Bombay Baroda and Central India Railway (BBCIR)

Pictures of the Bombay Baroda and Central India Railway.

Pictures of BBCIR are from Bombay (Mumbai) and surrounding area. Photos were shared by a relative who is a Western Railway employee. Scanning provided by Deepak Dongre. (R Harish Kumar)

Date: 2009-12-13
Owner: Gallery Administrator
Size: 34 items
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The Headquarters of BBCIR (R Harish Kumar)

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An meter gauge second class air conditioned coach belonging to Western Railways. Large slabs of ice were used to keep the coaches and its inhabitants cool (R Harish Kumar)

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New lines being laid. I think those lines on the left are of the yard lines of Bombay Central (R Harish Kumar)

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Belasis Road cabin near Bombay Central .... now long gone (R Harish Kumar)

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Vasai bridge under construction. This bridge is defunct now.
(R Harish Kumar)

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Old Vasai (Bassein) bridge is seen during construction (R Harish Kumar)

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Bombay Central (R Harish Kumar)

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Bombay Central (R Harish Kumar)

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Dadar Station (R Harish Kumar)

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A picture from the sea side of the olden day's Mumbai - Here one can see the Railway Headquarters (next to Churchgate at present) on the left, the high court in the middle and Mumbai University (Rajabai Tower to the right). Notice the steam hauled passen

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Work in progress (R Harish Kumar)

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Frontier Mail hauled by Steam Engine near Vasai (R Harish Kumar)

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A WP class locomotive hauls a train (probably Flying Ranee) over the Vasai Bridge (R Harish Kumar).

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Heritage Pictures from Mumbai and around (R Harish Kumar)

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The Bullock Hauled train of the Gaekwar of Baroda - 1863 (R Harish Kumar)

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"No doubt it is great Album & As a rail fan ,I will like to have this album on IRFCA server but This album has been uploaded without any authority from Western Railway .

This material is the property of Western Railway . Western Railway ...
Posted by Rajendra Saxena on 2009 Dec 18 11:37:38 +0000
Many many thanks for the pics!!
Posted by Jimmy Jose on 2009 Dec 14 10:36:03 +0000
Good to see the by-gone steam era and I am sure all miss it!
Thanks for uploading the snaps at IRFCA.
Posted by Kunal Doddanavar on 2009 Dec 14 03:34:18 +0000