshet revisited [2005-01-15]
- Dhulghat Spiral [2008-08-30]
- Midsummer day’s dream - the tale of two viaducts [2009-04-30]
- Quick trip to Hyderabad by 0163 Shatabdi Special and 7014 Hyderabad Pune express [2010-04-11]
- Raj in the Jungle and other stories - more Konkan viaducts, rivers and a waterfall. [2009-08-29]
Aravind
Arnab Acharya
- Kolar Trip [2002-02-01]
- Howrah-Bhubaneshwar Trip [2002-07-01]
- Bhubaneshwar-Howrah Trip [2002-07-01]
- BBSR-HWH trip report [2002-07-29]
- 8003 Trip No. 1 [2002-08-01]
- 8003 Trip No. 2 [2003-01-01]
- 8003 Trip No. 3 [2003-02-01]
- 20 years on the 43 Up Darjeeling Mail [2003-03-20]
- 20 years on the Down Darjeeling Mail [2003-05-18]
- Rangapani [2003-06-20]
- Chennai-Howrah Part 2 [2004-02-01]
- Calcutta-Gangarampur-MLDT-SDAH- [2004-06-24]
Arzan Kotval
Ashish Gupta
Ashish Kuvelkar
- Trek to Monkey Hill [2004-04-17]
- Pune-Madgaon-Thane-Pune Round Trip [2009-03-03]
- Tunnel to Tunnel Trek [2009-02-21]
Ashwin P
Avimanyu Pyne
Balachander Ganesh
Benher
Bharat Vohra
- Saurashtra Explorer [2004-12-01]
- LHB trip report [2004-01-05]
- Baroda NG Explorer trip report [2004-09-17]
- Agra Fort MG Explorer Trip Report [2004-10-18]
- RCF visit trip report [2004-11-11]
- A day on WR's Mumbai Suburban Network [2004-12-16]
- Satpura NG Explorer [2005-02-18]
- To Purna on the Meenakshi [2005-04-05]
- Kangra Valley Weekender [2005-06-25]
- Chasing the last of Southern’s Metric Wonders [2006-07-14]
- Northward Ho! [2006-05-01]
- The Lines that United the Provinces [2008-09-26]
- Diarrhea, Dunes & Dual Gauging [2010-01-12]
Bharath Moro
- Short Trip to Bangalore [2003-12-02]
- Bombay Trip, WAG-7, and BTPGLN Mysteries [2004-08-01]
- More shoulder (and bottom) rubbing: A trip report [2004-09-15]
- I want an ice-cream or how I managed to take the showcase picture! [2005-03-20]
- Delhi Journal [2005-04-16]
- Open For Light [2005-06-28]
- Long Way Around [2007-11-21]
- Over The Hills And Far Away [2007-02-05]
Bharath Narayanan
Bharath Ramanathan
Bhushan Kale
Binai Sankar
Chaitanya Gokhale
Chamaraj Rao
Dave Craik
David Pravin
Dhananjay Aradhye
Dr. Shirish Yande
- Our Goa Trip by KR [2001-02-28]
- Trip to NDLS [2002-06-06]
- Diva Vasai Corridor : A sublime experience [2010-04-12]
Gautam Parthasarathy
Hariharan Subrahmanyan
- Metre Gauge Journeys Part II: Vaigai Express [2003-09-04]
- Kurla Terminus to Salem Jn: summer of 1995 [2003-09-07]
- Metre Gauge Journeys Part III: Pandyan Express [2003-09-13]
Herambh Patankar
- Pune, Rajdhani and Solapur [2001-05-28]
- KK Line Mega Trip [2002-03-25]
- Nanded-Bombay by Tapovan Express. [2005-11-15]
I S Anand
Ian MacFarlane
Ian Manning
J F Andrist
Jagadheep D
Jagan Mohan
Jason Antony
Jay Balakrishna
Jimmy Jose
- Extinct Train — The Coimbatore Shatabdi [2003-10-20]
- Cochin Harbour Terminus [2003-12-24]
- Intercities in Kerala - History and degradation [2004-02-29]
- A trip report, very special to me and my wife.... [2004-05-11]
- Travelling by Vanchinad Express during 1985-86 [2005-09-28]
- Nilambur Road tip report [2005-10-25]
Jitendra Mulky
- Journeys to the land of my ancestors [1998-12-11]
