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Links added: Nikhil Arora's page  M.Giridhar's KK line pictures, Addl.  url for Askwin Kurup's IR pictures,  Addl. url for Jay Bakakrishna's IR pictures Mark Dean's English Electric Locos page Ronald Kappel's page (INDIVIDUAL)

Links added: IR (old) Official Website, Webpage  of the IR Personnel Service Officers Webpage of the SR RPF and their Mobile Police Station wing  (CORPORATE)

Links added: Dr. Dandapani (the Rail Doctor)'s page  David Breaker's The Great Online Rail Museum  (WORLDWIDE)

Links added: India Travelite:Online travel service Ian Kerr( IR Historian) page  (MISCELLANEOUS) Links added: An article in the Femina mag about women railfans, Outlook Traveller articles about train travel, Briefs on train travel, KR Greeting cards by a firm in Ratnagiri (Subsidiary Links page 'IR BRIEFS' under MISCELLANEOUS)

 

sites by individuals:

  • ALOK BHATNAGAR'S pages: IR Pension Helpline: http://www.irpension.com/ and WR Historical Sites: http://www.wrheritage.com/

  • ALOK PATEL'S IR pages: http://uk.photos.yahoo.com/alokpatel

  • ANAND KRISHNAN'S PAGES: Diesel pictures: http: //www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Reef/7400/anotherdiesel.htm Anand's shots from the cabs of electric locomotives: http://www. geocities.com/veerabadran/Footplate/fplat1.htm

  • ANDRIST'S CALCUTTA TRAM PICS: http://www.geocities.com/india_rail/CalcuttaTrams/index.html

  • ANDREW JONES' Pics of Indian built stock and YDM/4 locos in Tanzania: http://www.geocities.com/nrmindia/tanzania.htm

  • ANUPAM GOSWAMI'S WEBPAGE:  http://www.geocities.com/anupamgoswami2002/index.html

  • ANURAG ACHARYA'S PAGES: http://www.cs.umd.edu/~acha/ railway.html

  • APURVA BAHADUR'S 'Indian Railway pictures': Don't forget to check out the section on diesel loco SOUNDS! http://members.tripod.com/~ ApuB/index.htm Also check out Apurva Bahadur's earlier homepages. http://members.tripod.com/~IRFC/

  • ASHWIN KURUP'S IR pages: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Pantheon/5869/page_01.htm Also at: http://www.geocities.com/ash01_te/page_01.htm

  • ASIAN RAILWAYS PAGE by Japanese railfan Eiji Nojawa with a page on DHR locomotives: http://www02.so-net.ne.jp/~noz/eindex.html

  • AVINASH PANDEY'S RAIL IMAGES: http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Congress/3793/irpix.html

  • BHARAT VOHRA AND SIDDHARTH JOSHI'S 'Rail in India': http://railinindia.tripod.com RAILWAY DRAWINGS by Bharat Vohra: http://railinindia.tripod.com/draw.html

  • BHAVIN VAKHARIA'S thesis titled 'Integrated Public Transit System for Bombay (Mumbai) Metropolitan Region: http://www.geocities.com/mumbairail/

  • BIC LUTHER's Historical IR Pics: http://www.geocities.com/questionablekaraktr/

  • BRAD GOODWIN'S Philippines Railways Site: http://members.tripod.com/~KatsisJ/philippinerailways

  • BRIAN RUMARY'S HOMEPAGE: http://freespac e.virgin.net/brian.rumary/homepage.htm

  • BURITON WHEELBARROW: India page: http://www.buriton.demon.co. uk/asia.html

  • CLIFF ENZ's 'Rajasthan' Model Train Layout: http://www.nvntrak.org/modules/rajastan.php

  • C. G. Balu's IR Pics and Cartoons: http://photos.yahoo.com/cgbalu

  • CRAIG L.ZENI'S 'The Sipping and Switching Society' Homepage, with LINKS to Indian Railways pages.http://www.mindspring.co m/~clzeni/index.html Craig's study in diesel engine roofs: ROOFER MADNESS: http://www.trainweb.org/zeniphotos/roofer/roofermadness.html An additional page of US diesels by Craig Zeni: http://www.trainweb. org/zeniphotos/zenihome.html

  • CRAIG McCOURRY'S 'EMPIRES OF STEAM' WEBSITE:   http://www.mccourry.com

  • DAVE CRAIK'S IR PICTURES: http://locopage.50megs.com/dave-pic.htm The pics are hosted on Phil Wormald's site: http://locopage.50megs.com/india.html

  • DEEPAK SAPRA'S page about the Jamalpur Gymkhana: http://jamalpurgymkhana.tripod.com/ Deepak's page about the Burdwan (now Bardhamman) Diesel Shed: http://dimplefiles.tripod.com/bwn.htm Deepak has also put up pics of a ZDM/5 locomotive: http://dimplefiles.tripod.com/zdm5.htm and a WDM/6 locomotive: http://dimplefiles.tripod.com/wdm6.htm  Deepak's new page (Aug. 2001) launched on the occasion of Independence Day: http://unix2.iimb.ernet.in/~deepaks/india.html

  • DILEEP PRAKASH'S STEAM LOCOMOTIVES SITE: 'The complete site of India steam': http://indiasteam.tripod.com/   Dileep's page about the Locomotives' Beauty Contest held in New Delhi in Sept. 2001: http://indiasteam.tripod.com/beauty-contest.htm

  • DON DICKENS'S 'Patiala State Monorail Trainways' Homepage: http://www.e-z.net/~ddickens/monorail/

  • G.E. Export Pages by Phil Wormald: http://ge-export.mainpage.net/

  • GEOFF COWARD'S Steam Survivors Lists for Pakistan, Bangladesh & Nepal: http://www.bigf oot.com/~irfca-faq/misc/steam-pbn.html
    Also see http://www.bigfoot. com/~irfca-faq/misc/index.html : Geoff's previous list for info about steam survivors in India.

