Carriages

Garib Rath: Normal 3AC coach is nomenclatured as WACCNH. Scratches, peel-offs, dust and rust. The new rake has it all. 2007-01-30 Basin Bridge Ranganath Eunny

Garib Rath: Tare is 6 tonnes down but capacity is 10 up. The coaches pack more and provide less free space. 2007-01-30 Basin Bridge Ranganath Eunny

Garib Rath: Bound to be the Chennai Garib Rath. 2007-01-30 Basin Bridge Ranganath Eunny

Garib Rath: Tare is just 44 tonnes thanks to the lack of self generating unit. Normal 3 AC coaches have a TARE of 50.12 tonnes. 2007-01-30 Basin Bridge Ranganath Eunny

Garib Rath: The EOG's nomenclature: WRRMDAC. Does D mean Disabled? 2007-01-30 Basin Bridge Ranganath Eunny

Garib Rath: The EOG car and the guard's cabin. 2007-01-30 Basin Bridge Ranganath Eunny

Garib Rath : SR's own Garib Rath rake. Green and gold. The gold band glistened in the sun and was a metallic finish. 2007-01-30 Basin Bridge Ranganath Eunny

One more view of the oil soaked 359 down passenger at Wadi. 2007-01-28

This train, the 359 down Solapur - Falaknuma passenger crossed our 6010 Up at Wadi. For some reason, almost all the coaches of the 359 were soaked with oil. Was the rake shunted slowly under a oil filling galley ? Did a failing WDM 2 spray oil all over th

The new board for Mandovi Express! The board is quite big as compared to normal ones. Earlier this train had "printed" name boards. By printed, I mean the ones printed on to "flex" and then stuck.

Bye Bye to MG from Trichy, MG passenger coaches being transferred to some unknown location on BG flat wagons, Ponmalai (Golden Rock).

Coaching yard at Ahmedabad. This yard is located at the northern end of ADI and is called the Ahmedabad yard

An RDSO Special led by a BRC WAP-4E. Note the newly designed AC Three Tier coach (maroon), which is taller than the existing 3A coaches. The difference in heights can be clearly seen in the pic. NZM. Pic by Shanx.

It's Nice to see that the dining car on the Deccan Express is back, Pune

Unique! A pantry car-cum-chair car spotted attached to the Vaigai exp at MDU. 2006-11-19, Bizzy.

I'm broken... I'm alone... Trichy, 14-12-2006 Harish Kumar

A strange 2nd window near toilet in AC coach. This is actually a customized cabin to store beddings.

VM-TBM Passenger at PF-2 of Chengalpattu Jn. Note the distinct modified bogie design. Photo by S.Aravind (aravind_taurus@yahoo.co.in)

2640 Brindavan express doing 80 through BNCE May 2006 - Vivek (Old Man)

MG on BG. There were at least 7-8 MG coaches + this parcel van, all freshly painted. location, 40 Kms before Renigunta on the Cudappah side. Date: 7/7/2006, camera: Canon PowerShot A530, photo by: S.Ashwin

Interesting thing I observed in the Hirakhand rake today - all the /AB suffixes on the coach numbers have been roughly erased with yellow paint. Anyone knows the logic behind this move? 2006-07-04, Bizzy.

Nizamudeen-Trivandrum Central Rajadhani Express at platform #2 of Trivandrum Central..
Photo:Biju Bhasker

Apurva had uploaded a pic of a pantry car with large ventilation windows a few days back.....that was #89811. This is a similar pantry attached to the Konark, numbered #96809. 2006-06-29, Bizzy

6217 SWARNA JAYANTHI Expess had an unusual Second Jan Chair Car (empty) coach in the end. The coach numbered 03976AB belonged to WCR.

Never seen before, a pantry car with such large ventilation ports. This is pantry car # 89811AB that is attached to the rake of Jhelum express bound for Jammu which is being washed in the Queen's Garden pit lines, Pune. 2006-06-10

And for the first time in LHB coaches, fans! There are three of them in every bay. 2005-05. Vivek Manvi.