X #37386 in steam at Mettupalayam in Feb. 2001. #AUTH1#Satish Pai#AUTH2#, 2001.

Working backstage: this is a close-up of one of the cog wheels which engages onto the rack between Coonoor and Kallar on the Nilgiri Mountain Railway. #AUTH1#Satish Pai#AUTH2#, 2001.

Award-winning photography - again - from Tim Wakeman. A YDM-4 running LHF is silhouetted against a setting sun as she enters Katpadi with a passenger train. #AUTH1#Tim Wakeman#AUTH2#, 1999. #GOLD#

An enthusiastic crowd of curious onlookers gathers at Konnagar station on 19 Sept. 1999 as the HGS pauses for a breather en route to Tribeni with the Millennium Express. #AUTH1#Mrinal Das#AUTH2#, 1999.

The assistant driver acknowledges the green flag amidst black smoke while WDM-2 #17987R exhibits incomplete combustion as she powers out of Kirloskarwadi station with the 7384 Maharashtra Express. #AUTH1#Apurva Bahadur#AUTH2#, 2001. #GOLD#

The shed status board in the foreman's office at Kosamba on the WR, shot on 1981-01-22. #AUTH1#Terry Case#AUTH2#, 1981.

An old semaphore signal adds a perfect period atmosphere to this picture of an mg diesel YDM-4 #6155 as she snakes into Pakala Jn. with a passenger train. #AUTH1#Tim Wakeman#AUTH2#, 2001.

Is it a railway station or a temple? The busy main entrance of Varanasi station, seen on 1995-12-23. #AUTH1#Mike Brooker#AUTH2#, 1995.

No, not a scene from the American wild west. This fabulous shot by John Lacey shows a double WDM-2-headed express on the horseshoe curve approaching Jarandeshwar on the Pune - Miraj line. #AUTH1#John Lacey#AUTH2#, 2001. #GOLD#

A cow on the platform at Varanasi station can't seem to decide between the water fountain and the refreshment stall. #AUTH1#Mike Brooker#AUTH2#, 2001.

WCM-1 #20070 in gorgeous navy livery emerges out of a station in 1977 with the Deccan Express. The engine looks more like a WCM-2 due to the absence of the 'half shut eyelids' visors.
#AUTH1#Roderick Smith#AUTH2#, 1977. #SILVER#

WP #7714 powers out of Daund Jn. with a passenger train. Note the tender in CR green livery and the metal cutout star around the headlight instead of silver paint.
#AUTH1#Glyn Thomas#AUTH2#. #SILVER#

Local urchins cast a curious eye at our photographer while a puny YL glistens in the morning sunlight as she prepares to leave Mehsana on the WR with a local passenger train.
#AUTH1#Terry Case#AUTH2#, 2002.

Vatwa shed's WDM-3A #18705R thunders out of Jodhpur Jn. with 4708 Ranakpur express towards Bikaner.
#AUTH1#Apurva Bahadur#AUTH2#, 2002.

Lucky schoolkids get to ride the train to school every day! A ZDM-5 at Barog stands against a foreground of what seems an impossible junction of tracks.
#AUTH1#Herambh Patankar#AUTH2#, 2002.