Pictures taken during the Chennai Egmore Centenary Celebrations on 11 June 2008 1830 HRS. Photos by Poochivenkat and R. Muthuswamy
New Entrance of Egmore Station. Decked up for the Centennary. 11-6-2008. Photo by PoochiVenkat. (PoochiVenkat)
Main Entrance up close. Unfortunately the Pink-n-Red colour is sickening! 11-6-2008. Photo by PoochiVenkat. (PoochiVenkat)
The Stage set up for the evening's programme. Can you spot Venkat84 (Laliram)at the bottom left? Later, rain dampened everyone's enthusiasm :-) 11-6-2008. Photo by PoochiVenkat (PoochiVenkat)
Photo-Exhibition in the Hall. Very rare photographs, books, journals and articles were displayed. A handful of MG pictures were from IRFCA! 11-6-2008. Photo: PoochiVenkat (PoochiVenkat)
An Ad for loco horns - dating back to 1940. From the archives at Trichy. It seems E-flat & G-flat were the twin-tones for locos those days :-) 11-6-2008. Photo: R. Muthuswamy (PoochiVenkat)
Visitors enjoying the displays...can you recognize the photos on display in this picture? 11-6-2008. Photo: R. Muthuswamy (PoochiVenkat)
Old tickets of the South Indian Railway. Some of the tickets are for Colombo by the Boat Mail Ferry service. From the Railway Archives at Trichy. 11-6-2008. Photo: R. Muthuswamy (PoochiVenkat)
The Main Entrance of Egmore decorated for the Centennary. Though the Airtel Ad ruins everything, the 100-year-old building still looks grand! 11-6-2008. Photo: PoochiVenkat (PoochiVenkat)