Railfans

Impromptu railfan meet! From the left: the late Dr. Vasu Kamath, R. Venkatesh (Venky), Apurva, and Satish Gune in Apurva's office, 2001.

Young railfan Vicky in front of the Amritsar Swarna Shatabdi. Photo provided by Vicky, 2003.

Shanx enjoying a special train ride on the MG Haryana Exp. between Delhi Sarai Rohilla and Rewari. November, 2003.

Myself Standing outside Ratnagiri Station on the Konkan Railway route. Ratnagiri, October 2003. By Saurabh Jha.

IRFCA members Sudhir (L) and Tamish (R) atop a YDM-1R loco. Visible in the background are a WAG-1 (Vijayawada - blue-maroon) and a WAM-1 (Kanpur - red-cream), as well as a vintage WR EMU coach. National Rail Museum, Delhi, 12 Oct. 2003. By Shanx (stormca

Samar at the throttle of WAP-4. Allahabad, February 2003. By Samar.

Railfan Gautam with WAP-1 #22076 'Aastha' from GZB shed. Photo provided by Shashanka Nanda.

Super railfan S. Shankar and his family about to board the Wizard's Express on the Zig Zag Railway near Sydney (Australia). Photo by John Lacey, 2003.

Railfan Jason Antony has a word with the driver of a steam special near Sydney (Australia). Photo by John Lacey, 2003.

Railfans Viraf and Sarosh waving to Zubin as he goes by on the Shatabdi from Pune to Mumbai. Photo by Zubin Dotivala.

From Left : Gautam Parthasarathy, Shashanka Nanda and Lakshman T, IRFCA members from Hybderabad. Pic taken from article in Times of India dated 2001-12-19. Read the ...

Railfans Jason Antony (L) and John Lacey (R) on a railfanning trip in Sydney, Australia, May 2003. Photo provided by Jason Antony.

Railfans Lakshman and Shanky, adding a li'l somethin' to the TE of a WAP-1 in Hyderabad. Photo provided by Shashanka Nanda.

Railfan Phil Wormald and his friends pose with the SME of Pune Division, Mr P S Malhotra, at the Pune loco shed on 8th December, 2000. Photo provided by Apurva Bahadur.

A meeting of railfans at Nagpur. (L to R) Zubin Dotivala, Viraf Mulla, Jaideep Gupta, Shashanka Nanda (Shanx), Sudhir Lakhe, and Alok Patel, in the office of Jaideep Gupta, Sr DEE, Nagpur. Photo provided by Zubin Dotivala.

Super railfans Apurva Bahadur (L) and S Shankar (R) meet quite by chance (or is it destiny?) on 16th April, 2002, during IR's 150th year celebrations at Pune. The Deccan Queen is behind them. Photo provided by S Shankar.

(L to R) IRFCA members Apurva Bahadur, S Shankar, and Dr Shirish Yande dining on soup in Pune. July 2000. Photo provided by S Shankar.

Mumbai members of IRFCA, including (not in order) Sarosh Mehta, Herambh Patankar, Pranesh, Venky, Viraf Mulla, Prakash Tendulkar. Photo provided by Prakash Tendulkar, 2001.

A newspaper article about IRFCA member John Lacey's trip to India. Scan provided by Apurva Bahadur.

Railfans on the diamond crossing at Nagpur. (L to R) Sudhir Kumar Lakhe, Viraf Mulla, Alok Patel, and Zubin Dotivala. Photo provided by Zubin Dotivala.

Second IRFCA meet at Surat, 2001. (L to R) Zubin Dotivala, Nitin Master, Kritesh Master, and Madhur Dubey. Photo provided by Zubin Dotivala.

Railfans and IRFCA members (L to R) K Manoj, John Mani, S Srinivas, and Apurva Bahadur. Photo provided by Apurva Bahadur, October 2001.

A meeting of IRFCA members at Bangalore. (L to R) Railfans Karthik, K Manoj, and John Mani. Photo provided by Apurva Bahadur, October 2001.

An expedition to the 'dead zone' just north of Virar (kilometre 63 from Mumbai) where the Mumbai area 1.5kV DC traction gives way to the 25kV AC traction beyond. (L to R) IRFCA members Shrinivas Joshi, Viraf Mulla, Rajan Mathew, and R Venkatesh. Photo by

A newspaper report on Phil Wormald and co.'s railfanning trip in India. Scan provided by Apurva Bahadur.