Heritage and History

The railway bridge over the Ganges at Cawnpore(Kanpur) is seen in this photograph taken in the 1880s.

Erode Steam Shed Round House as seen in 1982, a few weeks prior to its closure. Photo taken by Sri S. Ramanathan, formerly GM/ERLy.

Jabalpur station probably in the 1930s. The locomotive is no 218 which I think is 4-6-0 built by North British for the GIPR in 1903.
No indication of the photographer on the picture which was found among a mixed collection in a local sale. (David ...

Assam Bengal Railway no 67, class G 2-6-0 built by Hanomag in Germany in 1901. No indication of the photographer on the picture which was found in a local sale. Hughes states that this locomotive was sent to East Africa in 1916 and not returned. The card

A pic for loco database. YDM 1 #6008 at Regional Indian Railway Museum , Perambur. (Ashwin Rao)

This is a image of a rare photograph of Churchgate & colaba station taken in 1910. This confirms that once Churchgate was a seaside station & what we see now towards marine drive is reclamation. Other snap is of Colaba Station building. Currently

The two level rail cum road bridge over river Yamuna at Agra is seen in this undated image. Note the Taj Mahal in the distance.

Churchgate station - 1910. Source unknown. (Jimmy Jose)

Early 20th century view of postal enquiry counter at Howrah station - A view from Eastern Railway HQ's Heritage Gallery.

Early 20th century view of Dining Car made for the Emperor's visit to India - A view from Eastern Railway HQ's Heritage Gallery.

A late nineteenth century artist's impression of first class passengers of East Indian Railway (EIR) - A view from Eastern Railway HQ's Heritage Gallery.

An undated view of early colour light signals introduced at Howrah station - A view from Eastern Railway HQ's Heritage Gallery.

see colaba station yard .this is the place where present BadhwarPark is situated (Rajendra saxena)

This is Lady Alice Tredwell who oversaw the completion of Bhore Ghats. ()

Identify this location in Bhor ghats. Train is Poona Mail. Photo taken at Rail Exhibition, Lonavla. (asHIsh)

`Orion', an East Indian Railway locomotive numbered 97 was originally built as 0-4-0 WT in 1859-60 by Avonside. All locomotives from this batch were originally just named and the numbers were added only between 1880-4. All were rebuilt as 0-4-2 WT in 186

A picture postcard from early 1900s showing an early 4-6-0 design locomotive of East Indian Railway (possibly P class).

East Indian Railway (EIR), E class locomotive No. 202, a 2-4-0 built by Kitson in 1860-1. These were amongst the earliest standard design mass-produced locomotives for a railway company in India.

An ode to the EIR 1921, an XB class IRS locomotive (built in 1927 by Vulcan Foundry) from its driver Walter Sabbage.

A spanking YP 2357 hauls the metre gauge 137 Madras - Trivendrum Express - Picture by P.J. Bawcutt scanned from the cover of Railway Magazine August 1972 issue.

this is the first class of intercity trains of GIP .see the carpet where GIP monogram is there (Rajendra Saxena)

Recently I got few photos of GIP railway from official sources. This is 3 tier 3rd class compartment of GIP railway (all wooden coach with seat along the track like side berth). (Rajendra Saxena)