Odds and Ends
Plaque below the Calcutta Port Commissioners' Mitsubishi Steam locomotives on static display at the Traffic Department, Kidderpore Dock System (KDS). CPC = Calcutta Port Commissioners, CDS = Calcutta Dock System. June 2006, Shantanu Sen
A fitting gift to the oldest railway women working in Secunderabad.
This is the Central Railway's calendar for 2008. The picture on the top is by our own Ashish Kuvelkar.
For the Experts . Does the Empty/Load Lever open some kind of a hopper in the BOXN wagon. What is that equipment with the ring with a seal next to the lever ? Dilip Setlur - dilipsetlur@yahoo.co.uk
The Diesel Loco running shed at Bangalore Cant is being expanded.. also couple of new structures which look like washing aprons :: Vibin Andrews :: railtraction@gmail.com
4 screens showing train timings for India's biggest Junction: Itarsi Jn. A photo by Omkar Nitsure.
Variety – variety 3 era’s of bogies design and evolution
To ensure a better passenger service, Pune Jn employed people to wash the windows of AC coach of trains in transit from the outside. I cannot say whether the windows were also washed on the other side and whether this practice continues even today. The pa
Courses offered here to board the 1810 Virar Fast
Slightly Overweight. And less railfanning nowadays? Bad bad.. Combined PF Ticket and the BMI Ticket purchased from Ticket/Weighing machine at SC New Bhoiguda entrance. Cost: Rs 5/-..
The unmanned Caution (STOP) flag flutters happily in the cool breeze of the new year on the banks of the river 'Indrayani'. Ofcourse, there was a human flagger around 30 feet to the left of this one. Kamshet: Jan 4, 2008, Nikhil Ganu.
This track has a SIR marking and 1927 year stamped on it.. laid on the Kannadi River bridge, on the PGTN to POY MG route:: Vibin Andrews :: vibinandrews@gmail.com
A functional "Crippled" OHE mast at TATA with additional support... A cost cutting initiative, it seems, by the IR!!-Dhritiman, Tatanagar, Dec 21, 2007
A peek into the innards of the Signal Boxes.
A poem written on the 'Deccan Queen express' by one of the daily traveller on the train,describing his affection towards the 'Queen'...the poem is in Marathi.
This zig-zag pattern is welded on the rail head of the crossover of a very small loop line near the electric loco trip shed in Bhusaval yard.What could be its purpose?
The leftmost relay(QPR1)is an electronic time delay relay to prevent spurious triggering of the Emergency Flasher Light during the brake releasing phase.The middle relay is QPR2 which is a repeater of QPR1 and is also linked to the QFL relay to the right
A photo of railcum road bridge in MG at Rangia divn of NF Railways.This appears to be only bridge of this kind on Indian Railways. ()
Ballast Cleaning Machine being set up for work. A cutter bar is left in track which is to be linked up and the chain is linked and tightened against it before work. A video is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htg8TEz7Y_Y
What is departure time of train # 350? Three boards hung in Zahirabad station three different times. Close inspection will reveal that lowest board has today's date so probably that is the correct time. Funny.
A Proof at Chennai Fort MRTS platform, which says that the MRTS section was supposed to be Chennai Metro Railway, but unfortunately as usual due to politics, this was later handed over to Indian Railways.
Emergency hammer provided in AC coaches. With the wooden handle and the small head, I do not think it will be much effective in breaking the thick glass.
EIR 22 Fariy Queen on flatbed heading towards MTJ behind a WAG-7. Ankit Bharaj.
Other dimension of mechanics. Old scrapped material sculptured to give a new life. - Kanchrapara Workshop.
A suprise find that SC has NG, a toy train in a NTR park in SC,which runs on NG and has a loco made by OEPL .It even has a junction and a loop!!!!
A closer look at the OEPL toy train Cab in NTR garden SC