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.