Heritage and History

The `night soil' carrying train on the streets of Jodhpur. Picture from `Railways of the Raj' by Michael Satow and Ray Desmond. (Harsh Vardhan)

The foot over-bridge at Akola bears the maker's plate of Geo.Gahagan & Co. This Victorian company has also made the foot overbridge at Surat. No other details of this company is available on the internet (except bits from the IRFCA website). [url=http

WCG-2 6P #20108 ex Kalyan now plinthed at the Loco Park at Chittaranjan Locomotive Works, WB, 2008-06-20 (Samit Roychoudhury)

WAM-4 6P #20484 ex Bhusawal now plinthed at the Loco Park at Chittaranjan Locomotive Works, WB, 2008-06-20 (Samit Roychoudhury)

BIship Behar(1), unloading steam locomotive bogie tenders onto barges. This ship, built in 1928 and destroyed by a mine in November 1940, commonly ran to India. Can someone positively identify the port in the picture. Photo provided by Ben Carver. (Harsh

near madras central: grand trunk express.taken march 1986.foto by weggi

Erstwhile Solapur MG terminus station, lying in total ruins. Wih no person in sight and absolute fatigue due to journey, couldn't get more details on the status/fate of the place. Pic by Giridhar

vijayawada loco shed:electric and diesel.taken february 1986.foto by weggi.

GOLDEN BRIDGE on Narmada -It is Narmada bridge constructed originally as Railway bridge on 16 may 1881 ( work started on 7th dec 1877).It has 25 span of 57.15m each.It was originally Railway Bridge, Later it is handed over to Gujrat govt., now it is used

Ajmeri Gate side circulating area of New Delhi Station.

The Old Yamuna Bridge gets commissioned. Here 5 steam engines move together for a load test.

Can this be NDLS?I found this picture in a folder containing other vintage pics of NDLS, but am not sure whether this really is NDLS of old.

How's that for a variety?

A railway line line that time forgot. Full view of Cochin State Forest Tramway - Getting ready to depart from Chalakudy to Parambikulam in Kerala. The Cochin State Forest Tramway once carried timber and people to and from from the rugged western ghats t

Switchbacks and zig zags in the Cochin State Forest Tramway. Modern day engineers wonder how their predecessors of the early 1900's constructed such an elaborate railway system deep in the forest between Kerala and Tamilnadu. From the private gallery of

Timber loading in the Cochin State Forest Tramway. As usual, elephants did majority of the work. The gem of a railway system lay hidden under the forest until brought to the public attention by Devan Varma in 2005

This photo gives you an idea on the inclines that the Cochin State Forest Tramway once worked. If working now, this railway system would have been one of the industrial marvels of modern worls

One of the locomotives that worked on the tramway, named Ramgopal, works in the sidings of the tramway. A masterpeice of engineering, let to rotten by the modern day politics. Yet to be resurrected by Devan Varma, fuelled by IRFCA. More pics and travel

Sridhar joshi relaxes in the cool confines of the troop wagon. 2007-09-06 Ranganath Eunny

An interesting sign seen inside the MSM troop wagon. 2007-09-06 Ranganath Eunny

An ancient troop wagon of Madras and Southern Mahratta (MSM) Railway on display at Perambur Loco Works. 2007-09-06 Ranganath Eunny

Presenting the youngest rail museum of India , CLW Loco Park at Chittaranjan.

YAM1 21912 from TBM , preserved in CLW Loco Park

WCG2 #20108 of KYN, now resting in CLW Loco park for display.

Steamer Sarayo.

Steamer Hebe departing Pahleza(Paleeza) Ghat on Patna side to go to Mahendru Ghat for onward journey to Hazipur/ Sonpur.