The up Azad Hind Exp just before departure from Kharagpur. Note the single yellow with route indicator turned on. Kharagpur, WB, 2006-02-18

A nice veiw of the Kharagpur station and PF 1 from our retiring room window. - Pulastya Parekh

TATA WAM-4 #20672 standing outside Kharagpur towards the Howrah side. - Pulastya Parekh

A Party of WAM-4s!! Two from Tata and one from Asansol. A WAG-5 from BNDM and a WAP-4 can also be seen peering. - Pulastya Parekh

The WAG-7 from Kanpur enters into KGP with a long train. The assistant driver looked completely bewildered on seeing seven people taking snaps of it. - Pulastya Parekh

This is the length of the platform 1 at KGP: 1.04 km, the longest in the world. - Pulastya Parekh

KGP WDM-2 #17448 awaits shunting signal at PF 21 of Howrah to shunt the rake of the Dn Mumbai mail back to Santragachi. Another WAP-4 #22503 (left) strangely takes charge of the shunting the rake of the Porbander Exp. - Pulastya Parekh

Tatanagar WAM-4 6P #20672 disengages itself from its train and slips out to the service track using the mid-platform turnouts. This is a peculiar phenomena at Kharagpur, enabling maxumum use of the long platforms. Kharagpur, WB, 2006-02-18

Diesel loco at the pits at the KGP diesel shed. Kharagpur, WB, 2006-02-18

The WAM-4 headed Azad Hind express departs, guided by the double yellow and the turnout signal. Kharagpur, WB, 2006-02-18

A WAP-4 waits with its charge, as the well lit station building on the platform across stands spectator. Kharagpur, WB, 2006-02-18

Inside the Route Relay Interlocking Cabin. This is of the older kinds, commissioned in the 1980s. The display is made of small tiles. Apologies for the bad picture, but did not want to use a flash. Kharagpur, WB, 2006-02-18

A WAM-4 hauled up Bhubaneshwar Jan Shatabdi Express about to depart from this *longest platform in the world*. Kharagpur, WB, 2006-02-18

A mast with 4 LQ semaphores stands a mute reminder of the days gone by, the evenining light simply adding to the melancholy. Kharagpur, WB, 2006-02-18

The tracks move out to the west, just out of the station. Kharagpur, WB, 2006-02-18