Deccan Queen's 79th Birthday Celebrations on 1st June 2009. Pictures provided IRFCA Pune Members.
The workers dancing to celebrate their Queen's Birthday. (Bhushan Kale)
The grandeur of the decorations, the atmosphere was so enthusiastic. (Bhushan Kale)
Crackers blasting at full noise. (Bhushan Kale)
Gaana Bajana in full swing. (Bhushan Kale)
DQ Birthday: Now, where else do you get to see this? A complete Band-baaja party on the platform to see off the Queen! (Karan Desai)
DQ Birthday: The man in-charge of the Queen on the Big Day cuts the IRFCA cake. (Karan Desai)
Rangoli with Peacock at bottom for Deccan Queen's Birthday Celebration. (Jattin Bhavsar)
WCAM3 #21946 coming to honour Queen for Birthday. (Jattin Bhavsar)
3 layered cake was provided by IRCTC. B'day was celebrated in Dining Car. One layer was already distributed amongst all till I reached to click it. (Jattin Bhavsar)
Daily Woman MST holders of D2 had a blast near Dining Car. (Jattin Bhavsar)
WDS6 bringing DQ to PF 8 at CSTM after a long wait. (Jattin Bhavsar)
Evening Power was Wcam3 # 21883 (Jattin Bhavsar)
New Batch of Railfans. L to R: Harsh dinesh, Dhaval Poladia (Red T Shirt), Yours Truly, Unmesh Mahabal (Dombivali), Raj Bhavsar, Akshay Marathe, Chaitanya Gokhale. (Jattin Bhavsar)
People enjoying celebrartion while cake is being cut. (Jattin Bhavsar)
You can have idea of fan following DQ (Including media person for BITE!!!) (Jattin Bhavsar)