- Kal Aaj Aur Kal - Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow [2009-10-15]
- Journeys to the lands of my ancestors (Continuation) [2010-04-13]
John Lacey
- Reflections on Joydeep's Darjeeling Mail Tribute [1980-01-01]
- 2000/2001 India Trip [2000-11-16]
- India Trip Report [1983-12-18]
- My India Trip [2003-12-10]
K Jayaraman
K K Subramaniam
Karan Desai
- Awesome Threesome: North India Trip Report [2008-12-08]
- Doodhsagar: Monsoon... Magic... Mystery [2008-09-20]
- Exploring the Harbour Line [2009-03-06]
- Bharuch-Borivali by 2934 Karnavati Exp [2009-02-23]
- Borivali-Ankleshwar by 9011 Gujarat Express [2009-02-23]
- When a Failed MRVC Rake almost messed up my exam! [2009-05-07]
- "Bangalored!" : BNC 2009 Trip Report [2009-01-24]
- Trips Reports from Summer of 2010 [2010-07-01]
- Yeh Yatra Puri Kab Hogi? [2010-07-01]
- Route Diverted in Gujarat [2010-07-01]
Karthik M V
- IRFCA Bangalore Chapter - A Report [2001-10-14]
- Thondebhavi Trip Report [2001-11-02]
- YPR-Howrah Exp. (Investigation Report) [2001-11-25]
- My Madras Trip [2002-01-03]
- Joyful Rail journeys: A Report [2002-04-12]
- Journey By 'Heritage Special' [2002-08-24]
- Visit To Puttaparthi by SSPN expT [2002-08-30]
- Jolarpettai trip by Sangamitra Express [2002-09-15]
- Visit to WAP at Yelehanka - Part 1 [2002-09-19]
- Hubli Jan Shatabdi - Inaugural run Report [2002-11-25]
- Visit to Wheel and Axle Plant at Yelahanka [2002-09-19]
- Tamil Nadu MG Trip Report [2003-09-07]
- Sangamitra Super Fast (Trip Report KJM-MAS-KJM) [2004-04-13]
Karthik Nagarajan
Ken Staynor
Lakshman Thodla
- Begumpet - HSJ - Secunderabad [2002-01-06]
- Shirdi, Pune [2002-01-29]
- 150th Anniversary Celebrations Report, Secunderabad [2002-04-18]
- Secunderabad MMTS trip report [2003-08-10]
- Secunderabad-Tirupati, part 1 [2004-07-01]
- Gomoh-CLW Trip Report [2004-11-03]
Maheedhar
Mani Vijay (Vijay Balasubramanian)
- New Delhi to Jaipur by Shatabdi Exp. [2001-01-30]
- Bombay to Bhusawal [1990-06-06]
- Konkan Railway Trip [2000-01-25]
- Nellai Express [2000-01-28]
- Coromandel Exp. trip [2000-02-10]
- Visit to Asansol Loco Shed [2000-07-13]
- Footplating on the Bokaro Shatabdi [2000-07-13]
- Tamilnadu Exp. Trip [2000-12-12]
- New Delhi to Jaipur by Shatabdi Exp. [2001-01-30]
Manish
- All in a Day's Work: Mini-Convention at Bangalore [2009-12-06]
- Coconut Trees and Kozhikkode Halwa : Malabar Trip Report [2008-10-13]
- Bus, Beer and Bytrayanahalli [2009-02-07]
Manohar Natarajan
Mayur Shinde
Mick Pope
- A Virgin in India [1979-12-28]
- A Tale of Two Systems [2006-11-18]
- The Great Circular Indian Railway Challenge [2011-02-17]
Milan Chatterjee
- Howrah to Chennai [2002-03-01]
- Sealdah Rajdhani [2003-02-23]
- Jan Shatabdi from Asansol to Howrah [2004-08-01]
- Rampurhat Chennai Trip Report 2009 [2009-03-01]
Milind L. Kulkarni
- Tour Diary Pune-Solapur-Pune on Indrayani Special [2009-04-27]
- Tour of Duty to Hyderabad [2010-05-13]
Mohan Bhuyan
- MGing in MP [2001-12-14]
- International operations: Indo-Burma [WW II] [2002-04-06]
- Suits on the Shatabdi [2002-06-26]
- To Guwahati & Back by Rajdhani [2002-07-22]
