Odds and Ends
The diamond crossing at Nagpur. Photograph by Zubin Dotivala, 2001.
WAP-1/WAP-4 with token-collecting spike? Photo by Sundar Krishnamurthy.
MaschinenFabrik Deutschland (MFD) special rake at Tambaram for dealing with a derailment. Photo by Krishnan Parasuraman, 2000.
Chennai Central - Trivellore Control Chart. Provided by S K, 2001.
Mystery structure on the roof of a Chennai EMU. Some say this is an 'EHT detector'. Any solid explanations? Photo by Apurva Bahadur, 2001.
Steam crane at Jetalsar. Photo by Andrew Jones, 2002.
More footplating! Photo by ??
A child's wish comes true. Newspaper clipping, July 2000. Scan provided by Apurva Bahadur.
Narrow Gauge Loco 'Rukmini'. A narrow gauge (2 feet) 2-8-2 B/1 class locomotive (No. 766) used on the Yavatmal - Murtazapur line built in 1916. The loco put in 62 years in service before its retirement in 1978. Its tender is also seen in the picture.
Service Certificate from the MSMR. Scan provided by S Venkatraman, 2002.
When you're determined to take the train even where there are no tracks... Photo by S V Sriram, 2002.
Yet another view of the boiler
Footplating on a WDM2! Photo provided by Zubin Dotivala (2001).
Another view of the ex-MG boiler
Old MG loco boiler now oil-fired and used to heat the bath in the Bosch tank used to clean ICF coach bogie frames during POH.
More wheel slip patterns; note the longitudinal striations. Photo by M V Karthik, 2002.
Effects of wheel slip - note how a layer of the rail surface has been skimmed off! Photo by M V Karthik, 2002.
An open level-crossing gate while a train speeds by! Photo by M V Karthik, 2002.
Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta, the station with the longest name on IR. [Photo by ?? from IRFCA, 2002]
Token Instrument
Too Many Railgraphers. Near Castle Rock, 2003-01-14. By Lalam.
A beautiful Red Signal light.
CBC coupler of LPG tanker. Kalem (KM) Goa, 2 April 05. Subhash Rao.
Dual (BG/MG) gauge track at platform 4 at Mysore station. This platform is mostly used by MG passenger trains. Photograph by Jay Balakrishna, January 2003.
Sparkling clean board of very well-maintained rake of Deccan Queen. Mumbai CST, 2004-12-23. By Puneet Kumar.
point to Chougle Mines Private railway Line, I was here in WDG-3 last night when a empty 58 BOXN rakes came to park here at 9:30pm. Kalem (KM) Goa, 3 April 05. Subhash Rao.
Lorry on flat car. Photo taken from Mumbai Madgaon Jan Shatabdi near Ratnagiri. 2002-06-03. Lalam (uploaded by webmaster)