Photos taken on the Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway in July 1909. The caption under the photo reads "An up local train at Madras. Before going in to the station, the engine ran around the train and pushed it in from behind, as here shown. July 1909". One can see the Madras Central clock tower in the distance. A little funny the way the local trains operated in those days. Imagine the local train stopping at the outer, the loco changing ends and then pushing the local into the station. Why didn't they get the local into the station and then do the end changes? Scans provided by M.Senthil Kumar.
Date: 2009-11-11
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Bombay Central station in its steam days had huge funnels near the ends of the tracks to collect the smoke and throw it out. Did Madras Central not have a similar feature?
Posted by Dr.Jitendra Mulky on 2009 Nov 19 07:20:01 +0000
You can see the famous clock tower in the background. Comparing this with the present. :-O
Posted by Krupa Ratnam on 2009 Nov 16 08:37:12 +0000
The practice of not going into the station engine first probably had something to do with keeping the covered area of the terminus station smoke free.
Posted by Harsh Vardhan on 2009 Nov 15 05:29:42 +0000