  • GLYN THOMAS'S Indian Railways Pages:   http://www.glynstrains.com/

  • HAL HUGHES'S Memoirs:'Indian Steam Relics: a Fireman's Perspective': http://www.geocities.com/frontier_mail/ddnexpsrndli1.htm

  • HARRY ANCHAN'S page:From his famous 'Kerala' video, http://www.angelfire.com/az/musicollector/thumbnail.html

  • HARSH VARDHAN'S I.S.R.S. (Indian Steam Railway Society) webpage: http://www.indiansteamrailwaysociety.org/  

  • HERAMBH PATANKAR's I.R. Page: http://www.geocities.com/hpatankar/

  • IRFCA F.A.Q. (frequently asked questions) http://www.geocities.com/irfca_faq/index.html  IRFCA Member Database: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/irfca/database?method=reportRows&tbl=3

  • I.S. ANAND (ISA)'s 'Indo Rail' website: (Also incorporating pics from Prakash Tendulkar and Viraf Mulla):  http://www.trainweb.org/railworld/

  • JAY BALAKRISHA'S I.R. IMAGES: (Krishnarajpuram and Railbus photos) http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/jbalakri/lst?.dir=/&.view=t   Also check out Jay's IR Videos: http://jayb33.tripod.com  Also at: http://www.indianrailfan.com/

  • JASON ANTHONY'S I.R. IMAGES: http://www.geocities.com/jemvai777/index.html

  • JOHN LACEY'S Pages on Indian and Australian Steam: http://www.geocities.com/wp7713/index.htm

  • JOYDEEP DUTTA's 'Love Those Indian Alcos' Page: http://www.angelfire.com/art/shankar/wdm2tribute1.htm

  • JULIAN RAINBOW'S Ceylon (Sri Lanka) Preserved Locomotives list: http://www.bigfoot. com/~irfca-faq/misc/index.html

  • Dr. K.J.WALKER'S HOMEPAGE: This website also serves as the homepage for the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Society of Australia: http://www.home.acenet.net.au/kjw-meh/indrail1.htm

  • K.N. MANOJ.'s Pleasures of a Gricer Page: http://www.geocities.com/kummini/railways/tbhavi.html

  • KARTHIK's IR Pictures: http://photos.yahoo.com/karthik807

  • KARTHIK GIDDU'S WEBPAGE: http://gidduk.webhostme.com

  • KONKAN RAILWAY TIMETABLES from non irfca member 'Vmikha': http://members.tripod.com/vmikha/

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  • LARRY RUSSELL'S EMD Export Page: http://EMDExport.Railfan .net/asia/india.html Also see http://mypage.dire ct.ca/l/lrussell/lgr.html

  • M. GIRIDHAR'S KK Line pictures: (Page 1 and Page 2 are not hyperlinked to each other): http://www.geocities.com/giri_pat2000/kkline_1.html  and  http://www.geocities.com/giri_pat2000/kkline_2.html

  • MADHAV ACHARYA'S IR pictures: http://www.che.udel.edu/ ~acharya/trains.html

  • MADHUSUDHAN'S Railway pictures: http://www.cs.orst.edu/~madhusan/

  • MARK DEAN'S English Electric Locos Page with some pics of IR WCM/1-2 locos: http://www.dean187.freeserve.co.uk

  • MIKE BROOKER'S 'Bharat Yatra': with LINKS to some Indian Railway sites: http://webhome.idirect .com/~aum108/bharat.html

  • MRINAL DAS'S website about the EASTERN RAILWAY 'RailIndia': http://railindia.tripod.com Mrinal's greeting card made for the IR on its 147'th birthday (16 Apr.2000): http://railindia.tripod.com/irbday.html and this page giving technical details about the new imported Alsthom coaches, now undergoing trials on the IR: http://railindia.tripod.com/alstomcoach.htm    Mrinal's latest page is about the Chittaranjan Loco Works: http://www.geocities.com/lococlw/   Mrinal's Interactive train information site: http://www.websamba.com/Railindia

  • NIKHIL ARORA's IR Pictures: http://photos.yahoo.com/nikearora Now also at: http://geocities.com/nikearora/index1.html

  • PETER'S images of Pakistan Steam: http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/town/avenue/zh62/trains/pakist02.htm 

