Railbus

Date: 2004-09-03
Owner: Gallery Administrator
Size: 66 items
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The newer NG railbuses on the Ahmadpur-Katwa section, transferred from CR. Katwa, WB, Dec 2004. By Samit Roychoudhury.

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The NG motor trolley for inspections on Kangra Valley Railway. Pathankot, July 2002. By Rajeev Shrivastava.

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Inside layout of the seating arrangement in the NG motor trolley. Pathankot, July 2002. By Rajeev Shrivastava.

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Photographed at Santipur Jn Station. The 2' 6" Narrow Gauge Passenger Rake consistes of two Passenger Coaches. Note the Broad Gauge EMU in the background. Santipur & Nabadwip Ghat, | 23 January 2003 |. Photo By Protik Maitra.

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Photographed at Siding at Santipur NG Yard. These 2' 6" Narrow Gauge Passenger Coaches are bogie-less twin axled (four wheeled) vehicles. These Coaches use two leaf springs per axle. They have two doors each on either side. Some Coaches have two more

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Photographed at Santipur NG Yard. This is the 2' 6" NG Railcar that will haul the NG Passenger Rake of two Coaches from Santipur Jn to Nabadwip Ghat via Krishnanagar Jn and back. It is moving backwards. It will take a 180 degree turn at the turn-tabl

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Photographed at Santipur Jn. The Railcar, after arriving from the turn-table, has been coupled to the Passenger Rake. It is bogie-less twin axled (four wheeled) with two leaf springs per axle. The rear axle has a differential connected to a Leyland (?) En

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Photographed inside the NG Train on the move. I am the person in a Blue Shirt. Picture pretty clear despite the bumpy ride. Santipur & Nabadwip Ghat, | 23 January 2003 |. Photo By Protik Maitra.

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Photographed at Nabadwip Ghat Station. The Railcar has hauled the train to Nabadwip Ghat. Here it is uncoupled, turned at a turntable and will be recoupled at the other end of the Rake. Seen here it is moving towards the other end of the Rake. Santipur &a

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Photographed at Nabadwip Ghat Station. Having been recoupled to the Passenger Rake, the NG Train is about to begin it's return journey to Santipur via Krishnanagar. Santipur & Nabadwip Ghat, | 23 January 2003 |. Photo By Protik Maitra.

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Photographed from the train on the move. The train has left Krishnanagar Station and is "racing" towards Santipur. The train is really fast in this straight stretch of track. One can feel rural Bengal if he travels on this route. Santipur &

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Rail bus at Kinvad Station. The stretch from Kinvad to Adilabad is appx 50 km and rail bus is the only BG connectivity. The folks prefer this compared to ST as its almost 1/3rd the cost. We couldnt travel in the RB though. Kinvad, 20 Aug 05. Shailesh Jasa

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Railcar number 898, side view at Neral. Neral, 1980/12/29. Mick Pope.

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Neral Station with three kinds of motive power in view - railcar number 898, steam number 738 and diesel NDM1number 501 in the background. Neral, 1980/12/29. Mick Pope.

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Bogie/Undercarriage of the BEML Railbus. BBS, 2005-10-08. Bizzy Mishra.