Day 2 Images

Dheeraj kicks off day two with a welcome speech and announcing the revised schedule. The day will start with a presentation by Srinivas about "An Overview of SBC Division"

Delegates checking the agenda lined up for the day

All delegates listening to Srinivaa with serious attention [except a few :-)]

Srinivas highlighting the achievements of SBC division

Dr. G Swaminathan gave a talk on "Basics of Diesel-Electric Locos" and he recieves a gift as a token of appreciation from Joydeep

Mr. Venkatramam makes a point, which is applauded by the delegates

Next presentation is by Poochi Venkat. He showed videos of WCG working in the Bhor Ghats. Vrij who was blogging the entire event live took an opportunity to read out the responses posted to the blog

Tea break follows. Time to sip some hot beverages to beat the chill

Time to network and to give some 'Gyan'. Apurva with Samar and Chechu

(anti-clockwise from top left) Mrs. Roychudhury(Samit's wife), Mrs. Mulky(Jitendra's wife with her son, Mrs Rao(Raghavendra's wife) and Mrs. Srinivas discussing shopping plans for the day.

Sandeep Sharma, Tamish Singh and Vaibhav Sarin(Vabby) discussing something

Parallel sessions are on. While Rajeev is talking to Ajai, Abhishek Salian joins the conversation, Archit Goel is having with Biswarup Basu

First session after tea break is about Chinese RailwaysMr. R C Acharya, Member (Retd), Railway Board showed some nice vidoes of Chinese Railways

That was followed by a talk by Mr. Ajai Banerji on "Links between India and its Neighbors"

IRCTC sponsored the event by making a donation

Breaks between the talks generated such lively discussions

Dr. Shirish Yande making his presentation on The Bhore Ghats

Dheeraj introduces Ms Ashima Mehrotra, AGM(Tourism) of IRCTC, who gave a talk on Development of Tourism on the DHR

Delegates exchanging cards with Ms. Mehrotra. Many members her suggestions for improvements in ticketing facilities offered IRCTC, which she promised to forward to relevant person

The delegates take a short break for sipping some tea.

The dining arrangement was made on the spacious lawns behind the building.

Delegates help themselves with lunch items

Cannot eat quietly. Have to discuss railfanning.

Probably the only active husband and wife team in IRFCA, Sandeep and Amruta Bhate

Joydeep displayed his collection of Railway books, while John Garcia displayed his collection of Railway posters.

Ranga elaborating the rules of the quiz

Bharat volunteers to collect the answer sheets from the participants of the quiz