Name board at Chetpet MG station. English says “Chetpat" while Tamil says “Sethuppattu". By PoochiVenkat.

MG panorama – a Unit rounds the famous curve between Nungambakkam and Chetpet enroute to Egmore. Jasmine flowers grace the front. By PoochiVenkat.

Ultra-wide-angle view of Egmore Station east face, from the MG FOB. By PoochiVenkat.

Timings of MG units at Egmore. By PoochiVenkat.

Notice from SR about BG conversion. Though the text proclaimed no service “after 00:00 hrs” of July 1, 2004, the very last public MG service ran from MS to TBM actually at 00:05 hrs on July 1st! By PoochiVenkat.

Ultra-wide-angle interior shot of a typical MG EMU. Amber paint gave a distinct appearance to the insides. Don’t miss Jason and Abhishek modeling for me! By PoochiVenkat.

Ultra-wide-angle platform shot of an MG EMU waiting on pf#8 at MS. By PoochiVenkat.

Mambalam Station board bids bye-bye to Old Faithful … By PoochiVenkat.

The motorman waves to us as he moves out toward MS. In those three glorious days, nearly every motorman, guard, ticketing staff, SM and technician recognized Jason and me as “those crazy enthusiastic railnuts” wherever we went along the lines! Look at

The dipping sun lends a special touch to these MG Twins (!) just outside TBM. Note the OHE masts, whose design remained for nearly 75 years … By PoochiVenkat.

a few seconds later … BG and NG?? Well, the receding train appeared like a NG unit while the approaching one appeared the size of BG! By PoochiVenkat.

Trackside at TBM yard. A solitary YAM1 loco waits for shunting duties. Sadly, these MG locos were also suspended from July 1st. By PoochiVenkat.

June30 2004 … D-Day. 0530 hrs. A fairly loaded MG EMU races toward MS with all its lights ablaze. I resorted to ISO 800 Fuji film to get as still a shot as possible since the ambient light was quite low. By PoochiVenkat.

Early morn at MS. Unit #767 to TBM pulls out gracefully with its “parking light” still on. On the BG side, big brute ED WAP-4 #22370 moves off to the yard, having brought in Pandyan Exp. By PoochiVenkat.

At MS, end of the line for MG :-( By PoochiVenkat.