Pictures of BBCIR and Western Railway suburban system of Bombay (Mumbai) from the yesteryears. Contributed by R Harish Kumar and Harsh Vardhan. Some scans are through the courtesy of Deepak Dongre.
EMU cars being stacked up. Note all the `Curious Georges' seated on the wheel sets, to get the best view! (R Harish Kumar)
EMU cars stacked up on a barge for transportation. (R Harish Kumar)
Carriage assembly in progress (R Harish Kumar)
Churchgate Station in all its trasfromation (R Harish Kumar)
Churchgate Station. (R Harish Kumar)
Churchgate Station vicinity. Note the cabin, with the bell and a broken ceiling and also the double headed suburban train with locomotives running tender first. (R Harish Kumar)
Mahalakshmi Station (R Harish Kumar)
Bandra Station. The Central Railway harbour line from Bombay Victoria Terminus originally terminated here. (R Harish Kumar)
Marine line station (R Harish Kumar)
Dadar Station (R Harish Kumar)
Electrification in progress (R Harish Kumar)
A 25KV electrical sub-station of Western Railway at the edge of the DC network.
Route controllers at work.