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, 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]
Ajai Banerjee
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]
Anand krishnan
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]
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]
Ashish Kuvelkar
Avimanyu Pyne
Balachander Ganesh
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]
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
Chamaraj Rao
Dave Craik
David Pravin
Dr. Shirish Yande
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]