  • PHIL WORMALD'S site 'Phil's Loco Pages': http://locopage.50megs.com/   Phil's India pages: http://locopage.50megs.com/india.html   Phil's pics of YDM/4s working in Malaysia: http://locopage.50megs.com/malaysia.htm Article about the tour by Phil and his entourage to India in Nov/Dec 2000 on Apurva's site:  http://members.tripod.com/ApuB/pw/pw.jpg   Phil's GE Export pages: http://ge-export.mainpage.net/   (also listed separately under 'G') Phil's 'SMOKY ALCO CONTEST' Page: http://www.ferrocarriles.com/wormald/participa/participa.html

  • PRAKASH TENDULKAR'S pages: (Also incorporating pics from I.S.Anand  and Viraf Mulla): : http://www.trainweb.org/railworld/ Pics of WCM/1 lookalike dc locomotives in Spain: http://mercurio.iet.unipi.it/pix/es/electric/historic/277/pix.html

  • RAJAN MATHEW'S updated IR pages with links to other IR pages: http://members.rediff.co m/skiposeidon

  • RANGACHARI ANAND'S SITE: http://www.geocities.co m/TheTropics/Bay/1523/  'RXAnand's 2001 trip photos: http://photos.yahoo.com/rxanand

  • RICHARD MORISSON'S page on Indian Alcos: http://uk.y42.photos.yahoo.com/alco1uk

  • ROB DICKINSON'S International Steam Page: http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/steam/internat.htm

  • ROLF STUMPF's ALCO WORLD: http://alcoworld.railfa n.net/india.ht

  • RONALD KAPPEL's Page:  http://ronaldus.com/asmallworld/

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  • SAMIT ROYCHOUDHURY'S HOMEPAGE: http://www.samit.org/  Samit's Interactive IR Map: http://www.samit.org/irmap/

  • SANDEEP SHARMA'S Webpage: http://www.geocities.com/pathankot/

  • SAROSH MEHTA'S Black and White Images of Indian S T E A M (1999):    http://members.tripod.com/ yarird/bw/bw.htm Sarosh Mehta and Viraf Mulla's assorted railway photographs: http://members.tripod.com/irfca/index.htm

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  • SATISH PAI'S Absolute Bible for IR fans: the IRFCA F.A.Q.: http://www.geocities.com/irfca_faq/index.html   Indian Railways Diesel and Electric locomotives specifications: http://www.geocities.com/india_rail/locos/de.html

  • S.K.'s RAIL IMAGES: http://photos.yahoo.com/s_kichu/

  • S. SHANKAR's WEBPAGES about Indian, Pakistan and Bangladesh Railways: http://www.geocities.com/shankaronline/    This page on Steam Locomotive Tender liveries: http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Coast/9896/steam_locomotive_tender_liveries.htm

  • SHAJAN's IR IMAGES: http://community.webshots.com/album/12255074CdTXEqtQk

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  • SHANTANU SEN'S IR pictures: http://sites.netscape.net/shantanusen/RAILWAYS.HTM Shantanu's WCM/1 in old navy/yellow livery (photo by Roderick Smith): http://sites.netscape.net/shantanusen/javier/india2.jpg

  • SHASHANKA NANDA'S 'stormcatcher' page: http://stormcatcher0.tripod.com

  • SHOMIK GHOSAL (DR)'s Darjeeling Himalayan Railway webpage:Do not miss the SOUND SEQUENCE of one of the tiny 'B' class beasts: http://www.geocities.com/darjiling

  • DR. SIRISH YANDE'S Rajkot trip pictures: http://members.tripod.com/~railcrazy/travel/travel1.htm Dr. Sirish's pics on the hill section of the Bhor Ghats between Bombay and Poona. http://members.trip od.com/railcrazy/TKW/Catch.htm

  • SIMON DARVILL'S EPIC MASTERPIECE: An exhausitve listing of industrial locomotives in use/once used in India and South Asia. www.bigfoot.com/~irfca-faq/misc/industrial/index.html Simon's Indian Railway pictures: http://www.jcsd.freeserve.co.uk/index.htm

  • SRIDHAR SHANKAR'S Rail Images: http://sridhar-shankar.tripod.com/chen_mumbai_2001.html

  • SRIRAM CHELLAPPAN'S I.R. Page:  http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/~chellapp/railways/railways.htm

  • STEAM IN INDIA: Picture reports covering various years: http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/steam/india.htm

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  • STEVEN BROWN'S Unofficial irfca Homepage: http://www.trainweb.com/indiarail/irfca.htm

  • SUJEET MISHRA'S Images of CLW electric locos: http://www.geocities.com/india_rail/pix/index.html

  • SUNDAR KRISHNAMURTHY'S Indian Train Gallery: http://indianrail.tripod.com Sundar's ambitious though incomplete dream of an e-zine covering the Indian Railways: the Indian Railway Information Zone (IRIZ): http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Shores/9024/ Another page from Sundar with links to IR and world railways: http://members.tripod.com/ ~sundari/trains/ Indian and US railroad photography: Sundar's Rail World': http://members.fortunecity.com/tajexpress/sundarindia.htm

  • SUNDAR NARAYANAN'S Steam Locomotives page: http://www5.ewebcity.com/sundar/steamain.htm

