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Active blast from the past: a WP regains her breath at Madras Central after having brought in a passenger train from the South. #AUTH1#Terry Case#AUTH2#, 1980s?

A YP rounds a long bend before entering Katpadi with her short train in 1994. #AUTH1#Tim Wakeman#AUTH2#.

No, this pic isn't here by mistake. The large paddle steamer is a ferry on the Ganges run by the North Eastern Railway. The smaller boat is a privately owned vessel. #AUTH1#John Lacey#AUTH2#, 1990s?

A Gooty WDM-2 #16658 is set alight by the rising sun as she hauls the Vasco - Kulem Passenger out of Suravali Halt in Goa. #AUTH1#Apurva Bahadur#AUTH2#, 2002.

A flat car with open CBC coupler provides an interesting foreground for twin Guntakal WDM-2 units running LHF, while the driver on the lead unit puts out his hand to receive the token hoop from the station staff. #AUTH1#John Lacey#AUTH2#, 2001. #GOLD#

This very interesting pic taken at Delhi's Safdarjung station shows a WCM-1 and WDM-4 awaiting preservation, flanked a modern WAG-5 locomotive with LHB cars in tow.The last LHB car bore the board of the Chandigarh Shatabdi. #AUTH1#Sundar Krishnamurthy#AUT

WG #8198 undergoes heavy repair/refurbishment at Agra shed while her wheels provide a very interesting foreground. #AUTH1#Terry Case#AUTH2#, 1980s? #GOLD#

A 2' 6" NG BS-class steamer enjoys her retired life on a plinth outside Nagpur station. #AUTH1#Zubin Dotivala#AUTH2#, 2001.

A weathered, weary WAP-4 with recessed headlights and smoothed face at the end of the platform at Madras Central. Note LED marker lamps and rooftop flasher. #AUTH1#Apurva Bahadur#AUTH2#, 2001.

An EMU unit at the Thirumayilai (Mylapore) station on the MRTS Madras. #AUTH1#Sriram Chellappan#AUTH2#, 2001.

A new dawn, a new year: 'Showcase' wishes all friends, visitors, contributors and well wishers a VERY VERY HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS 2002!! #AUTH1#John Lacey#AUTH2#, 2001. #GOLD#

Coonoor X-Class Loco shed. Note the line rising sharply to the left.

This shot is impossible to reproduce today because of additional buildings that have been constructed in the area of the foreground of this picture. #AUTH1#Heinrich...

A new WAG-7 with twin beam headlamps and LED marker lights and rooftop flasher. The newer units have the headlamp fitted into a recessed casing at waist level, where the round logo is painted. #AUTH1#Sridhar Shankar#AUTH2#, 2001.

A shed employee at Agra paints on the number of WG #8018. Note the spike on the cabside for picking up the token hoops while at speed. #AUTH1#Terry Case#AUTH2#, 1980s. #GOLD#

Passengers crowd around the door of a railbus at Bangarapet. This railbus forms the Bangarapet to Kolar service. #AUTH1#Jay Balakrishna#AUTH2#, 2001.

Despite a bold notice in the cab to the contrary, WDP-2 #15519 performs shunting operations at Madras Egmore. The first (blue) car is a high capacity luggage van recently introduced. #AUTH1#Apurva Bahadur#AUTH2#, 2001.

A Tatanagar WAM-4 speeds through Basin Bridge Jn. as it approaches Madras Central with the Alleppey Express. Note the Tatanagar shed's humanoid logo between the second and third porthole windows on the engine. #AUTH1#Sriram Chellappan#AUTH2#, 2001.

A DC EMU negotiates a complicated set of points and is about to work its way over a diamond crossover, as it prepares to enter Bombay VT. This picture is shot from the very end of the platform, a part of which is itself visible at the bottom left corner.

ZP #2 at Arvi in 1997. This locomotive hauled the last narrow gauge (2' 6") steam service on the IR, and is now understood to be stored somewhere, awaiting preservation. #AUTH1#Harsh Vardhan#AUTH2#, 2001.

The now infamous LHB Alsthom cars in the Delhi Safdarjung siding prior to being taken out of service for frequent decoupling on the run. Note the relatively small gap between cars due to use of CBC couplings. #AUTH1#Harsh Vardhan#AUTH2#, 2001.

An elderly WCM-1 with the Deccan Express at Neral Jn. in 1991. #AUTH1#Apurva Bahadur#AUTH2#, 1991.

In its earlier days, a single YDM-4 powers out of Jaipur with the Pink City Express. #AUTH1#John Lacey#AUTH2#, 1980s?

WAG-7 #27087 from Kanpur hauling a BCN/BCNA rake, close to the Penner bridge, beyond Nellore. #AUTH1#Shashanka Nanda#AUTH2#, 2002.

Ghost Town Junction? Abandoned Senaparatti station on the Karur - Tiruchirapalli BG line. This station is said to have been abandoned less than a year after commissioning. #AUTH1#Sriram Chellappan#AUTH2#, 2001.

Set alight by a setting sun, a light WDM-2 pulls out of Poona station as the 6011 Dadar - Madras Express pulls in behind electric power. The diesel engine will probably take charge of the train. #AUTH1#Sridhar Shankar#AUTH2#, 2001.

WP #7656 casts a shadow at the bottom of the inspection pit as she moves in for attention at Agra steam shed. #AUTH1#Terry Case#AUTH2#, 1982? #GOLD#

WDM-2 #17412 at Kanhan near Nagpur. The engine is heading towards Nagpur with the empty rake of the Nagpur - Ramtek passenger. #AUTH1#Alok Patel & Najib#AUTH2#, 2001.