Howrah-Delhi EIR 1943. Note the Doon-Punjab express. Note the predeccesors of today's Kalka, 2321/22, and Toofan. (Samar)

Date: 2009-10-27
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Thanks Samar for sharing this!
Posted by Rahul on 2009 Oct 27 14:41:48 +0000
Also Bombay mail and Frontier mail did not have and even till now do not have a common path or point anywhere in their run.
Posted by Samar on 2009 Oct 26 23:11:31 +0000
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Samar, thanks for posting such a treasure!
Karan, the answer to your question is Yes and No. As long as "No+Name" was unique, having duplicate no OR name did not matter much. E.g. EIR had 5 Up Punjab Mail. GIP too had 5 Dn Punjab Mail. The GIP...
Posted by Shirish Paranjape on 2009 Oct 26 22:35:17 +0000
I see EIR's train #3 is Bombay Mail. In the same era, BB&CI's train #3 was Frontier Mail. Didn't this system of overlapping numbers cause confusion then?
Posted by Karan Desai on 2009 Oct 26 21:47:59 +0000
To add more, The Toofan ran via Grand chord and via Aligarh those days. Bombay mail has the same route as of today. When did it run via Patna though?
Posted by Samar on 2009 Oct 26 19:27:55 +0000
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