- An evening at Tezpur Stn. [2002-07-31]
- An evening at Okhla [2002-09-13]
- The Kangra Valley [2002-10-16]
- Delhi's Ring Railway [2003-03-06]
- Grand Trunking to Chennai [2003-03-08]
- Shatabdi to Ludhiana [2003-04-06]
- Bedlam at NDLS [2003-04-16]
- Badarpur-Lumding Trip Report [2004-01-10]
- Non Stop to Bangalore - KSK Trip Report [2004-05-24]
- Farukhnagar Trip Report [2004-08-06]
- Across the Aravallis on a YDM-4 [2004-10-01]
- By MG to Udaipur, and in Style! [2004-10-12]
- Where the hell is Jhajha? [2005-01-20]
- Satpura Surprises [2005-03-17]
- On the Train of the Fish Eyed Goddess [2005-04-05]
- Rubbing Shoulders (and Bottoms) with the Other India [2005-04-05]
- Kangra Kapers - a Photomentary [2005-07-03]
- A Long Ride to Half Way [2005-10-10]
- Golden Rock and Gopuram Roll [2006-05-31]
- Slow Train to Saurashtra [2006-10-02]
- Upper Class to Sheopur Kalan [2009-03-28]
- MGing on BG [2009-08-01]
- It's a Long Way to Tipperah [2010-03-01]
N Gurumoorthy
Naren Damodaran
- Trip to Smoker's Paradise [2004-04-11]
- Railfanning at SBC/YPR [2004-04-20]
- SBC-BZA-UBL-SBC Trip Report [2004-05-05]
- Trip Report to Makalidurga [2004-05-24]
- Sunday Jam Trip Report [2004-06-01]
- Bangalore Railfanning report [2004-08-08]
Naveen Jain
Nikhil P Karunakaran
Onkar
P V S Praveen
- Most amusing "accident"! [2002-10-26]
- Guntakal - Pakala [2002-09-06]
- Guntakal Diesel Shed [2002-09-17]
- Inspection Report — Kalluru [2002-10-19]
- Guntakal - Vijayawada - Bapatla [2002-10-27]
- Inspection Report — Hagari [2002-11-01]
- GTL WDM-2 #16200 at NDLS; Accident near Bellary [2002-11-07]
- Ticketless Travel — A Perspective [2002-11-07]
- Guntakal - Hospet [2002-11-19]
- Accident Relief Van (Gooty) [2002-11-20]
- Night Out At Juturu [2002-11-26]
- Ranjithpura Trip Report [2002-11-29]
- Guntakal - Kolkata [2002-12-09]
- IR Explorer Trip Dec 2003: Quilon [2003-10-21]
- Monkey Hill Trek [2004-04-17]
- Bhadrachalam Road - Manuguru Trip [2004-06-01]
Pal Bappa Aditya
Pavan Kumar
Pawan Koppa
- A day of DG4s and semaphores! [2010-01-02]
- Brilliantly MG...a MG sojourn between Akola and Indore by three railnuts! [2010-09-18]
- A trip to Chikballapur [2011-01-29]
- A trip to Nidaghatta [2011-05-28]
Phil Wormald
Poochi Venkat
- Railfanning in Chennai with Raghu Ram [2002-10-26]
- Morning darshan at Egmore [2002-10-29]
- Mini trip to Katpadi [2002-11-26]
- Fine day at SBC [2002-12-18]
- Comedy of Errors! [2003-01-08]
- IR Explorer Trip 2003 [2003-01-27]
- Egmore Visit: #17544 and WAP-4 [2003-04-22]
- Dawn session at Basin Bridge [2003-05-30]
- Erode Express inaugurated [2003-07-02]
- WAP-4 usurps Pallavan/Vaigai [2003-12-17]
Pravin
Pushkar Apte
Pushkar Joshi
R Sivaramakrishnan
- The Shahdara(Delhi) - Saharanpur Light Railway [1968-06-01]
- Mail Musings [2007-08-30]
- Bhavnagar Terminus - Mahuva (NG 109km) [1975-05-02]
R Venkatesh
- Mumbai(CSTM)-Chennai(MAS) report by 6011 [2001-04-02]
- All India Trip [2002-02-14]
- Mumbai-Agra-Mumbai and 2954 [2002-05-31]
- 1012 Up Kolhapur - Mumbai Mahalaxmi Express [2003-11-25]
Rabibrata
Rajarshi Banerjee
Rajendra Aklekar
Ramesh Krishna Murthy
