A closer look at the rotary flasher lamp which turns on automatically under certain circumstances. #AUTH1#Mrinal Das#AUTH2#, 2001.

WAP-4 #22062 at Mughalsarai shed with new twin beam headlights, and a new US diesel-style rotary flasher lamp on the roof. #AUTH1#Mrinal Das#AUTH2#, 2001.

WDM-2 #17176 in KJM livery backs up to take charge of the Swarnajayanti Express (note typical livery of this train) at Pune. #AUTH1#Harsh Vardhan#AUTH2#, 2001.

WDM-2A #17678 glimmers in the afternoon sun at Ernakulam. Note WAG-5 on other side of the platforms. #AUTH1#Jason Antony#AUTH2#, 2001.

The old matriarch steams again: a full head of steam for the 1855-built Fairy Queen locomotive, shot at New Delhi in 2000. #AUTH1#Harsh Vardhan#AUTH2#, 2000.

This pic shows two of the three WPs now at the NRM. The one nearest to the camera is the static exhibit at the NRM. She has been steamed on a couple of occasions, but severe corrosion means a lot of work before the engine can move again. #AUTH1#Satish Pa

Stark reminders: a defunct steam crane and a steam locomotive's tender are stark reminders of happier times. This particular instance is even more tragic: it marks the demise of MG at Guntakal. #AUTH1#Sundar Krishnamurthy#AUTH2#, 2001. #GOLD#

ZDM-1 #704: the sole member of this class that was not converted to NDM-1. This engine worked a childrens' train in the Pragati Maidan in New Delhi before she was unceremoniously dumped in the NRM in 2001. #AUTH1#Satish Pai#AUTH2#, 2001.

A WDM-6 at Katwa Jn. on the ER, filling in for an absent WG. Local passenger services had just been taken over (Dec. 1993) by units such as this, as well as other classes of diesels. #AUTH1#Terry Case#AUTH2#, Dec. 1993.

The untiring and indomitable Tata trucks rest easy on a RO-RO piggyback freight train on the Konkan Railway. #AUTH1#IRFCA Member#AUTH2#, 2001.

Cavernous interior of a tunnel being bored on the Konkan Railway. Imagine such a scene with the Dickensian yellow lighting when you hurtle down the tracks in your fast train! #AUTH1#IRFCA Member#AUTH2#, 2001.

A diesel multiple unit (DMU) emerges from the Old Goa tunnel on the Konkan Railway. #AUTH1#IRFCA Member#AUTH2#, 2001.

This sparkling, bright WDP-2 waits to get coupled to the rake of the Trichy-bound Pallavan Express on a pleasant afternoon at Chennai Egmore. (2000). #AUTH1#Anand Krishnan#AUTH2#, 2000.

WPs being prepared for the day's duties at Shaharanpur, home ground for the legendary Hal Hughes. #AUTH1#Terry Case#AUTH2#, 1980s?

Showcase's first pic that is not an actual photograph: this picture postcard shows a panoramic view of the Pamban bridge with a steam-hauled passenger train about to enter it. Scan provided by John Lacey.