Indian Railways Reports
by various contributors
About these reports
These reports have been selected from posts sent to the IRFCA mailing list over the years. More will be selected and presented here.
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Reports [sorted by author]
Abhijit Lokre
- Ahmedabad station [2004-10-22]
- Ahmedabad to Jalgaon and more [2004-12-06]
- Ahmedabad evening action [2005-02-02]
- Allahabad [2005-02-18]
- Bangalore [2005-04-18]
- Nagpur [2005-05-03]
- Mumbai [2005-08-01]
- UP Blues [2005-12-01]
Ajai Banerji
Alok Patel
- Nagpur - Howrah - Nagpur: Observations [2003-11-29]
- Nagpur - Allhabad [2004-02-23]
- Diamond Crossing [2004-11-29]
- WAG-9 Stalling [2005-10-16]
- Train and truck crash [2005-11-17]
Anirban Mukherji
Anand krishnan
Apurva Bahadur
- Visit to Daund [1998-07-19]
- Wankaner [1999-01-09]
- Goa [2000-11-10]
- Chennai [2001-07-04]
- Goa [2001-12-04]
- Mumbai [2002-04-08]
- Jodhpur [2002-07-10]
- Goa [2002-11-01/13]
- John Lacey in Pune [2000-12-25]
- Wathar [2003-01-14]
- Reversing Station [2004-02-15]
- "Tree" trek at Monkey Hill [2004-03-06]
- Nagpur trip - By road! [2004-05-09]
- Kamshet revisited [2005-01-15]
Aravind
Arnab Acharya
- Kolar Railbus [2002-02]
- Howrah-BBSR Trip [2002-07-27]
- BBSR-HWH [2002-07-29]
- 8003 Trip No. 1 [2002-08-23]
- 8003 Trip No. 2 [2003-01-29]
- 8003 Trip No. 3 [2003-02-07]
- 20 years on Up Darjeeling Mail [2003-03-20]
- 20 years on Down Darjeeling Mail [2003-05-18]
- Rangapani [2003-06-13]
- Chennai-Howrah [2004-02-09]
- Gangarampur [2004-06-24]
Ashish Kuvelkar
Avimanyu Pyne
Balachander Ganesh
Bharath Moro
- Short Trip to Bangalore [2003-12-02]
- More shoulder (and bottom) rubbing [2004-09-15]
- Bombay Trip [2004-09]
- I want an ice-cream [2005-03-20]
- Delhi Journal [2005-04-16]
- Open For Light [2005-06-28]
- It's raining bombs! [2005-12-15]
Bharath Narayanan
Bharat Vohra
- Riding the LHB [2004-01-05]
- Baroda NG Explorer trip report [2004-09-17]
- Agra Fort MG Explorer Trip Report [2004-10-18]
- RCF Visit Report [2004-11-11]
- Mumbai Suburban [2004-12-16]
- Saurashtra Explorer [2004-12]
- Satpura NG Explorer [2005-02-18]
- To Purna on the Meenakshi [2005-04-05]
- Kangra Valley Weekender [2005-06-25]
Chamaraj Rao
Dave Craik
David Pravin
Gautam Parthasarathy
Hariharan Subrahmanyan
- Metre Gauge Journeys Part II: Vaigai Express [2003-09-04]
- Kurla - Salem [2003-09-07]
- Metre Gauge Journeys Part III: Pandyan Express [2003-09-13]
Herambh Patankar
I.S. Anand
Jagadheep D
Jagan Mohan
Jason Antony
Jay Balakrishna
J.F. Andrist
Jimmy Jose
- Extinct Train: the Coimbatore Shatabdi [2003-10-20]
- Intercities in Kerala [2003-12-24]
- A Special Trip Report [2004-05-11]
- Vanchinad Express [2005-09-28]
- Nilambur Trip Report [2005-10-25]
John Lacey
- 1983 India trip [2001-04-13]
- 2000/2001 India trip [2001-11-16]
- Various trips [2003-12]
- DHR Reflections [1980]
Karthik M.V.