  • SWARAN KISHORE UDASIN'S IR Images: http://uk.photos.yahoo.com/grandtrunk2615

  • TERRY CASE's Steam Hot Spots site about steam in Goa: http://www.geocities.com/frontier_mail/goa.htm A new page about Terry's India Rail Trip Notes 1983: http://members.tripod.com/shankardubai/indianoteshome.htm  Go -Go -Godhra !: http://members.tripod.com/shankardubai/godhra.htm

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  • VAIBHAV SARIN's webpage: http://www.geocities.com/howrah_rajdhani/2302_2301.html

  • VENKY (R.VENKATESH)'s page about the Palani Funicular Railway (winch):  http://members.tripod.com/~ApuB/palani/palani.htm

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  • VIJAY BALASUBRAMANIAN'S Rail Images: http://www.trainweb.com/indiarail/vbalasub/train1.htm

  • VIRAF MULLA's  website: (Also incorporating pics from Prakash Tendulkar and I.S.Anand): http://www.trainweb.org/railworld/ 'The Neutral Zone' page about the d.c./a.c. changeover at Virar: http://www.angelfire.com/art/shankar/neutralzone.htm

  • VIRAF, SAROSH AND SHRINIVAS' S T E A M Images from Morbi and Wankaner: http://members.tripod.com/morewkr/morewkr/index.htm

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  • YP BLUEPRINT: http://www.ssbdotcom.com/INDIAYPDiagram.jpg

  • ZUBIN DOTIVALA'S IR Images:  http://uk.photos.yahoo.com/zubindotivala

  • ZUBIN MEDORA'S DHR Page:  http://www.zubin.com/darjeeling/train.htm

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    NEW IRFCA MEMBER SITES WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY ADDED TO THIS LIST AS AND WHEN THEY APPEAR.

    corporate sites:

  • AMRITSAR WORKSHOPS of the Northern Railway: http://www.geocities.com/nrly_amritsar/index.htm

  • ANNUAL REPORTS of the IR from the AUDITOR GENERAL'S OFFICE: http://www.cagindia.org/reports/railways/

  • JODHPUR DIVISION of the Northern Railway: http://www.geocities.com/jodhpurdiv/home.html

  • BONDAMUNDA ELECTRIC LOCO SHED: http://www.geocities.com/elsbondamunda/index.html

  • C.O.R.E. (Central Orgn.for Railway Electrification) (Site partly in Hindi): http://wwwdel.vsnl.net.in/core/core.htm

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  • CALCUTTA METRO RAIL CORPORATION: http://business.vsnl.com/metrorly/

  • CALCUTTA TRAMWAYS CORPORATION: http://calcuttatramways.com/aboutctc.htm

  • CENTRAL RAILWAY, BOMBAY (Mumbai) official website:  http://www.centralrailwayonline.com/

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  • CONTAINER CORPORATION OF INDIA LTD.(CONCOR): http://www.concorindia.com/

  • CONTROLLER OF STORES, N.F.(North East Frontier Railway) http://members.tripod.co m/~cosnfr/index.html

  • D.E.M.U. Car Shed, Jalandhar (NR): http://members.rediff.com/demucar/mfg.htm

  • DELHI METRO RAIL CORPORATION: http://www.delhimetrorail.com/

  • DIESEL COMPONENT WORKS, Patiala: http://www.dcwpatiala.com/

  • DIESEL LOCO SHED ERNAKULAM WEBSITE: http://business.vsnl.com/locomotive/

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  • EASTERN RAILWAY Official Website: SITE NOT FOUND: WILL BE RESTORED SHORTLY

  • GOVT. OF INDIA Directory of Official Websites: http://goidirectory.nic.in/organisation.html

  • GOVT. OF INDIA Directory of Official Websites:  http://goidirectory.nic.in/ministry.htm

  • GUJARAT RAILWAY POLICE: http://gujaratrailwaypolice.tripod.com/

  • INDIAN RAILWAYS OFFICIAL WEBSITE: http://www.indianrail.gov.in/  The old official website still exists: : http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/

  • INDIAN RAILWAYS PERSONNEL SERVICE OFFICERS: http://www.geocities.com/irpsindia/

  • INDIAN RAILWAYS CENTRAL ORGN. FOR TELECOM: (IRCOT): http://ircot.railnet.gov.in/

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  • INDIAN RAILWAYS INSTITUTE OF CIVIL ENGINEERING( IRICEN) (previously known as Indian Railways Institute of Advanced Track Technology) POONA (Pune): http://www.iricen.com/

  • INDIAN RAILWAYS RESERVATIONS ONLINE: http://www.indianrail.gov.in/

  • INDIAN RAILWAYS STORES SERVICE: (IRSS): http://www.irss.50megs.com./

  • IRCON INTERNATIONAL LTD. (formerly Indian Railways Construction Co.) http://www.irconinternational.com/

  • IRCOT (Indian Railways Consultancy on Telecom) (Site partly in Hindi): http://www.ircot.railnet.gov.in/

  • IRIEEN WEBSITE: The official website of the Indian Railways Institute of Electrical Engineering, Nasik.with Link to CHITTARANJAN LOCOMOTIVE WORKS. The loco works section is under construction http://www.irieen.com/

