Remnants of the GIPR

GIPR vintage track chairs uprooted and about to be discarded. Photo by Rajendra Aklekar, Feb. 2003.

Double-grip track chair of the GIPR. Photo by Rajendra Aklekar, Feb. 2003.

GIPR vintage electric mast with original seal prior to being discarded. Photo by Rajendra Aklekar, Feb. 2003.

A closeup of a GIPR seal on an electric mast. Photo by Rajendra Aklekar, Feb. 2003.

Original GIPR bullheaded rail just before it was discarded. Photo by Rajendra Aklekar, Jan. 2003.

More original GIPR bullheaded rail at Kurla before it was discarded. Photo by Rajendra Aklekar, Jan. 2003

Section of old GIPR track with bull-head rails and pot sleepers near Bhandup station. Photo by Rajendra Aklekar, February 2003.

Metal clip sleepers of the GIPR about to be discarded. Photo by Rajendra Aklekar, Feb. 2003.

Old pot sleepers lying at Panvel station, June 2003. Photo by Rajendra Aklekar.

GIPR plates from 1921 seen at Sandhurst Road station. November 2004. By Rajendra Aklekar.

The GIPR-built sheds of the yard framed by the disused CONCOR gantry crane. The crane was erected by Hois-o-Mech engineers, Bombay in the 90s. (conv. to B/W). Wadi Bunder Goods Yard, Bombay, 2005. Shantanu Sen.

The last surviving GIPR-era admin buildings at Wadi Bunder Goods. It appears to have been converted in the 1990s for the use of the CONCOR depot, now defunct. Note the rusty containers piled all around. All the other old buildings were demolished to make

And finally, a view of the rows of sheds and sidings that make up the yard. At one time the scene of hectic activity, now hosting the occasional parcel train and precious few goods trains. (conv to B/W). Wadi Bunder Goods Yard, Bombay, 2005. Shantanu Sen.