Odds and Ends

Date: 2003-02-22
Owner: Gallery Administrator
Size: 592 items (1153 items total)
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Another view of the antique electro-mechanical stuff inside Tiruttani North Cabin. Dr. G.Swaminathan 31-JUL-2005.

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Inside North Cabin Tiruttani. We were lucky to visit this signal cabin on this particular day because it was the last working day for the electro-mechanical signalling at TRT; next day onwards, TRT would switch over to computerized signalling controlled f

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Divine Nagar station at dusk. Divine Nagar, SR, 28-08-05 Manohar N.

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Take a good look at this shot and figure out why you see 'Madhya' on CR's locos and rolling stock instead of the Hindi equivalents of C.R as in this photo. Doesn't sound very reassuring does it?. Nagpur Station, 2005-08. Alok Patel.

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CLA WDS4B 19506 waits with a load to reach goods yard at Khadki. The huts are hardly a feet away from the loco. Railway employees would stop the traffic before the train can proceed. The gates are not big enough like a normal LC to stop the traffic. Mumba

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"Wheel Sets Ready for Mounting" at the Bhubaneswar yard. Except for one set, all others are heavily rusted. Bhubaneswar, 28 Aug 2005. Bizzy Mishra.

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After scrubbing, it's time for a nice shower. No pipes needed - look at that jet !. Bhubaneswar, 28 Aug 2005. Bizzy Mishra.

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Wow...Never seen someone working with so much dedication! The Konark Express gets a nice scrub bath. Bhubaneswar, 28 Aug 2005. Bizzy Mishra.

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"I bet, our camera is better than yours !!" - thats what this guy seems to be telling me :)) Some survelliance works going on around BBS south cabin. BBS, 28 Aug 2005. Bizzy Mishra.

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A dazzling shower of molten metal droplets sprays over the track as the welding portion ignites to extreme temperatures in just a couple of seconds. The molten mix is then poured into a single use clay mould fitted over rails that need to be welded togeth

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Try doing this the next time a CR loco fails somewhere! A failed CR truck is pushed back towards the Trip Shed. Pune - Trip Shed, 2004-11. Alok Patel.

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DC-DC converter used to change the 72 V battery supply of a WDM 2 to 24 V supply needed for the twin halogen headlamps. The converter is duplicated in case of the failure of one section with the change over switch in the middle. Pune Jn, 2005-June. Apurva

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How a SER NG carriage was transported to Nagpur for POH. Ranchi, 1983-01-. John Lacey.

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A view of the Inclinometer or Raksha Dhaga device installed by KRCL. On KRCL, 2005-08-23. Binai K. Sankar.

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The proposed but shelved Verna Diesel Loco Shed.. Now Diesel Rolling stock depot Verna. A Mu-ed KZJ WDG3a can been seen towards the left. Verna, 23/08/2005. Binai.K.Sankar.