IRFCA Convention 2013 - Mughalsarai

The welding on the rail is perfectly done as it comes out of the machine. (Pawan Koppa)

Details painted on the Russian track machine. (Pawan Koppa)

A view of the massive welding machine. (Pawan Koppa)

The rollers on which the rails are rolled into the welding room after the edges being scraped clean of rust. (Pawan Koppa)

Harish, Raghu and Shishir strike a pose at the track machine workshop. (Pawan Koppa)

Jattin Bhavsar and Rakesh Joshi share some funny vibes as they walk towards the workshop amidst the delegates. (Pawan Koppa)

One more look at the Vintage crane going about its duties. (Pawan Koppa)

Delegates and Sridhar seen at the end walk towards the flash butt welding workshop. (Pawan Koppa)

The flame on which the screws were made red hot before being passed on to be riveted onto the girders. (Pawan Koppa)

The girder edge welding process being shown and explained meticulously. (Pawan Koppa)

A vintage movable crane ambles around at the workshop. (Pawan Koppa)

Delegates spread all around the girder workshop trying to soak in as much as possible. (Pawan Koppa)

A few abandoned coaches rest in peace at the workshop. (Pawan Koppa)

Dr. Sanghi and everyone else around are all smiles as our founder member is introduced to an official at the Flash butt welding and girder workshop. (Pawan Koppa)

Delegates queue up for breakfast on Day 1. (Pawan Koppa)

The stage is all set for the 8th IRFCA convention to begin! (Pawan Koppa)

The convention banner at the entrance proudly sporting one of the oldest locos in service - the WDM-2! (Pawan Koppa)

A view of Samudayik Bhavan - the venue of the convention! (Pawan Koppa)

Day one of the convention begins with just three of us on the second bus - Raghu, Shishir and myself! Here it negotiates the upper deck of the Dufferin bridge. The first bus filled with delegates took a longer and different route avoiding the narrow bridg

A WDG-4 hauled BOXN rake pulls onto the bridge as it moves towards Varanasi. One of the hundreds of boats ferrying pilgrims makes for an interesting foreground. (Pawan Koppa)

A wider view of the Shakti hauled train on the Dufferin bridge. (Pawan Koppa)

A WDG-3A Shakti hauled train pulls out of Varanasi and onto the Dufferin bridge. (Pawan Koppa)

These lovely white birds are found in plenty in the waters near the bridge and make a very pretty picture! (Pawan Koppa)

This is the maximum I could fit the massive bridge into one frame. Dufferin bridge - Varanasi. (Pawan Koppa)

As devotees on the banks of the mighty Ganges move about with their duties, a WDP-4B hauls a train towards Varanasi on the massive Dufferin bridge. (Pawan Koppa)

The first express train to reach MGS when we reached marshalling yard, seen here is SGUJ WDP4 #40024 hauled 14055 Bramhaputra Mail bound to Delhi. (Ashwin Rao)

MGS WDM2 #18267 busy with shunting duties at MGS marshalling yard. (Ashwin Rao)