  • I.R.S.T.E. (IR Signal & Telecom Enggrs) UNOFFICIAL PORTAL: (This page is a copy of this superlinks site for the most part): http://geocities.com/irste/

  • KONKAN RAILWAY: THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE: http://www.konkanrailway.com/

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  • NATIONAL RAIL MUSEUM, DELHI 's OFFICIAL WEBSITE: http://www.railmuseum.org/

  • Also see my own site about the NRM: http://www.angelfire.com/ak5/nrmindia/nrmhome.htm This one by Rediff: http://www.rediff.com/t ravel/sep/25enghom.htm  And this site by Mike Meyer: http://www.trainweb.com/indiarail/DELHI.htm All these are private sites by individuals/corporations

  • NORTHERN RAILWAY Offical website:  http://nr.railnet.gov.in/ New NR website 'NR Online': http://www.uttarrailway.com/

  • NORTH EAST FRONTIER RLY.(N.F.) Official Website: http://www.nfr.railnet.gov.in/

  • NORTH EAST FRONTIER RLY.(N.F.) Tinsukia Divn. http://www.geocities.com/tinsukia_division

  • NORTH EAST FRONTIER RLY.(N.F.) Alipurduar Divn.: http://www.geocities.com/ashokm2

  • PALACE ON WHEELS, THE ROYAL ORIENT, BAUDDHA PARIKRAMA: A collection of websites about these prestigious tourist trains on the IR: Ref. SUBSIDIARY LINKS PAGE

  • RAILCOMMERCE.NET FOR I.R. Tenders and Vendor development: http://www.railcommerce.net/TechForums/startup/right.pl

  • RAILDWAAR: THE I.R. PORTAL: This website serves as an in-house e-zine for the IRAS (I.R.A.S.= (Indian Railways Accounts Service) officials: http://www.geocities.com/raildwar

  • RAIL INDIA TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC SERVICES (RITES): http://www.rites.com/

  • RAILWAY BOARD, Ministry of Railways, India: http://rb.railnet.gov.in/

  • RAILWAY ELECTRIFICATION: MADRAS (CHENNAI) http://business.vsnl.com/cpmrems/cpmrems.html S.E.R. VISHAKAPATNAM DIVISION http://direct.at/cpmrevskp/

  • RAILWAY PROTECTION FORCE (RPF), SR wing: http://business.vsnl.com/srrpf/  Also at: http://business.vsnl.com/srrpf/index.htm   RPF Mobile Police Station Wing: http://business.vsnl.com/srrpf/mobile.htm

  • RAILWAY STAFF COLLEGE, BARODA (Vadodara) WEBSITE: http://www.rscbrc.ac.in/

  • R.D.S.O. WEBSITE: Indian Railways R & D facility, the Research, Designs and Standards Organization, Lucknow. http://www.rdso.gov.in CAUTION: Excessive Javascript/Flash on this page could crash Netscape and other older browsers).

  • SIGNAL & TELECOM WORKSHOP, Podanur (SR):  http://www.signal.com.bi/

  • SOUTH CENTRAL RAILWAY Official Website: www.scrailway.gov.in

  • SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY Official Website:   http://www.serailway.com/

  • SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY, NAGPUR Division:   http://my.123india.com/sernagpur/

  • SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY, WALTAIR Division: http://www.ser-waltair.com/

  • SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY CHIEF ENGINEERS'S Website: http://business.vsnl.com/ceser

  • SOUTHERN RAILWAY websites: www.srailway.com and www.southernrailway.org  Live Train Movements on the Chennai (Madras) Division of the SR: www.southernrailway.org/new/start.htm

  • SOUTHERN RAILWAY Mechanical Workshops: http://business.vsnl.com/mechworkshops_srly/  covering:

    -Loco Works Perambur: http://business.vsnl.com/mechworkshops_srly/lw_perambur.html

    -C & W Works Perambur:  http://business.vsnl.com/mechworkshops_srly/cw_perambur.html

    -Mysore Workshops:  http://business.vsnl.com/mechworkshops_srly/myss.html

    -Golden Rock Workshops: http://business.vsnl.com/mechworkshops_srly/goc.html

  • TAMILNADU GOVT.RAILWAY POLICE: http://www.tamilnadurailwaypolice.gov.in/PoliceHistory.htm

  • WESTERN RAILWAY, BOMBAY (Mumbai) official website: http://www.westernrailw ayindia.com/frames.htm
    A new Interactive site from the WR with online train information: http://wr.railnet.gov.in/

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    manufacturers' sites (rolling stock & accessories)

  • BHARAT EARTH MOVERS LTD. (BEML): http://www.bemlindia.com/

  • BHARAT HEAVY ELECTRICALS LTD.(BHEL) Website: http://www.bhelis.com/

  • CHITTARANJAN LOCO WORKS (CLW) official website: http://www.clwindia.com/

  • DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE WORKS, VARANASI Website: http://www.dlwindia.com/  The new upcoming DLW site: http://www.diesellocoworks.com/

  • INTEGRAL COACH FACTORY (ICF), Perambur, Madras: http://www.icf.gov.in/

  • RAIL COACH FACTORY (RCF),Kapurthala, INDIA: http://rcf.nic.in/

  • SAFETY SIGN TECHNOLOGIES, Bangalore: http://business.vsnl.com/safetys ign/

  • TITAGARH INDS. Wagon Divn.: http://www.titagarhindustries.com/wagons.htm

  • WHEEL AND AXLE PLANT (W.A.P.), BANGALORE: http://www.wapindia.com/

  • OTHER MANUFACTURERS: (just a microcosm from the jungle out there!)

