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Date: 2004-07-03
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Pt. Nehru addressing inaugration of Northern Railway in 1952. By Scanned From Indian Railways Magazine By Jimmy Jose.

Date: 2004-12-11
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Modern day inaugrations - Shri. Lalu Prasad Yadav flaging off the Tamil nadu Sampark Kranti Express. Madurai. By Scanned From Indian Railways Magazine By Jimmy Jose.

Date: 2004-12-11
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Shri R. Velu flagging off Villupuram-Tambaram Passenger. Villupuram. By Scanned From Indian Railways Magazine By Jimmy Jose.

Date: 2004-12-11
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Shri Naranbhai Rathwa flagging off Ahmedabad-New Delhi Swarna Jayanthi Rajdhani Express. By Scanned From Indian Railways Magazine By Jimmy Jose.

Date: 2004-12-11
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Inaugral run of Guwahati - New Jalpaiguri Jan Shatabdi Express. By Scanned From Indian Railways Magazine By Jimmy Jose.

Date: 2004-12-11
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Shri Lalu Prasad yadav flagging off the Thawe-Chhapra DEMU. This is an Air Braked MG DEMU service. By Scanned From Indian Railways Magazine By Jimmy Jose.

Date: 2004-12-11
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BB&CI Railway - First departure of the Frontier Mail, 1928. Scan provided by John Lacey.

Date: 2003-03-02
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The Frontier Mail at Ballard Pier, 1929. Scan provided by John Lacey.

Date: 2003-03-10
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Party to celebrate the opening of Tunnel No. 1 of the GIPR in 1929. Scan provided by John Lacey.

Date: 2003-03-29
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Smt. Basanti Devi (wife of Sri Chittaranjan Das) inaugurating production at CLW. From Chittaranjan Locomotive Works publicity material, 1950. Scanned by Shubhabrata Chattopadhyay.

Date: 2005-10-17
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Inauguration of the first steam locomotive produced by CLW. From Chittaranjan Locomotive Works publicity material, 1950. Scanned by Shubhabrata Chattopadhyay.

Date: 2005-10-17
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Inauguration of first WCM-5 produced by CLW. From Chittaranjan Locomotive Works publicity material, 1961. Scanned by Shubhabrata Chattopadhyay.

Date: 2005-10-17
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Inauguration of first WCM-5 produced by CLW. From Chittaranjan Locomotive Works publicity material, 1961. Scanned by Shubhabrata Chattopadhyay.

Date: 2005-10-17
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Inauguration of first WCM-5 produced by CLW. From Chittaranjan Locomotive Works publicity material, 1961. Scanned by Shubhabrata Chattopadhyay.

Date: 2005-10-17
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Inauguration of first WCM-5 produced by CLW. From Chittaranjan Locomotive Works publicity material, 1961. Scanned by Shubhabrata Chattopadhyay.

Date: 2005-10-17
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Inauguration of first WCM-5 produced by CLW. From Chittaranjan Locomotive Works publicity material, 1961. Scanned by Shubhabrata Chattopadhyay.

Date: 2005-10-17
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Inauguration of first WCM-5 produced by CLW. From Chittaranjan Locomotive Works publicity material, 1961. Scanned by Shubhabrata Chattopadhyay.

Date: 2005-10-17
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Pt. nehru coming out of a train. By Scanned From Indian Railways Magazine By Jimmy Jose.

Date: 2004-12-11
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Pt. Nehru with Dr. B.C Roy, Chief Minister, West Bengal and Sheikh Abdullah, Chief Minister J and K in CLW. 1 March 1952. By Scanned From Indian Railways Magazine By Jimmy Jose.

Date: 2004-12-11
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Pt.ehru inspecting CLW after inaugration of \"Bidhan\", the first AC loco (WAG 1) built by CLW. By Scanned From Indian Railways Magazine By Jimmy Jose.

Date: 2004-12-11
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Pt. Nehru with other dignitaries at the arrival of a new loco. By Scanned From Indian Railways Magazine By Jimmy Jose.

Date: 2004-12-11
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A plaque at Joginder Nagar station, marking the 1954 reopening of the line from Nagrota to this station which had been dismantled during World War II. Note the name of the railway minister, who resigned two years later following a series of accidents and

Date: 2008-04-07
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This was what the Railway Minister came to inaugurate. The Narrow Gauge Museum at Nagpur. The loco is a ZDM2 RA 186 displays its mechanicals to the public with neat labels for every major component. Narrow Gauge Museum, Motibagh, Nagpur, December 2002. By

Date: 2005-03-29
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Morbi Station was opened on 22nd January 1935 on Morbi Railway (Rajendra Saxena)

Date: 2008-08-06
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Dated 27TH December 1991 Pragati Exp on its inaugeral run frm PUNE to MUMBAI hauled by WCM1#20068 at monkey hill....pic frm newspaper cutting..uploaded by Devraj.S.Malekar (Devraj.S.Malekar)

Date: 2009-01-09
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Badge that was given to IR staff on the inaguration of Mangalore-Hassan MG line on 20-May-1979.Provided by Mr. Abdul Wajeed-LP-SBC, who did the inagural run. (Kunal S. Doddanavar)

Date: 2008-12-27
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Plaque on Tunnel 7. (Jayant Ramdasi)

Date: 2015-09-25
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