Post Independence (1947) Broad Gauge Steam.

This album contains pictures of Indian Railway broad gauge steam locomotives from the post independence (1947) era.

Date: 2008-09-02
Owner: Harsh Vardhan
Size: 255 items (334 items total)
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2 beautiful locos at Agra station(photo by AVM Mr.Vishwas Deshpande(retd);New Delhi...Mrs.Anuja Rege.

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SCR: BG action at Secunderabad. WG 9778 arriving after a stop just outside the station-hence the smoke.The time was just on sunset-and there was also cloud about. Secundearbad. 1987-03.

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SCR: Also in March 1987. SCR with impressive silvered sections of the boiler about to depart with a passenger on the main line, meets another arriving WG. Secunderabad. 1987-03.

The 'second' Taj Express WP at Agra_9511.jpg
WGs on westbopund freight at Akola_c7aa.jpg
XE 22521 at Sitarampur_fe6e.jpg
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A Chittaranjan built smart looking Central Railway WG at Jhansi. Note the extended platform deck on the buffer beam complete with inspection chair etc.

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WP 7199 with passenger Saharanpur - Delhi. 1993-12. Alexandre Gillieron.

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me & my colleague late Brig.Ram Malhotra[retd] took a trip on a steam hauled train,after returning victorious from the 1971 war in Dhaka.This was an adventure.It took us 3 days.I think it's about 1500 miles,but this train would stop in the middle of n

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somewhere between Calcutta & Madras.-Brig.Mohan Vartak[retd]

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XE at Basin Bridge 1979.This has been uploaded before but the loco is in such wonderful condition and presents such a powerful impression that I thought it was worth viewing again.

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Dirty but still impressive XE 22532 stands in the yard at Asansol locoshed. 1980.

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In response to news of the resurrection of an XE class from the museum I thought members might like a flashback to these monsters in their normal service days. Here 22535 stands idle on Asansol shed, presenting almost a monochrome view in its drab surroun

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Photo by Lindsay Buck, courtesy Stephen Buck. NR 36596 is a s a SGC Vulcan Foundry of 1905. Originally saturated, it was later converted to superheating. While it was a NR loco in later years, based at Delhi, it was originally a loco of the Eastern Pu

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Steam loco servicing. The green loco closest to the camera is a CR D/4 class 4-6-0. These were built by Vulcan Foundry and North British in several batches between 1912 and 1923. The other locos seem to be 0-6-0s. I guess the location is Delhi. The yea