  • The Patil Group- information about their pre-stressed sleepers and related products.
    http://www.patilgroup.com/rail way.html

    The Steel Foundry of Mukund Ltd.-information about products, facilities and exports.
    http://www.mukand.com/foundry.htm

    Grand Polycoats- high performance coatings for IR coaches.
    http://www.grandpolycoats.com/phrail.html

    Crompton Greaves -their rail transportation and signaling products.
    http://www.cgl.co.in/mo tors/docs/rl_range.htm

    G.G. Automotive Gears Ltd. - general information and products.
    http://www.ggautomotive.com/

  • Medha Servodrive Pvt. Ltd:- speed-time-distance recorders, wheel flange lubricators: http://www.medhaindia.com/

  • OVIS LOCO: small diesel locomotives and stock: http://www.ovisloco.com/products.html

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    technical sites:

  • Glossary of steam locomotive terms: http://www.trainweb.org/railwaytechnical/st-glos.html

  • Three more pages with steam locomotive techno-whiz:  http://www.trainweb .org/tusp/koopmans/part_1.html
    http://www.trainweb .org/tusp/koopmans/part_2.html http://www.trainweb.org/tusp/koopmans/part_3.html

  • How electric locomotives work (with schematic diagram): http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/lexcie/oli-electric.htm

  • Operation Manuals of Important (US) Locomotives: http://www.dnaco.net/~gelwood/manual.html

  • Railway Technical Webpages- http://www.trainweb.org/railwaytechnical/index.html

  • Railway Technology: http://www.railway-technology.com/index.html

  • Railroad gauge width -A comprehensive listing of railway gauges in use worldwide, incl. obsolete ones: http://turksib.com/gauges/index-e.html

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    miscellaneous sites:

    Here are some miscellaneous sites covering some other aspects of the Indian Railways:

    Some of my own webpages are listed among the links in some of the following sites. Sites where my pages are listed are marked with an asterisk. *

  • * DARJEELING HIMALAYAN RAILWAY SOCIETY: www.dhrs.org

  • DARJEELING HIMALAYAN RAILWAY: THE MOVIE: (Requires Shockwave): http://www.darjeelinghimalayanrailwaythefilm.com/

  • DIGITAL SOUTH ASIA LIBRARY: Prehistoric b/w rail images from the Raj era:  http://dsal.uchicago.edu/images/image.html

  • HISTORICAL MAPS OF INDIA:  http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~poyntz/India/maps.html

  • HISTORY OF RAILWAY PHOTOGRAPHY: http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/collections/exhiblets/photo/start.asp

  • IAN KERR'S (an IR historian) Page: http://www.iias.nl/kreeft/IIASNONLINE/Newsletters/Newsletter11/Regional/11CBXD03.html

  • IMPACT INDIA'S Lifeline Express website: http://www.impactfoundation.org/lifeline.htm

  • INDIA TRAVELITE: Web based travel service recommended by Lonely Planet and MS: http://www.indiatravelite.com/railway/introduction1.htm

  • INDIAN RAIL JOURNEYS: http://www.indianrailjourneys.com

  • INDIAN STEAM RAILWAY SOCIETY (ISRS): http://www.indiansteamrailwaysociety.org/

  • INDIAN TRAMS: a historic overview:  http://members.aol.com/trolleyana/ia.html

  • IR BRIEFS: REFER TO SUBSIDIARY LINKS PAGE.

  • IR MAPS: REFER TO SUBSIDIARY LINKS PAGE

  • IR STAMPS:   http://www2.biglobe.ne.jp /~venus/se_in.html Also see http://business.fortunecity.com/koch/421/IndianStamps/stampsLocomoti ves.html The story of IR locomotives told through postage stamps: http://www.geocities.com/dakshina_kan_pa/art9/rail.htm   Rail Philatelist: http://www.railphilatelist.com

  • IR LINKS: A large number of links covering several aspects of rail travel in India and Pakistan. http://gosouthasia.about.c om/msubtrain.htm

  • JOSHI'S MUSEUM OF MINIATURE RAILWAYS, Poona (Pune): http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/Stage/4560/ Also at http://www.minirailways.com

  • LUXURYTRAINS.COM: Information about luxury trains in India (Palace on Wheels, Royal Orient, Fairy Queen etc.) and abroad: http://www.theluxurytrains.com/

  • 1890s MAGIC LANTERN SLIDES by legendary American photographer William Henry Jackson: http://www.harappa.com/magic/ intro.html

  • MUSIC and Railways: http://www.uclan.ac.uk/library/musrail.htm

  • MYSORE RAIL MUSEUM: http://www.trainw eb.com/indiarail/mysore.htm  My own site about the Mysore Rail Museum: http://www.geocities.com/shankies97/mysmuseumhome.htm

