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#

Token exchange at Habanghatta on the Bangalore - Arsikere line (circa 2002).#AUTH1#Jay Balakrishna#AUTH2# #MENTION#

A gorgeous sunset at Tiptur (circa 2003). #AUTH1#Naveen Jain#AUTH2# #SILVER#

Rare to see maroon WDM-2s nowadays, what? A r-e-e-a-l closeup of one of these beasts at Hadapsar near Poona, circa 2003. #AUTH1#Apurva Bahadur#AUTH2# #SILVER#

A freshly painted GOC WDM-2 sails past Vandalur near Tambaram, Madras. circa 2003. #AUTH1#Bharath Moro#AUTH2#

The WDM-2-hauled Bilaspur - Durg Intercity express sails past a level crossing near Raipur. The location is on the Raipur - Durg - Bilaspur highway.(circa 2003)#AUTH1#Arunachalam Subramanian#AUTH2#

A full head of steam for a WP as she awaits the go signal to depart Ambala with the passenger to Delhi circa 1980. #AUTH1#John Lacey#AUTH2#

WDM-2 #18317 takes a well-deserved break at Mysore early one morning after bringing in the overnight Tanjore (Thanjavur) - Mysore Express. circa 2003#AUTH1#Jay Balakrishna#AUTH2# #GOLD#

A freshly refurbished steam crane outside the Rewari Steam shed on the NR, circa 2002.#AUTH1#Sandeep Sharma#AUTH2#

A WP-hauled mixed train to Palasa near the Chilka Lake circa 1987. The almost sepia tone and the clever use of sidelighting adds a touch of magic to this picture. #AUTH1#John Lacey#AUTH2# #GOLD#