- Yelahanka [2002-09-19]
- Tamil Nadu MG Trip Report [2003-09-07]
- Journey By 'Heritage Special' [2002-08-24]
- Jolarpettai trip by Sangamitra Express [2002-09-15]
- Thondebhavi Trip Report [2001-11-02]
- Yeshwantpur-Howrah Exp. [2001-11-25]
- Joyful Rail journeys [2002-04-12]
- Hubli Jan Shatabdi [2002-11-25]
- Wheel and Axle Plant [2002-09-19]
- Visit To Puttaparthi [2002-08-30]
- IRFCA Bangalore Chapter [2001-10-14]
- My Madras Trip [2002-01-03]
- Sangamitra Trip [2004-04-13]
Karthik Nagarajan & Raymond Arogyasamy
K.K. Subramaniam
- Various reports [2000/2001]
- Guruvayoor [2001-11-17]
- Madras Coimbatore Trip Report [2002-05-07]
- Mysore Steam Run [2004-06]
Lakshman T.
- Begumpet [2002-01-06]
- Shirdi [2002-01-29]
- 150th Anniversary Celebrations Report, Secunderabad [2002-01-29]
- TPTY trip [2004-07]
- MMTS report [2003-08-10]
- CLW Trip Report [2004-11-03]
Maheedhar
Mayur Shinde
Mick Pope
Milan Chatterjee
Mohan Bhuyan
- MG in MP [2001-12-14]
- Indo-Burma [2002-04-06]
- Chandigarh [2002-06-26]
- Guwahati [2002-07-22]
- Tezpur [2002-07-31]
- Okhla [2002-09-13]
- Kangra [2002-10-16]
- Delhi Ring Railway [2003-03-06]
- Chennai by the Grand Trunk [2003-03-08]
- Ludhiana [2003-04-06]
- New Delhi [2003-04-16]
- Badarpur - Lumding [2004-01-10]
- Non Stop to Bangalore-KSK Trip Report [2004-06-10]
- Farukhnagar Trip Report [2004-08-06]
- By MG to Udaipur, and in Style! [2004-10-12]
- Across the Aravallis [2004-10]
- Where the hell is Jhajha? [2005-01-20]
- Satpura Surprises [2005-03-17]
- Fish Eyed Goddess [2005-04-05]
- Rubbing Shoulders (and Bottoms) [2005-04-05]
- Kangra Kapers [2005-07-03]
- A Long Ride to Half Way [2005-10-10]
- Golden Rock and Gopuram Roll [2006-05-31]
Naren Damodaran
- Trip to Smoker's Paradise [2004-04-11]
- Railfanning at SBC/YPR [2004-04-20]
- Trip Report to Makalidurga [2004-05-24]
- Sunday Jam Trip Report [2004-06-01]
- SBC-BZA-UBL-SBC Trip Report [2004-05-05]
- Bangalore Railfanning [2004-08-08]
N. Gurumoorthy
Naveen Jain
Pavan Kumar
Phil Wormald
Poochi Venkat
Pravin
P.V.S. Praveen Kumar
- Guntakal - Pakala [2002-09-06]
- Guntakal Shed Visit [2002-09-17]
- Guntakal - Vijayawada [2002-10-27]
- GTL WDM-2 #16200 at NDLS; Accident near Bellary [2002-11-07]
- Guntakal - Hospet [2002-11-19]
- Ranjithpura — On Board the DRM Special [2002-11-29]
- Guntakal - Kolkata [2002-12-09/14]
- IR Exlporer Trip Dec 2003 : Quilon [2002-10-21]
- Monkey Hill Trek [2004-04-17]
- Managuru trip [2004-06]
Rabibrata
Rajarshi Banerjee
Rajendra Aklekar
Ranganath Eunny
Ravi Subramanian
Ramesh Krishna Murthy
Roopesh Kohad
Roy Laverick
R. Venkatesh
- Kolahpur - CSTM [2003-11-25]
- Mumbai-Chennai by 6011 [2001-04-02]
- All India Trip [2002-02-14]
- Agra [2002-05-31]
R. Sivaramakrishnan
Sagar Tipnis
Samit Roychoudhury
- Secunderabad Trip [2002-07-26]
- Trip to Bolpur [2002-09-07]
- Round Trip [2002-10-10]
- Shantipur-Nabadwip Ghat NG section [2004-07-24]
- Udaipur Trip Report [2004-09-21]
- Gomoh shed and CLW Trip Report [2004-11-12]
- More reports by Samit, including Ahmadpur-Katwa NG line, Ajmer Workshops, The Digha Detour, and many more!
