Stations and Buildings

The remains of water tank for Dhanushyakodi railway station which was destroyed by high tide in 1964 (As informed by local guide) 2006-02-11, Lalam

Unusual staircase roof at Ratnagiri Station(KR), 2006-02-04, Lalam

BYPL station building of yesteryears. Though small, it is a beautifull structure

Banar Railway station, near Jodhpur, Dec 2005. The water tank is still there alongwith the old signals. The line is now a BG line. Climbed the same water tank 20 years later only to find the platform was extended and the name sign was out of frame...By Di

Jaisalmer Station Building

Barmer Station building still reminding MG days

Charbagh (Lucknow) railway station. Date unknown (pre-1947). Photograph provided by Anand Sahastrabuddhe (personal collection).

Bengal and Nagpur Railway (BNR) Hotel -- Corridor. Ranchi. 2005-07-22. By Tim Makins.

Bengal and Nagpur Railway (BNR) Hotel -- Bedroom. Ranchi. 2005-07-22. By Tim Makins.

Just because you see snow doesn't mean this is the Swiss Railway!! Instead this is Indian Railway's highest Railway Reservation Counter near Nathu La Pass in Sikkim at an altitude of 13200 feet. Pic by Meenal Bhakuni.

A view of the waiting rooms at Jaipur. (Date not provided.) By Bansri.

This photo was taken in jan 2005 . motor cycle belongs to photographer .There are no palm tree which are shown in 1987 photo (Rajendra Saxena)

Sandep takes rest with te station in the background. Look at the covered walkway from Station to the platform

A busy station enroute. This is Angadipuram, the station for a town called Manjeri

One of the typical small stations enroute. This is Valappuzha. Is this the SM or his son? BTW, who cares, he has to raise this flag only thrice daily

A small wayside station just before Nagpur

Royapuram Now: This is the backside of the station building. Twin Wag-5 #22432 and #23929 from LGD shed take rest after bringing in a load of BOXN rakes into Chennai Port. Note the High wall with Arched openings in the background. Must have been part of t

The guest house of the former ruler of Chettinad (in the days of the Raj) at Chettinad railway station. The Raja used to travel in a special coach of the erstwhile Dhanushkodi (near Rameswaram) - Madras Boat Mail from Chettinad to Madras. According to loc

The serene station building of Chettinad with my motorcycle looking in curiously from the other side. 2005-11. Cartik.

a WW2 time photograph of devalali stn...the photo was sent to me by my friend...nothing has changed since then...the scene very much remains the same. Devlali Unknown (uploaded by Sachin Buddhisagar)

Thats the station building. From the looks of things it seems to have been abandoned a long time ago. Tirunettur, 26 August 2005. Sandeep Mohan.

Bilaspur has one of the best maintained stations on IR. The colorful food centre on platform 1 is a nice place to relax. Bilaspur, 2005-08-25. Abhijit Lokre.

A Punjab Police constable has detained two teenagers for clicking snaps at the station, and that too on Independence Day. Behind his back, another camera was clicking ;o). Bathinda Jn., 2005-08-15. Shashanka Nanda.

Kharagpur Railway Station in 1945. Kharagpur, 1945. Glen S Hensley.

Quiet and serene environs of Lakdi Ka Pool stn. I was going to cover first leg of MMTS from LKaPool to Lingampally. It was 420pm and not many souls in station. Hyderabad, 11 June 2005. Shailesh Jasani.

Ooty station. 2000.

The MG wagon converted to a quaint station house. The Bradshaw says it is Km 49, the mark on the wagon says 46!. Badanaguppe Halt Arnab Acharya.