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.
The Special invitees leave after lunch. Mr Praveen Kumar, Mr Subranshu, Mr Sivasailam & Mr Sanjiv Handa ()
Foodies... a light moment from the lunch time ()
Registeration Desk ! [L to R ] Santosh Kulkarni, Manish (lawyer), Gaurav Varshney ()
Triple WDP4's from KJM sparks up BNC09 as it enters BNC to move towards SBC (Shishir Jairam)
BNC 09's beautiful banner outside UTC,the venue. (Shishir Jairam)
KJM WDG3A 14615 shunts the rake of SBC - KCVL Express out of BNC. ()
The event begins! Mr Srinivas welcomes the Invitees and Delegates to the event. On the dais, (Left to Right): Mr Sivasailam (of BMRCL), Mr Praveen Kumar (Member-Mechanical, RB) and Mr V.Anand (Former GM, Southern Railway) ()
The book-publishing event! The book "The story of Indian ALCO Locomotives" post-release. Seen in the image: (From Left to Right): Mayank Tewari (Director, NRM - also the publisher of the book), Apurva Bahadur, Joydeep Dutta (One of the Authors),
Congrats! Dr Jitendra Mulky (Leftmost) receives his prize from V.Anand (on the right). Looking on are Ranga (L) and Sridhar Joshi (R). ()
The oldest participant at the Convention just ensures that his name features in the reservation chart... Shishir 'Sonic' looks on... ()
Dr Vrij at his job of live-blogging... TTE Colin looks on what is being typed, while Adityaa from SC looks on eagerly at the proceedings ()
No seats available sir! TTE Colin Peter tries to dissuade gate-crashers from the venue.... [Just kidding! He was indeed posing for the image, although we did have one gate-crasher to deal with ;-)] ()
This is what happens when you throw open a WDP-4 for railfans! Just look at the number of people inside the cab and the ones trying to get in! For the record, that's Khalidbhai at the controls. (Karan Desai)
The WDP-4 #20025 parked for railfans at Diesel Shed at BNC gave me the opportunity to explore the loco from hitherto unseen angles like this one. (Karan Desai)
A close look at wheel Rail & flange of KJM WDM2 parked in Shed. (Jattin Bhavsar)