  • MODEL RAIL BUFFS: Useful URLs (NOT ABOUT IR MODELLING!): Anthon's Train Page for modellers: http://www.ale-house.demon.nl/trn_main.html   Useful links from the National Model Rail Assoc. NMRA: http://www.ribbonrail.com/nmra/nmralink.html Chat Forum for model rail buffs: http://www.the-gauge.com  Auran Games: model railroad manufacturers, incl. one model based on IR's WDM/1 model: http://www.auran.com/koolthingz/trainz/default.htm   Discount Trains Online: http://www.discounttrainsonline.com/   A model-railroad specific search engine: http://www.modelrailroading.com/

  • NIRVANA TOURS Website has info about the Royal Orient Train: http://www.nirvanatour.de/india/Progs/train.html   

  • NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY (erstwhile NWR of India) Historical Photos by Hal V.O. Waters: http://homepage.mac.com/nevillet/PhotoAlbum2.html

  • 'O' Scale Models of the BB&CIR (Bombay,Baroda & Central India Railway) by Lloyd Pierce): http://ca.geocities.com/lloyddapierce/ 

  • PHANTASRAIL ARCHIVE:1964-1998. Covers Zimbabwe, India, Sri Lanka, UK, France and Germany: http://members.xoom.com/phantasrail/arc/index.htm LINK FOR  THE INDIA PORTION DEFUNCT AT PRESENT

  • RAILWAYSCHEDULE.COM: Commercially available software for IR schedules, fares and things: http://www.railwayschedule.com/railwaysc/main.htm

  • THE SOCIETY OF INTERNATIONAL RAILWAY TRAVELLERS: http://www.trainweb.com/irtsociety/

  • I.R. TIMETABLES AND SCHEDULES: Also includes TIMETABLES OF TRAINS SERVING SPECIFIC INDIAN CITIES. REFER TO SUBSIDIARY LINKS PAGE.

  • IMPORTANT NOTICE: THE TIMETABLES ON THIS PAGE ARE AS ACCURATE AS THE SOURCE THEY CAME FROM. TRAIN SCHEDULES KEEP CHANGING, NEW TRAINS ARE ADDED ALL THE TIME, TRAINS ARE RE-SCHEDULED (SOMETIMES DRASTICALLY) OR RE-ROUTED EVER SO OFTEN. IT IS NOT WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THIS WEBPAGE TO KEEP TRACK OF SUCH CHANGES, ALTHOUGH I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP MY WEBPAGE AS UP-TO-DATE AS POSSIBLE. DO NOT USE THESE TIMETABLES AS AN ABSOLUTE BIBLE. I DO NOT ASSUME ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY LOSS, INJURY OR MENTAL TRAUMA SUSTAINED DUE TO POSSIBLE INACCURACIES IN THESE TIMETABLES. YOU MIGHT LIKE TO COUNTERCHECK WITH A CURRENT TIMETABLE.

  • I.R. Interactive TIMETABLE on CD: http://www.tarini.firm.in/tariniFrameset.htm

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    Some of my own webpages are listed among the links in some of the following sites. Sites where my pages are listed are marked with an asterisk. *

  • AEROLITE BOOK TRADERS,U.K.: Aerolite offer a free book search service, and can locate unavailable books: http://www.aerolite.co.uk

  • AGE OF STEAM page from Railcentre, UK. However, other modes of traction are also covered: http://www.railcentre.co.uk/

  • AUSTRALIAN ASSOCN. OF TIMETABLE COLLECTORS: http://www.aattc.org.au

  • BANGLADESH TRANSPORTATION FORUM:  http://communities.msn.com/BangladeshTransportationForum/_whatsnew.msnw

  • BOOKSELLERS about various subjects including railways: Two searchable databases: Bibliofind: http://www.bibliofind.com/ and Abebooks http://dogbert.abebooks.com/abep/BookSearch Camden Miniature Steam Services are booksellers who send you a book catalog on demand http://www.camdenmin.co.uk/ Motorbooks http://www.motorbooks.co.uk/   Bradt Publications are publishers of railway guide books who also have an ordering service: www.bradt-travelguides.com

  • * BRIAN F. CASE'S RAILROAD LINKS: http://bfcase.railfan.net/c gi/linkmat.cgi

  • BORHT (British Overseas Railways Historical Trust): http://users.classicfm.net/pwa/borht/

  • Central International Index of Rail Related Links: http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/raillinkinternational

  • CONRAIL CYCLOPAEDIA: http://crcyc.railfa n.net/locos/emd/sd70/sd70.html

  • CONTINENTAL MODELLER (magazine) HOMEPAGE: This site has a link to the website of sister publication Railway Modeller: http://www.peco-uk.com/cm/cm_home.htm

  • CYPRUS GOVT. RAILWAY: http://www.ipw .com/cyprus/The_Railway/the_railway.html

  • Dr.DANDAPANI (The Rail Doctor)'s Page: :  http://www.indiarail.co.uk/indrail.htm

  • DAVID BREAKER's The Great Online Rail Museum: http://steamrail.8m.com

  • GARRATT LOCOMOTIVES WORLDWIDE: http://users.powernet.co.uk/hamilton/source.html

