Post Independence (1947) Metre Gauge Steam

Kolamb Goa: Station 2.Taken March 1986.Foto by weggi.

Kolamb Goa: Loco detail.Taken March 1986.Foto by weggi.

Kolamb Goa: Full view.Taken March 1986.Foto by weggi.

Kolamb Goa: The train.Taken March 1986.Foto by weggi.

Kolamb Goa: Water fill.Taken March 1986.Foto by weggi.

Near Madurai: Train in landscape.Taken March 1986.Foto by weggi.

Madras harbour.Taken January 1986.Foto by weggi.

Braganza ghats: Trough the jungle 1.Taken March 1986.Foto by weggi.

Braganza Ghats: Trough the jungle 2.Taken March 1986.Foto by weggi.

A steam train passes......and life goes on!
Junagadh Dec'91 (Harsh Vardhan)

B2 class 4-6-0 No. 31029 works as a station pilot at Mehsana Jn. in Dec. 1983. (Harsh Vardhan)

YP 2070 leaves Tiruchchirapalli Jn. with 660 Tiruchchi - Nagore Fast Passenger in June 1988. (Harsh Vardhan)

Metre gauge steam regalia at Mehsana Junction. From left, YL 2-6-2, YB 4-6-2, YG 2-8-2 and YP 4-6-2 No. 2443. Undated Photo (Perhaps by John Adams in 1975).

Another steam loco captured at Chittorgarh aboard the Delhi Udaipur Chetak Express in 1992. It was a 20-25 min halt at Chittorgarh while the loco was moved to the other side, thus providing an opportunity to take this pic. Original pic taken on a Pentax M

YP 2679 hauling 338 Junagarh - Dhari fast passenger is veiled in vapour at Bilkha in September 1997

The loco has collected its train and leaves Ahmedabad. Ahmedabad, March 1980. By David Churchill.

1 BS passenger bound for Sirsa departs Bathinda behind a YP locomotive in Feb '92.

A D2 class 4-6-4 tank locomotive built at Ajmer works is seen at Sabarmati Junction in 1975. Several of the Western Railway metre gauge locomotives worked without running numbers and were never renumbered under the 1957 All India renumbering scheme. Copyr

YG 3360 is seen quite run down and deprived of essential maintenance in the final year (2000) of metre gauge stean.

Amidst an array of semaphore signals, 132 passenger arrives at Mavli Jn. from Udaipur en route to Ajmer via Chittaurgarh.

YP 2257 (and YP 2684) were purchased by a Railroad Development Corporation, USA for a project in Lome, Togo where they are currently stored. Seen here on a test run after a POH and ready to leave the shores. More details [url=http://www.livesteaming.com/B

YG 4051 arriving at Wankaner with 413 Fast Passenger. Picture by Viraf Mulla.

Black beauties strut about the historic Morbi station in 1999. Picture by Viraf Mulla.

As they become more decrepit locomotives tend to be relegated to more menial duties and here is just such a YG,stripped of it's smoke deflectors, shunting the carriage sidings at Jaipur in 1993 (Mick Pope)

A YP class locomotive of Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway(BBCIR) running without smoke deflectors on a heavy passenger duty.

Yesteryear at Yesvantpur.It is 1979 as a YD 2-8-2 shunts the mg yards with a sister loco lurking in the background. Note the open countryside surrounding the railway compared to today's urbanization, also the nice semaphores. (Mick Pope)

Yesteryear at Bangalore. A view from Bangalore City station towards the mg loco shed. 1979 (Mick Pope)