Ranganath Eunny
- Railfanning Report - Chennai [2004-05-01]
- The Bull Run [2005-03-06]
- The Day Crows Didn’t Fly [2007-12-22]
- A Pentastic Birthday Party! [2009-07-25]
Ranjeet Ramaswamy
Ravi Subramanian
Ravindra Bhalerao
Ritadhi Chakravarti
Roopesh Kohad
- Rewari Trip [2001-02-11]
- Bhopal and Ujjain trip [2001-08-08]
- Delhi Metro Opening Day Report [2002-12-25]
Roy Laverick
S Kandan
S Kumar
S V Sriram
Sagar Tipnis
Samit Roychoudhury
- Secunderabad Trip Report [2002-07-26]
- Trip to Bolpur [2002-09-07]
- Round Trip [2002-10-10]
- Trip Report of Shantipur-Nabadwip Ghat NG section [2004-07-24]
- Udaipur Trip Report [2004-09-21]
- Gomoh loco shed and CLW trip report [2004-11-12]
- Live - On board the 40th anniversary 2301 [2009-03-03]
Sandeep Mohan
- Visit to KJM Diesel Loco Shed [2004-01-05]
- Erode Trip Report [2004-12-04]
- Igatpuri in the Rains [2005-07-03]
Santosh Kulkarni
Sarosh Mehta
Saurab Basu
- Shantipur to Nabadwip Ghat NG trip [2004-11-20]
- Digha Trip Report [2005-01-16]
- Ahmadpur - Katwa NG Trip [2005-01-16]
- Howrah-Santragachi-Amta Trip Report [2005-02-20]
- Moving on to the Future with the Aerodynamic DMU from Shalimar!! [2005-05-01]
- Dooars Beckons. A Journey to the Core of Nature [2005-06-10]
- Hat trick Trip to Digha [2005-08-04]
- Wandering Amidst NG Paradise [2005-10-02]
- In the Land of the Work Horses! [2005-10-16]
- Chittaranjan Locomotive Works [2005-11-24]
- Howrah-Bardhhaman-Khana Jn. Trip Report [2005-12-25]
- Sealdah and Beliaghata Diesel Loco Shed [2006-01-15]
- The First IRFCA Eastern Region Meet [2006-02-18]
- The Del'hi'cious Fusion [2006-03-24]
Shantanu Biswas
- A few hours at Ratlam Jn. [2009-12-26]
- 2301 HWH Raj trip report NDLS-HWH - a spine chilling experience [2009-11-15]
Shantanu Kulkarni
Shantanu Sen
Shashanka Nanda
- Himalayan Adventure [1997-12-28]
- Round Trip Report [2000-01-01]
- Trainspotting at Hyderabad [2001-10-20]
- Hyderabad - Nagpur - Bhopal - Warangal - Hyderabad [2001-11-18]
- Trainspotting - Hyderabad / Secunderabad / Maula Ali [2001-12-01]
- Satavahana, Warangal, Nellore, WDP-4 [2002-01-30]
- A Day In The Life Of.... [2002-04-29]
- Trip to HYB Loco Trip Shed [2002-05-18]
- Trips to HYB and SBC [2002-05-29]
- The Day 2951 climbed the Thull Ghat [2002-06-01]
- Trip to Bangalore and Mangalore [2002-06-17]
- South India Darshan [2002-09-09]
- Pune Trip Notes [2002-11-25]
- NDLS-NLR on the GT [2004-01-31]
- Notes from SC/HYB [2004-05-04]
- HYB-CSTM-HYB by Volvo & 7001! [2004-05-10]
- Railfanning weekend in HYB [2004-06-07]
- Romancing the Branches - Trip to AP's coastal lines [2004-06-18]
- Lallaguda Loco Shed [2004-07-01]
- Riding the Rajdhanis [2004-08-01]
- Lingampalli Trip Report [2004-08-01]
- Observations from my Solapur trip [2004-10-18]
- Adventure in the dark [2004-10-26]
- The Land of Diesel Gods [2004-10-30]
- 2951 Rajdhani to Delhi: Trip Notes [2005-03-23]
- Growing up with trains in Delhi [2005-05-06]
- Going Underground [2005-07-04]
- Butter Chicken in Firozpur [2005-08-14]
- Vindhyan adventure [2005-08-20]
- Tale of 3 Shatabdis (and a 3A) [2005-10-09]
- Kanpur Kapers [2005-11-19]
