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A WAP-4 #22255 single-handedly heads the 25 car Tamilnadu Express round a bend at Wardha. Note the rest of the train on the left. #AUTH1#Swaran#AUTH2#, 2002. #SILVER#

Mix 'n' match IR style: a MG YDM-4 mounted on a BG WDM-2 chassis at GOC Trichy. #AUTH1#I S Anand#AUTH2#, 2002.
#MENTION#

A WDM-2C (rebuilt from WDM-2) hugs a curve just outside Bangalore.
#AUTH1#Jay Balakrishna#AUTH2#, 2002. #GOLD#

This unusual scene shows tree roots being transported by a flat BRH car.
#AUTH1#Apurva Bahadur#AUTH2#, 2002.

The MG Pink City Express hauled by twin YDM-4s powers away from Jaipur. Note decorative cutouts on the doors.
#AUTH1#John Lacey#AUTH2#.

Putting forth a bright beam from her headlight, a YDM-4 leaves Jaipur early one morning as a YG performs menial shunting duties alongside. #AUTH1#John Lacey#AUTH2#, 1980s?

The Jammu-bound Jhelum Express powers out of Poona in 2002. Although the train seems to break out from the compound wall on the right, the rest of the train is actually visible near the engine's running board on the left. #AUTH1#Swaran#AUTH2#, 2002.

Jaywalkers provide foreground for the Poona-bound Pragati Express as she speeds along behind a WCAM-3 under the shadow of the Bhore Ghats near Karjat.#AUTH1#Viraf Mulla#AUTH2# #MENTION#

An Indian-built YDM-4 in Malaysia puts forth a starburst-like beam from her headlight as her driver exchanges the token hoop with one of the staff at the station. Location Malaysia, but name of station not known.#AUTH1#Not specified#AUTH2#

A Wheel profile lathe working on the bogie of a BCN wagon at Pune shed. (2003) #AUTH1#Apurva Bahadur#AUTH2#

A self-propelled Overhead Equipment Inspection railcar in an unusual livery near Bangalore. (2003) #AUTH1#Jay Balakrishna#AUTH2#

Plain and without embellishments, yet as handsome as ever, a WP powers past a grade crossing with a train on the Central Railway. (circa 1982) #AUTH1#Terry Case#AUTH2#

An old composite airconditioned first cum regular first class car on the SCR, circa 1980s. The side profile of the non-integral HAL-built cars can well be appreciated in this picture. These cars were non-corridor stock, so three first class cabins can be

Taken from a cashew plantation, this pic shows a WG hauling the Khurda Road to Palasa mixed train past the Chilka Lake on the SER. This pic also gives a fair idea of what a mixed train is: a topic of recent discussion on this forum. The bund in the backgr

Where eagles dare! British railfan Richard Morrison takes notes beside a larger than life WDS-6 #36006 in the Pune diesel shed.(2003) #AUTH1#Apurva Bahadur#AUTH2# #MENTION#

A rack and pinion X-class loco glistens in the sun as she takes a breather at Kallar in 1987. This station had been abandoned earlier due to elephant attacks. #AUTH1#Madhusudhan#AUTH2#

Tiny enough to lurk behind a signal post, a YAM-1 waits for the home signal at the Tambaram outer near Madras on the SR. (2003) #AUTH1#Karthik Nagarajan#AUTH2#

Vendors ready to do their stuff as a GOC-liveried WDM-2 rumbles into the station with her charge. The cart in the foreground is particularly interesting: well organised, offering sandwiches and tea.(2003) #AUTH1#Karthik Nagarajan#AUTH2#

A very pleasant picture worth wallpapering: an orange-liveried KZJ WDM-2 rumbles into Poona with the shuttle train from Daund. Although this livery is common at KZJ, it is rare to see an orange engine haul passenger trains. (2003) #AUTH1#Apurva Bahadur#AU

An HPS glistens in the sun as she prepares to leave Lucknow with a passenger train. Note the large driving wheels which facilitated fast running and enhanced the graceful appearance of these locos. Note also the first car oriented the wrong way round.#AUT

Two brand new WAP-4s just out of the works move in towards Cawnpore to take charge of their respective trains. Note yellow pantograph on the first locomotive.#AUTH1#Samar & Sandeep Saxena#AUTH2#

An Agra WG blasts up the 1-in-100 grade leaving Ranchi with 463 Howrah - Hatia Fast Passenger. January 1983.#AUTH1#John Lacey#AUTH2# #MENTION#

Bombay VT (whooops! Mumbai CST) station gaily illuminated on 16 April 2002 while the traffic moves on unmindful of the festivities.#AUTH1#Shrinivas Joshi#AUTH2#

Ready to roll: the bright headlight beam of WP #7713 pierces the darkness of the night at Agra as she prepares to leave for Delhi with the Taj Express. #AUTH1#John Lacey#AUTH2# #GOLD#

A trio of Alco powers at the goods yard in Pune (2003). The one to the extreme right is a WDG-2 while the other two are WDM-2 and WDM-2A. Note the WDM-2A retrofitted with twin beam headlights. #AUTH1#Apurva Bahadur#AUTH2#

A pleasing floral foreground as B #779 waits at Batasia Loop on the Darjeeling Himalayan Line with a tourist special in May 2003. Built in 1892, B #779 is the oldest operating loco on the DHR and is often assigned tourist train workings. #AUTH1#Anirban Mu

WCAM-3 #21936 takes a breather at Bombay VT in 2003 having just brought in the Mahanagari Express from Varanasi. Note retrofitment of twin beam headlights. #AUTH1#Apurva Bahadur#AUTH2#