An undated image of Andheri bound suburban EMU train of Bombay Baroda and Central India Railway (BBCIR)
Note the truncated advertisement of `Players Navy Cut' cigarettes on the station canopy.

Date: 2013-12-29
Owner: Harsh Vardhan
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Full size: 1165x710


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Yes, the earliest power cars in the 3 and 4 coach EMU had single power car with two pantographs. See here and
Posted by Harsh Vardhan on 2014 Jan 03 21:54:22 +0000
Does the second coach -the power car, have two pantos, of which one is folded down?
Posted by Apurva Bahadur on 2014 Jan 03 12:37:27 +0000
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Wonderful!!! Thanks Harshvardhan for sharing with us.

Vijay, It appears to be a longer coach. However, if seen carefully, cab coach ends just after the window next to 4th door (excl cab door). Coach length is more or less same as those seen...
Posted by Shantanu Kulkarni on 2014 Jan 01 09:42:20 +0000
Wowww, Truly a Gem. And my god, see how long is the coach.... Appears to be much longer, than todays conventional length. How did this got accomodated on turnouts? Thanks Harsh for sharing.
Posted by Vijay Aravamudhan on 2014 Jan 01 03:03:53 +0000
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Thanks for sharing this nostalgic picture, Harsh. My guess is, this EMU is on PF1 of Dadar station. From the shadow of the OHE wire on the face of the EMU and of the rake on the ballast, the time seems to just past noon. I may even hazard a guess about ...
Posted by Ashish Kuvelkar on 2013 Dec 30 09:28:06 +0000