A peek inside Bangladesh Railway

ALCO made at Schenectady plant, USA made Loco are mostly seen with BR's BG track. 6000 series and 6100 series (MLW, Canada) are of same design, Bangladesh Railway. (Najmul Islam)

MLW-Bombardier, Canada made BG loco with Goods (oil Tanker rake), now sleeping, Bangladesh Railway. (Najmul Islam)

A View of BR pasenger ticket. (Najmul Islam)

Shuttle train "Turag" between Dhaka - Tongi is being hauled by DLW made MG (Dual Cab) loco (YDM - 4 Class). There are 10 of them in Bangladesh. (Najmul Islam)

An MG Intercity train hauled by Korean made loco crossing us at Tongi station, in Bangladesh. (Najmul Islam)

MG yellow Oil tankers, Chinese made on DG track, going to Chittagong from Parbatipur, Dinajpur (Bangladesh). (Najmul Islam)

DLW made WDM2 Loco hauling Sundarban Express before crossing Jamuna Bridge, in Bangladesh. Undercarriage of rakes are checked before passing Jamuna Bridge. The Loco master is seen in front of the loco. (Najmul Islam)

A Freight wagon of BR, mentioned fit to cross Jamuna Bridge. (Najmul Islam)

The MG Lalmonirhat-Dhaka Lalmoni Express makes good use of the Dual Gauge track. This snap is to give an idea of how BG Silk City and MG Lalmoni Expresses can roll on the same track. ()

Complicated! Dual Gauge double line turns to Dhaka towards left and the Broad Gauge double line turns right towards Kolkata. The pure BG line to Kolkata was the pre-independence route of Darjeeling Mail. Najmul (on picture), the Bangla railfan guided me t

This is how the Dual Gauge line from Dhaka intruded into the Pre-Independence BG Double Track Mainline between Kolkata and Siliguri. Now, this line can accommodate MG traffic straightaway from Chittagong port. ()

Iswordi based WDM-2#6409 of BR pulls into Iswardi Bypass station with Dhaka bound Silk City Express. Najmul and myself had a great railfanning day over there. (Anamitra)

It's my first conversation with a WDM-3A of Bangladesh Railway(#6411). The loco was in charge of Sundarban Provati Express which I took to Bheramara, i.e. on the southern bank of River Padma. Joydebpur Jn (21/12/2008) (Anamitra)

YD (class-5) Meter Gauge Loco plinthed outside Bangladesh Railway's Rail Bhawan in Dhaka. This loco has been decommissioned in 1952.(22/12/2008) (Anamitra)

WDM-3A#6412 of Bangladesh Railway is getting ready to haul 3110-Maitree Express from Dhaka Cantt. to Kolkata. The rake is the ER SDAH Divn one. This train later overtook BR's Sundarban Express bound to Khulna. Bangla railfan Najmul was behind the camera.

Dhaka MG Diesel Shed. ADTranZ and Hyundai locos are stabled together for trip inspection. (Anamitra)

This British Legacy of promoting Tea is visible in Naihati Jn(NH), Dumdum Jn(DDJ) in ER. Actually it has been there since the EBR days. Ishwardi Jn. (Anamitra)

This ghostly Hitachi loco was heading a small passenger rake in Parbotipur BG section. These beasts are supposedly based at Parbotipur, one of the best places for diesel fanning in BR. (Anamitra)

This beast brought me from Dhaka to Ishwardi Jn. The Ishwardi WDM-3A#6411 gets detached and goes to the loco shed. (Anamitra)

Look at the contrast of Old Vs New. The newer baby imported from INKA (Indenesia) gets rest under a tree. Ishwardi Jn. (Anamitra)

Face off with a Bombarider freight loco that was sleeping in the eastern bank of Jamuna Bridge. (Anamitra)

Who is more beautiful? The Bombardier loco heading the BTO tankers or the WDM-2 in distance? Venue is Iswardi yard. (Anamitra)

Same board in Naihati Jn of ER. Naihati(NH) and Ishwardi(BR) used to be two big stoppages for Darjeeling Mail on EBR mainline. Naihati Jn. (Anamitra)

The muscular ISD WDM-2#6404 is ready to depart ISD with Chitra Express. Photo by Najmul ()

A dual cab YDM-4, made by DLW is doing duty with an MG express from Mymensingh. Photo by Najmul. ()

ISD WDM-2#6409 awaits its turn with an express to climb the Jamuna (Bangabandhu) Setu. Photo by Najmul ()

An ISD WDM-2 moves to attach itself to the other end of Sundarban Exp at Dhaka Cantt. Photo by Najmul. ()