  • *GEOFF CRYER'S HOMEPAGES: http://homepages.enterpri se.net/geoffcryer/

  • GREAT RAILWAY JOURNEYS: http://www.luxuryrail.com/

  • HIGH SPEED RAILWAYS OF THE WORLD: http://www.ejrcf.or.jp/html_rt03/rt03_c00.html

  • HUMP MARSHALLING YARDS OF THE WORLD: (International forum with links): http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/humpyardgroup

  • *INFO LONDON: A collection of transport links,news, information and features.Covers not only trains, but also other forms of transport: http://www.infolondon.co.uk/

  • INSTITUTE OF RAILWAY STUDIES, UK: http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/irs/irshome/research/links.htm

  • *INTERNATIONAL RAILWAY LINKS FROM THE TrainNet Fourm: http://www.tadlane.com/rrlinks.htm

  • JOHN HURST'S Worldwide Rail Images has some IR pics under 'Rest': http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~ajh/trains/

  • JOHN HOLDSWORTH & Co: U.K.: manufacturers of moquette for seat upholstery: http://www.holdsworth.co.uk/index.html  

  • *LINK RAIL UK: Link Rail sections:- World -UK - USA -Europe - Asia - Australia - Ireland - New Zealand - Africa - Central America - South America http://www.link-rail.com/uk

  • LIVERIES AND PAINT SCHEMES OF SEVERAL EUROPEAN RAILWAYS: http://mercurio.iet.unipi.it/l iveries/

  • L.M.S. Jubilees (UK), some with Indian names: http://www.jubilees.btinternet.co.uk/photos.html 

  • METRO PLANET: http://www.metropla.net/as/asia.htm

  • MIKE'S RAILWAY HISTORY: http://mikes.railhisto ry.railfan.net/r019.html

  • PHOTO TIPS: http://www.trainw eb.org/moderndiesels/phototips.htm

  • PIONEERS OF STEAM: a page about the early pioneers of steam traction: http://www.geocities.com/steampioneer/frame/Pioneers.html

  • RAILROAD PHOTO TIPS by Grumpy: http://members.tripod.com/grumpysworld/guide/photoguide.htm

  • RAILWAY MUSEUMS OF THE WORLD: http://www.innvista.com/rail/railmus0.htm

  • *RAILSERVE: The Internet Railroad Directory: http://www.railserve.com/

  • RAILWAY GAZETTE INTERNATIONAL: http://www.railgaz.co.uk/ New url: www.railwaygazette.com

  • RAILWAYANA PAGE: for railwayana buffs:  http://www.railwayanapage.com/ http://www.railwayanapage.com/ http://www.railwayanapage.com/ http://www.railwayanapage.com/

  • RAILWAY Screen Savers http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/markgoodspeed/ and Train Icons: http://www.dewittindustries.com/cgibin/ibrowse/images/free/vehicle%20train%20icons.htm#tabletop

  • RAILWAYSTATION.COM has some interesting knick knacks for railfans: http://www.railwaystation.com./ http://www.railwaystation.com./

  • *SHARPO'S WORLD: Paul Sharpe's page about steam power in the UK: http://www.sharpo.clara.net/

  • SRI LANKA RAILWAYS: along with information on railway modeling in Sri Lanka: http://www.infolanka.com/org/mrail/slrails.html

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  • STEAM LOCOMOTIVE SOUNDS & PICTURES: http://members.aol.com/vlcondon/index.htm and http://www.retroweb.com/611lastrun.html

  • THE ULTIMATE STEAM PAGE (by Hugh Odom): http://www.trainweb.org/tusp/slm.html

  • TRACK-SIDE SIGNS ON THE GERMAN RAILWAYS: http://www.german-railways.com/Models/Signals/Claudio.htm

  • TRAIN GIFS: Animated trains with realistic backgrounds: http://www.trainweb.org/railmation/traingif.html

  • TRAINWEB: http://trainweb.com/

  • TRAMS OF THE WORLD: http://tramway.com/bs/bs_l iste_index_e.htm

  • TRAM VIEWS OF ASIA IN THE 20th Century: http://members.aol.com/trolleyana/tva.html

  • U.K. Railway Photography: http://www.rail-photo.co.uk/  Also at: http://www.railpics.co.uk/

  • *U.S.A. by RAIL: http://www.usa-by-rail.com/ Now in the 4th edition,fully updated to include the latest Acela trainsets. Log in to win free passes.

  • U.S. Narrow Gauge Loco. Exports (incl.to India): http://narrowmind.railfan.net/

  • UNOFFICIAL VICTORIAN STEAM AND GM CAB UNITS SITE: by Yuri Sos of Australia . http://www.railpage.org.a u/steam4me/

  • WUPPERTAL SUSPENDED MONORAIL: http://www.elevator-world.com/magazine/archive01/9712-001.html-ssi

  • AMAZING TRIVIA: http://www.crisny.org/not-for-profit/railroad/en_info.htm#looks

  • THE MAINLINERS GALLERY: http://www.sydney .cyber.net.au/~mainline/index.html

  • MORE WORLD WIDE RAIL LINKS: Includes international links and also non-Indian photo ventures by irfca members: REF. SUBSIDIARY LINKS PAGE

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