Images shot by different photographers at the Fourth IRFCA Convention, held at Bangalore on the 24th and 25th of January 2009. Images shot by them while traveling to the convention are also included.
Handing over of Neil's token to Mr. Mayank Tewari (Dir. NRM) by Colin Peter (SBC) (sant kulk)
Book Release fn.. Book on WDM 2 was authored by Prof Joydeep Dutta Mr Sachin Sharma, (L - R)Mr.Apurva Bahadur, Prof. Joydeep Dutta, Mr. Praveen Kumar, Mr. Sachin Sharma(behind Praveen Kumar), Mr. V Anand. (sant kulk)
Mr. Srinivas delivers keynote address... Notice the MACl at Double orange.. (On dias (L-R) Mr. Sivasailam, Head of BMRCL, Mr. Praveen Kumar, Member, Member mech. borad, IR, and Mr. Anand, Former GM SWR) (sant kulk)
My I-card!!!! (sant kulk)
The "menu" of the quiz during the finals. Contestants had to choose one of the categories and a question would come up. (Pawan Koppa)
The chief guests for the previous evening... (L-R: Snaket Malde (SBC), Apurva Bahadur (PA), Manish (SBC)) (sant kulk)
The entrance of UTC with the BNC 2009 convention banner proudly put up! (Pawan Koppa)
The registration desk with the Bangalore members in the frame. Standing(From L to R): Kamweshwar Rao,Arnab Acharya, Shishir Jairam and Santosh Kulkarni. Sitting(From L to R): Manish, Gaurav Varshney and Binai Sankar. (Pawan Koppa)
Mr. V Anand from Bangalore delivers the welcome address while Mr. N. Sivasailam, MD, BMRCL and Mr. Praveen Kumar watch on. 2009-01-24. (Pawan Koppa)
As the first day of the convention dawns, a pair of heavily smoking KZJ WDG-3A twins led by #14620 bring in the Chennai Central-Sathya Sai Prasanthi Nilayam Exoress into BNC. 2009-01-24. (Pawan Koppa)
Over to NRM: The token, symbolizing the responsibility of IRFCA convention being handed over to Mr Mayank Tiwari, director NRM New Delhi for the NRM 2010 convention (Manohar Natarajan)
Extreme Scrutiny: WDP4 #20025 of KJM shed scrutinized throughly by the IRFCA inspectors !! Hundreds of questions were asked and each and every part of the locomotive was inspected, analyzed and admired ! (Manohar Natarajan)
Alco Let's Go:: WDM2 #16585 of KJM shed spotted at the Diesel Loco shed BNC at the sidelines of BNC2009. (Manohar Natarajan)
The Legend Lives On: The book "The Story of Indian Alco Locomotives: The Legend of the WDM2", authored by Dr Joydeep Dutta and Mr Sachin Sharma being released at BNC2009. Also among the delegates are Mr Mayank Tiwari of NRM and Mr V Anand of IRF
From the Horse's mouth: Senior Loco Pilot Mr Sriram Sampathkumar of Konkan Railway makes a presentation about the signalling system in Konkan Railways (Manohar Natarajan)