Sandeep Mohan
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 [2005-02-20]
- Moving on to the Future [2005-05-01]
- Dooars Beckons [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. [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]
Shashanka Nanda
- Bangalore [2000-01]
- Hyderabad [2001-10-20]
- Hyderabad [2001-11-18]
- Hyderabad [2001-12-01]
- Various reports [2002-01]
- A Day In The Life Of.... [2002-04-29]
- HYB Loco Trip Shed [2002-05-18]
- Trips to NLR and SBC [2002-05-29]
- The Day 2951 climbed the Thull Ghat [2002-06]
- Trip to Bangalore and Mangalore [2002-06-17]
- South India Darshan [2002-09-09]
- Pune Trip [2002-11-25]
- NDLS-NLR on the GT [2004-01-31]
- Himalayan Adventure [1997-10]
- 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 [2004-06-18]
- Lallaguda Loco Shed [2004-07]
- Riding the Rajdhanis [2004-07]
- Lingampalli Trip Report [2004-08]
- Observations from my Solapur trip [2004-10-18]
- Adventure in the dark [2004-10-26]
- The Land of Diesel Gods [2004-10-30]
- Delhi Trip Notes [2005-03-23]
- Growing up with trains in Delhi [2005-05-06]
- Going Underground [2005-07-04]
- Vindhyan adventure [2005-08-20]
- Tale of 3 Shatabdis [2005-10-09]
- Butter Chicken in Firozpur [2005-18-14]
- Kanpur Kapers [2005-11-19]
- This morning [2005-12-01]
Shikhar Parjan
Dr. Shirish Yande
Shyam A.R.
Sivaram H.
S Kandan
S. Kumar
Sridhar Joshi
- Eyes Wide Open [2005-07-04]
- Where Are The Raindrops! [2005-07-13]
- Ukshi... Kya Kushi!!! [2005-07-20]
- Mere Sapnon Ki Rani.... [2005-10-01]
Sridhar Shankar
Srikanth
S.V. Sriram
Srinivas Joshi
Sridhar Joshi
Tim Wakeman
Vaibhav Sarin
- Lucknow - Benares [2002-07-18]
- Satpura [2003-01-09]
- Fast Track Trip [2004-03]
- Dehradun Shatabdi Trip [2004-07]
Vasudev Kamath
Vijay Balasubramaniam
- Bombay to Bushaval [1990-06-06]
- Konkan Railway [2000-01-25]
- Nellai Express [2000-01-28]
- Coromandel Trip [2000-02-10]
- Bokaro Shatabdi [2000-07-12]
- Asansol Shed Visit [2000-07-12]
- Tamil Nadu Express [2000-12-12]
- Jaipur Shatabdi [2001-01-30]
Vikas Chander
Vikas Singh
- Shimla [2003-11-09]
- Barog Trip [2004-04-09]
- Dhaulpur NG trip [2004-04-13]
- Gwalior 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]
- Farukhnagar trip [2004-08-14]
- Murtijapur-Yavatmal NG trip [2004-10-18]
- Gujrat NG trip [2004-11-09]
- Pulgaon-Arvi NG trip [2005-02-21]
- Nagpur-Jabalpur NG trip [2005-12-21]
- Steam on Three Gauges [2006-08]
- Tindharia Workshop [2006-08]
- Tea, Train, and Timber [2006]
- Heritage Steam on Three Gauges [2006]
- Kishanganj Trip [2006-08-24]
- Saraiya Sugar Mills [2006]
- Solani Aqueduct [2006]
- Nadiad Bhadran NG trip [2007] *new*
- Neral Matheran trip [2007] *new*
- Raipur Rajim NG trip [2007] *new*
Vikram
Viraf Mulla
Vivek Manvi
- Reliving the past [1997]
- Vadodara Trip [2004-06]
- Borivali Halt [2004-08]
- Surat Trip [2004-08]
- North India [2004-12-24]
- Dadar-Bhusaval [2005-06-04]
- Goa Trip [2005-06-18]
- Udaipur Odyssey [2005-11-15]