- This morning [2005-12-01]
- Shaadi Ke Laddoo [2008-08-30]
- Meenakshi Redux [2006-09-19]
- Overtakes - Buy 1 get 7 free [2008-12-11]
- Delicate Sound of Thunder [2003-02-09]
- Of Curves, Crossings and Dust Storms [2008-06-02]
- 151 in 2001 [2009-05-17]
Shikhar Parjan
- Hindi Heartland Travels [2004-05-01]
- Travels on board the NDA Special [2004-05-01]
- Trip report to Asaoti [2006-09-19]
- From India's seas to her Capital [2009-07-25]
- Blissful Beyond Ballabhgarh [2009-07-18]
- When Once is not enough : A journey from SZM-SNP-SZM-KHKN [2011-03-01]
- Exploring Dara Pass [2011-03-01]
- A Journey Through Central India [2011-02-02]
Shirish Paranjape
Shishir Jairam
Shrinivas V. Joshi
Shyam A Ramprasad
- South trip report [2004-05-01]
- MAS-TRT by Sapthagiri [2004-06-10]
- Chennai-Hyderabad Trip by the Charminar [2004-07-05]
- Calling on the Queen [2006-12-01]
Sivaram H
Sridhar Joshi
- Eyes Wide Open (MAS-SBC-MAS in 23 hrs) [2005-07-04]
- Where Are The Raindrops! [2005-07-13]
- Ukshi... Kya Kushi!!! [2005-07-20]
- Mere Sapnon Ki Rani.... [2005-10-01]
- Dippy Daze – Bachelorhood! Part 1 [2008-04-17]
- Tippy Jays - Bachelorhood Part 2 [2008-04-17]
- A Chalukyan Baraat [1992-05-05]
Sridhar Shankar
Srikanth
Subbu
Suyash Bire
Tim Wakeman
Udbhav Singh
V Srinivasa Prasad
Vaibhav Sarin
- Lucknow - Banaras [2002-07-18]
- Satpura Odyssey (IR Explorer) [2003-01-09]
- Bikaner-Jodhpur-Ajmer Fast Track Trip [2004-03-01]
- Dehradun Shatabdi Trip [2004-07-01]
Vasantharajan R
Vasudev Kamath
- Calcutta Trip Report [2000-11-28]
- Pune - Hyderabad trip & Trainspotting at Secunderabad [2001-01-22]
Vic Lines
Vikas Chander
- KK Line Trip Report [2004-03-03]
- LHB Raj Footplate, Kota, and Dara Passenger [2004-05-01]
- Kalka Trip Report [2004-07-01]
Vikas Singh
- Shimla Trip Report [2003-11-09]
- Barog trip report [2004-04-09]
- Dhaulpur NG trip [2004-04-13]
- Gwalior-Sumaoli NG trip. [2004-04-13]
- Khangra Valley Railway NG Trip [2004-05-29]
- Jabalpur-Balaghat NG trip [2004-06-14]
- Nainpur-Mandla Fort NG trip [2004-06-14]
- Jaynagar-Janakpur NG trip [2004-06-30]
- Barddhaman-Ahmadpur NG trip [2004-07-03]
- Nabadwip Ghat - Shantipur Ng trip [2004-07-04]
- Murtijapur-Yavatmal NG trip [2004-10-18]
- Gujarat NG trip report [2004-11-09]
- Pulgaon-Arvi NG trip [2005-02-21]
- Nagpur-Jabalpur NG trip report [2005-12-21]
- Steam on Three Gauges [2006-08-20]
- Tindharia Workshop [2006-08-25]
- Journey Down Memory Lane - Farukhnagar [2004-08-14]
- Tea Train and Timber [2006-06-02]
- Three-Gauge Steam Heritage Special [2006-08-23]
- Kishanganj Trip Report [2006-08-24]
- Saraiya Sugar Mill [2006-01-01]
- The First Rail Run - Solani Aqueduct [2006-01-01]
Vinod Jairaj
Viraf Mulla
Vivek Manvi
- Reliving the past: LTT-SBC on the 1013 LTT-CBE Express [1997-01-01]
- Vadodara Trip [2004-06-01]
- AK Rajdhani Borivali Halt Inauguration [2004-07-01]
- Short Trip to Surat [2004-02-01]
- North India Trip [2004-12-24]
- North India Trip [2004-12-24]
- Dadar-Bhusaval by 2859 Gitanjali Express [2005-06-04]
- Dadar to Thivim by 2051 Madgaon Jan Shatabdi [2005-06-18]
- Udaipur Odyssey [2005-11-15]
