Sri Lankan Railway

[OT] 1. Colombo Fort railway station. My "journey" begins here. (Shirish)

[OT]. 2. Reservation office for Colombo-Kandy Intercity Expresses (open plan office) (Shirish)

[OT] 3. Fare board at Colombo Reservation office (Shirish)

[OT]. 4. Old Ceylon Railways crest on a gate at Colombo station (Shirish)

[OT] 5. 2nd class coach of Intercity Express (Shirish)

[OT] 6. Door of 2nd class coach - note the additional vertical handle bar (Shirish)

[OT] 7. Intercity 2nd class interior (2+2 seating) (Shirish)

[OT] 8. Intercity 3rd class interior (3+2 seating) (Shirish)

[OT] 9. Old and new DMUs at Colombo (Shirish)

[OT] 10. TTEs on board Intercity. Same staff came in the evening return service. Same loco pilot too. (Shirish)

[OT} 11. Kandy Station (Shirish)

[OT} 12. Next Train Indicator at Kandy (remember similar clocks on Mumbai suburban system used till early 80s!) (Shirish)

[OT] 13. Train Time Table, Kandy. No AM/PM markings. Right-side column is PM, but you have to figure it out yourself. (Shirish)

[OT] 14. Signal cabin enroute from Kandy to Colombo (Shirish)

[OT] 15. Semaphore with PSR board. Ghat section is single line LQ signalling, while plains near Colombo have Double line with MACL automatic signalling (Shirish)

[OT] 16. Old Goods wagon enroute from Kandy to Colombo (Shirish)

[OT] 17. Station scene, enroute from Kandy to Colombo (Shirish)

[OT] 18. Typical name board on railway station in Sri Lanka (Shirish)

[OT] 19. Our loco, German made 790. (Shirish)

[OT] 20. Our Own Loco - A DLW born species spotted at Colombo on arrival from Kandy. LP said there are 10 of these and they are happy with these locos. What a way to finish the day return trip from Colombo to Kandy by Intercity Express. (Shirish)

OT] 2 contrasting tickets, Sri Lanka Railways 1 of 2: A card ticket with print “Ceylon Government Railway” (old name) – back to back scan (Shirish)

[OT] 2 contrasting tickets, Sri Lanka Railways 2 of 2: Computerised journey cum reservation ticket with print “Sri Lanka Railways” (Shirish)