Odds and Ends

A lovely little chair made from a buffer ...wish i had one...

lovely little proceed signal..

[Chilika Trip] OT : On board an LHB Executive Chaircar on my way back to BBS (puuh!). 2006-05-13, Bizzy

This old OHE car (tower wagon?) is also waiting to be cut up.

Thats not how I would like to see a hard working wagon!

Wheels cut into two. These wheels are so heavy. I could not even lift half a wheel

The ancient wagons from the other side. The second wagon seems to be a special purpose wagon. Any idea about it's use?

Buffers and hook couplings of the goods wagons

A string of ancient four wheeled goods wagons (probable old rail or sleeper carriers) await thier final destiny. Looks like they were buried under weeds for a long long time. Lucky I could get a few snaps of them

Workers busy assembling and labelling each and every scrap piece

Next in line to be scrapped is this long four wheeler, NR 23648. RIP

Probably the Smallest Turn Table: In between Kalka - Shimla. Pic taken on 2006-04-22 By Vinay

SWR seems have to transferred some WDP4 units to SCR's Guntakal shed. Here is one unit (#20021) pulling into Bangalore City with the Hampi Express. Note the modified windshiled and the new livery matching the shed's standard colors. Pic by Ratnakar Rao. 3

BBS Station building as seen through IR-Pass filter. This is NOT a photoshopped image. The colors represent seen are originally obtained through the IR Filter.

Seeing Infra!! Pic of the Neelachal Express departing from BBS behind Tata WAM-4, taken with InfraRed-Pass filter. (Converted to B&W).

Veg Biryani. Yes. Thats what this dish is called. Enough to douse anyone's appetite.

Wheels of the history. NG Wheels at the Wheel Shop Katwa Jn. IR Soon planing to finalise a Gauge conversion here.

CBC coupling of a goods train sheared off with 30 wagons & engine on one side & 3 wagons & Guards cabin on the other near Canacona station on KR. Fortunately the Guard managed to stop. Close-up of coupling with blow holes taken after its remov

A Nilgiri Exp liveried GS coach on some passenger. Dont know whether Nilgiri Express still has this livery

A still operational turntable at Narkeldanga Car Shed, Sealdah, WB, 2006-01-15.

Disused wheel turning machinery at Narkeldanga, Sealdah, WB, 2006-01-15.

The light waits to guide a weary traveller home...

Gaurdian of the crossing

Notch away....

Siesta time at PUNE. With no express trains scheduled after the Koyna (1310) till the Deccan express at 1530, coolies and their trolleys take a break on platform 1.

Can anybody explain what is this...Taken at Yelahanka Power station..

Can I haul a train please? I've heard most of your trains are bullock carts anyway !!