Showcase Archives I

Date: 2003-03-13
Owner: Gallery Administrator
Size: 250 items
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A WP lets out an acrid pall of black smoke as she waits at Puri for her charge, the express to Howrah.#AUTH1#John Lacey#AUTH2# #GOLD#

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A CNB (Kanpur) WAP-4 is just a blur near Delhi as she speeds past with the New Delhi - Muzzafarpur Lichchavi Express. (2002)#AUTH1#Nikhil Arora#AUTH2#

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The Bombay-bound Deccan Queen skirts the Indrayani River at Kamshet against a fairy tale misty background. (Apr. 2002) #AUTH1#S.Shankar#AUTH2#

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A spanking new WAG-7 at Renigunta waits for her call of duty. (2002). Note waist level headlights, LED marker/tail lamps and LED flasher on the roof.#AUTH1#Apurva Bahadur#AUTH2#

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A WG-hauled local passenger train squeezes into a tight situation at Burdwan on the ER. (1980s)#AUTH1#John Lacey#AUTH2# #MENTION#

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A WDP-2 prepares to leave New Delhi (circa 2002) with a passenger train. Note the nickname 'PUSHPAK' on the engines face and the 'Tuqlakhabad' shed in Hindi emblazoned on the engine's side.#AUTH1#Herambh Patankar#AUTH2# #MENTION#

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A WDM-2 running LHF climbs the Briganza ghats with the Goa Express. #MENTION# #AUTH1# Lakshman #AUTH2#

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Close-up of the motion of WP #7161 at the Heritage Run at Bangalore in August 2002. #SILVER#
#AUTH1# C. Raghuram #AUTH2#

visakha.jpg

A WAP-4 from LGD passes the Visakha Express at 90 kmph. This shot was taken at dawn near Bibinagar.
#AUTH1#Dr. M.M. Saifullah#AUTH2#, 2003. #MENTION#

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Here is a rare pic of the 7307 Koyna working the wrong line at Shivajinagar. The main line has been ripped up for some upgradation work. #AUTH1#Apurva Bahadur#AUTH2#, 2003. #SILVER#

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YDM-4 #6327 leaves Jaipur on a cold winter morning with a train of tanker cars. Note the man all covered up.
#AUTH1#John Lacey#AUTH2#, 2002.

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IRY 20 cars stabled in a siding in New Delhi. Some of these cars are used on the New Delhi - Amritsar Swarna Shatabdi Express. #AUTH1#Sundar Krishnamurthy#AUTH2#, 2002.

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An unusual fire fighting vehicle on the Konkan Railway. This contraption is evidently a freight car mounted on a flat wagon. Note lookout windows and CBC coupler.
#AUTH1#Apurva Bahadur#AUTH2#, 2002.

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YL #3312 near Jaipur, probably heading the passenger train to Toda Raisingh. Note water tanker just behind the locomotive. #AUTH1#John Lacey#AUTH2#, 2002.

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Lallaguda WAP-4 at speed with the Hyderabad-bound Godavari Express. The blur gives our good old WAP-4 a Bullet Train look. #AUTH1#Dr. M.M. Saifullah#AUTH2#, 2003.