Station Scenes

Palam station in Delhi. Photo by S.V. Sriram, April 2002.

Efficient utilisation of rolling stock. Train at Rewari station. Photo by S.V. Sriram, April 2002.

A scene at Varanasi station. Photo by S.V. Sriram, Jan. 2002.

Another view of Varanasi station. Photo by S.V. Sriram, Jan. 2002.

YDM-4 #6652 seen from under the platform station sign of Udaipur. Photo by Andrew Jones, 2002.

Sunset at Tiptur. Photograph by Naveen Jain, 29 April 2003.

Sunset at Tiptur, another shot. Photograph by Naveen Jain, 29 April 2003.

Sunset at Tiptur yet another photograph. Photograph by Naveen Jain, 29 April 2003.

The line on PF No. 5 at NGP that has been uprooted for construction of a washable apron. The reason is lengthening of the platforms. The train to the left is the Bilaspur - New Delhi Rajdhani. Alok Patel, May 2003

The 11:15 ex-Badnera, at Amravati. WAM-4P #20430 hauls the train. Photo by Roderick Smith, 11 January 2003.

Platform scene at Amravati. WAM-4P #20430 waits with the

New washing / maintenance lines being constructed at Nagpur. This is the goods line side. The other line will be built when this is done. Photo by Alok Patel, June 2003.

Railbuses on a flat car at Nagpur. Photo by Alok Patel, Aug 2003.

WDM-2 #18319 at Tiruchi at the head of 6366 Cochin - Tiruchi express. Photo by Jason Antony, Jun 2003.

Inspection trolley is being wheeled through the platform no.2 at NGP and into the SLR coach of the Amla Passenger on PF 3. Note the carrom board behind the tool box in the trolley. Photo by Alok Patel, June 2003.

Shots from a roadbridge over Madurai station yard. YDM-4 #6241 shunting with empty stock, at around 1700 hrs. The loco is now pulling the coaches out of the station, and the train returned a couple of minutes later. Photo by Hendrik Ploeger, 24 June 2003

Clear information for the passengers is provided by this information board at platform #1 at Madurai. Photo by Hendrik Ploeger, 24 June 2003.

SRC WAP-4 #22349 trundles into NGP with the Mumbai Mail. Only some SRC locos have this livery. Check out the porters readying to climb onboard the running train after doing a nice little 5 metre run up. Very risky stuff. Also note the Accident Medical Re

The triple-headed iron ore freight train is ready to start. The Starter is amber and Home is green. Location: Araku on the KK Line. Photo by Naveen S Jain, Dec 2002.

KR's RO-RO rake waits on the main line, so the Trivandrum Rajdhani takes the platform line at Khed station. Note the livery matched train - the loco and the power car too! Photo by John Mani, 2003.

Can you guess which loco is hauling the BRH flat wagon? Yes, it is the flat faced ED WDM-3A #14049. Photo by John Mani, 2003.

A ZDM-5 Narrow Gauge Diesel stands at Yavatmal with the puny passenger which is ready to go back to Murtazapur. September 2002. Photo by Alok Patel

Flooded pedestrian subway at Bandel Station. It had knee-deep water! This was during the ER Heritage Special Commercial run, Sept 2003 (see album under Steam). Photo by Samit Roychoudhury.

A view into a station platform. Photo by Samit Roychoudhury, Sep. 2003.

A view from Mysore Station passenger footbridge. You can just spot a coal-fired MG steam crane. Also visible is the combined MG-BG track on which the GOC and KJM WDM-2 locos are resting. Photo by Naveen Jain, 21 Sep. 2003.

A view of the turntable at Vasco. This is a BG turntable and was installed after the gauge conversion to BG. Photo by Naveen Jain, Sep. 2003.

Zankvav station (narrow gauge - WR). This is an old pointsman's platform. The loop line has been long disconnected. The line was out of use then, hence the overgrowth. Photo by R. R. Bhagwat. Camera: Canon EOS88. December 2002.