Post Independence (1947) Broad Gauge Steam.

Head on with the huge Vikrant/ It is so small when seen from the front. Jimmy Jose.

Vikrant and a newer crane, Power Arm in the background. Power Arm is used for electrification purposes. Jimmy Jose.

A beautifull BG travelling steam crane named Vikrant, TSC 703, based at Quilon Jn. BG steam cranes a re really rare and is my first sighting of the same. Seems this is the only one SR has. Jimmy Jose.

On the other side is this huge string of electrification related vehicles. Jimmy Jose.

On one side of the open area, TSC 703 Vikrant leads a string of accident relief vehicles, like MFD etc. Jimmy Jose.

The BG side at Bangalore. At the time XD were the only BG steam locos based there with 17 being allocated. They seemed to have mainly pilot duties. 1980. Mick Pope.

Bangalore Cantonment had a BG steam shed. An unusual visitor on this date was a WT class which was probably based at Arkonam or Basin Bridge and may have been there for repair. Several XD are around the shed, some semi-dismantled. 1980. Mick Pope.

More Bangalore. Another view of an XD. This must surely be one of the ugliest tenders ever attached to a loco that itself was far from beautiful. Bangalore, 1980. Mick Pope.

A WG hauling a morning passenger from Hyderabad to Secunderabad passes double WDM-2 on a freight. Shore of Hussain Sagar, 1984-01-04. John Lacey.

The first unstreamlined WP I saw: WP#7350. Puri, 1983-01. John Lacey.

Destreamlined WP#7370 with #218 Palasa-Khurda Road Mixed. Rhamba ( Chilka Lake), 1986-12. John Lacey.

A destreamlined WP#7347 with #220 Waltair-Puri Passenger. Rambha, 1987-01-01. John Lacey.

In response to recent correspondence - a BG HPS1 4-6-0 24249 with deflectors. Sorry that the light was past it's best when I took this. Ranaghat/Krishnagar area, 1980. Mick Pope.

Several decades seperate the two eras of motive power represented by these two locos in Sealdah Terminus. Can someone identify the electric loco for me please?. Sealdah, 1980. Mick Pope.

Veteran SGS 34264, built in 1921, awaits it's next duty in the early morning light. Sealdah Terminus, 1980. Mick Pope.

WG on a turntable; location and date not identified. From a Railway Board newsletter. Scanned by Shubhabrata Chattopadhyay.

This SGS has not quite lost it's wheeels but looks about to do so.This reminds us of the primitive conditions under which steam locos were maintained. Chitpur 1980.

My home city of Liverpool is often the target of jokes because it's citizens are alleged to be the worst thieves in the UK.A popular pastime is alleged to be jacking cars up onto piles of bricks and stealing the wheels! I felt at home when I visited Chitp

A roofless portion of the roundhouse locoshed at Chitpur houses a WM class. 1980

A wonderful location on the shore of Chilka Lake sees a SER WP haul # 80 Tirupati-Puri Express northbound in the late afternoon.1987-01-02

Staff discuss a repair on the cylinder of a clean WP. Jabalpur shed

A study in 'bullet' front ends at Asansol while staff tae a break on improvised seats

Jabalpur was the cleanest steam shed I encountered in India,on a par with any I had visited worldwide, even though it was near the end when this was taken in 1993. What do the signs say?

WP-7329 deaprts Puri with the late afternoon passenger past the distinctive trees.
Puri.
1983-01-

Evening at Lucknow. A WP is departing with an Express. 1983-01

This example of AWC #32631 is in Mettupalyam station in 1979. The fireman seems to have just filled the firebox. Other examples of this class served in, among other places, Greece, Italy,Poland,Hungary,Turkey and China, also in the UK during WW2, on a nar

A Christmas novelty for you. Browsing through my photos this shot of an AWD 2-8-0 at Mettupalaiyam reminded me what an international loco this represents. Built for the United States Army as a'war' loco by Alco, Lima and Baldwin, and known by the class ty