Station Scenes

madras central: the big waiting hall.taken march 1986.foto by weggi

GY twins wait at GTL with their empty BOXN load. Leading loco is GY WDM 3A #14045.

Rush Minutes....

MG token exchange at Kapasan on the Ajmer Udaipur line, 1993. The stationery train on the right is the Delhi Udaipur Garib Nawaz Express. This train had Non AC chair car,the seats of which were reversed at Chittorgarh to face the forward motion of the tra

Palampur station on the Kangra Valley line. The long queue is not for the local trains but for the PRS counter.
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Looking west at Palampur station
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Looking east at Palampur station
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Scene near Palampur station-note the signal as well as one of the numerous bridges carrying water pipes.
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Trip shed at the triangle at Baijnath Paprola, with a ZDM-3.
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Looking west towards Pathankot at Joginder Nagar. Hard to believe that this is a terminus
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Looking east towards the end of the line at Joginder Nagar. The disused line continues for a few km towards the Shana Power House. The passenger from Pathankot awaits its trip home. Due to the gradients, only 4-coach trains run beyond Baijnath...

Night action at Palghat Jn. Waiting for the MAS-KCVL Holiday special, an unknown train whizzes past as ED WAP4 22270 sleeps through the night on the left. Dr Akash Bang (Dr Akash Bang)

Late evening at Indore. Looking north. The Pench valley passenger is stabled on the middle line. (Abhijit)

Locomotive 738 in operation, just arrived at Matheran Hill Station circa January 1974 (Les Francis)

A sight which is slowly fading away in IR. Old style refreshment huts are now rapidly being replaced by modern IRCTC stalls. Taken at Bollarum Station near SC (lakshman)

As the sun disappears into the horizon, the sky portrays lovely colours. (Ranjeet Ramaswamy Iyer)

Gandhidham Station. End of a journey, begining of another.....

Tunnel No. 33 from Barog station on the Kalka Simla Railway.

Nagpur station without wires way back in late 80's,seen here is double diesel hauled Tamilnadu Express on platform # 1. (Ujjawal Kashyap)

(Now defunct) NG station at Kurduvadi. The line to Latur was towards the photographer's back. The line to Pandharpur would take a U turn on the right. ()

18310 Nagavali Express entering VSKP led by AJJ WAM_4/6PE #21233. (Avishek Basu)

KANNIYAKUMARI. Southernmost end of the great INDIAN RAILWAYS. As seen from the terrace of the station building, they keep the terrace open at sunrise time. (Sriram SN)

The long shadows of two evening walkers at Shyamchak seem to signify Ispat Express' long wait for the starter after an unscheduled halt... (Pramit Mitra)

Platform action at Paramakkudi as we wait for a crossing. I do really love small town Tamil Nadu. The people, the atmosphere, everything. (Y Anil Kumar)

The Twilight Saga of Up Chord Local at Dankuni Jn! (Anirudh Jolly)

Time seems to have stood still for many remote places in India specially Bengal while the country is sailing the boat of Development. Even the mode of transportation hasn’t changed over decades as this narrow gauge toy train is still preferred by many- Ba