The fireman gives the venerable matriarch, the Fairy Queen, a quick look-over while she halts for a quick breather beside sugarcane fields on her run between Delhi and Alwar.
#AUTH1# Harsh Vardhan#AUTH2#, 2000. #SILVER#

A trifle late for the New Year, but it's never too late! Gaily decorated interior of the Taj Express's dining car for the New Year of 1982. Note Asiad logo on the red banner. #AUTH1#John Lacey#AUTH2#, 2002.

WP #7161 prepares for her run with the Heritage train at Bangalore in Aug. 2002. The engine is quite a superstar now! #AUTH1#C Raghuram#AUTH2#, 2002.

A WAM-4A in typical Tata tricolor livery on a station in Madhya Pradesh. Behind here is another member of the same class in typical SR AJJ livery. #AUTH1#Shantanu Sen#AUTH2#, 2001.

WDM-2 #18997 just our of the paint shops at the Burdwan Diesel shed on the ER. #AUTH1#Deepak Sapra#AUTH2#, 2001.

A WCAM-2P speeds past Santacruz in Bombay with the Rajdhani Express. Note retrofitment of twin beam headlights, and the Colonial-style buildings in the background. #AUTH1#Shashanka Nanda#AUTH2#, 2002.

Brilliant silhouetted shot of a YL as she steams past the Kerala backwaters towards Tiruchendur.
#AUTH1#John Lacey#AUTH2#, 2002. #SILVER#

A red WDP-2 #15544 at New Delhi. Note Rajdhani colored WAP-4 in the background. Several members of the WDP-2 class of diesels have been named PUSHPAK by default.
#AUTH1#Vaibhav Sarin#AUTH2#, 2002.

A puny headlight beam fades in thick fog as two WDM-2s cross in inclement weather at Gurgaon in Haryana.
#AUTH1#Sundar Krishnamurthy#AUTH2#, 2002. #GOLD#

A mechanical ganger unit on the Konkan Railway. Such units are not seen outside of the KR.
#AUTH1#Apurva Bahadur#AUTH2#, 2002.

Gorgeously decorated WP heads the Heritage Special at Madras (Chennai) in Aug. 2002.
#AUTH1#Madhusudan#AUTH2#, 2002. #SILVER#

Twin WDM-2 diesels in the elegant cream/red Abu Road shed livery trundle past Patli near Delhi with the Ashram Express. #AUTH1#Vaibhav Sarin#AUTH2#, 2002. #MENTION#

Business end of a WP steam engine at the Bandra BAMY shed in Bombay. The engine has been brought in for the shooting of a movie. Note PALACE ON WHEELS headboard.
#AUTH1#Viraf Mulla#AUTH2#, 2002. #SILVER#

YDM-4 #6399 next to a disused steam turntable at Pakala Junction on the SCR. #AUTH1#Tim Wakeman#AUTH2#, 1999.

Contrasting ends of a WDP-2 (left) and a WDM-2 (right) at Madras Egmore in Nov. 2000. #AUTH1#John Lacey#AUTH2#