Absolutely stunning...

Yes, brilliant snap!
And the KK did have a beautiful livery back then...I remember seeing this livery as late as 1986-87. I'd been to SBC to receive my aunt, who returned from Dharamshala. It was an evening arrival. Then, the KK fell off a bridge over the 'Kabana nallah' somewhere in the Chambal ghats...after that, the livery changed to the Rajdhani-like red-cream-red one. Then, in the early 90s, the KK and many other SFEs across IR took on a cream-maroon livery. After that came the present one...

The name board reads "Bombay Mail". Wonder which one it is, Howrah/Bombay (ER/BNR) or Madras-Bombay Mail?

Our 20 DN Gorakhpur Howrah Express (now 3020 Kathgodam-Howrah Bagh Express) was powered by one of these beasts in 1987. In those times, there was an loco change(diesel-electric) at Asansol, where WAM2/1 took over. I have never seen these at ASN, so there must be another loco change (diesel-diesel)at Barauni.

Can someone tell me if that coach in the background is the Mahalaxmi Express? or was it the Secunderabad Exp livery?

Thanks a lot for sharing.

The most Majestic looking locomotive of Indian railways...people who have seen these will surely agree to my views...Thanks Mr Mark Carter for sharing this pic..

Thanks for sharing because, I have not seen any of them!!!

Churchgate outer with the background of Wankhede stadium!!!

IR and its infatuation with deiselization!!! What was the need to deiselize Neral-Matheran line?