Monochrome
A mishmash of images that I've taken over the years. There is no central theme to them other than the fact they are interesting to me and that most of them capture people connected to IR in ways that range from intimate to utilitarian. Almost all of them were shot in B&W or converted to, with the original colour version now lost.
If it looks dark and foreboding to you, it’s because it really is. Dank, musty and hot. Surely, we can do better and provide employees with better facilities.
It’s 3AM and the wait is on to board a late running Dhanbad-Alleppey express at Tirupattur. [View at the biggest size]
What’s a unreserved journey in a slow passenger without a family making itself at home? On the Erode - Tirunelveli Pass.
Sometimes the journey does get to you, doesn’t it? On the Adra - Gomoh passenger.
The best stations have wide platforms and giant trees that shelter. Phulera wins on all those counts and more.
Making a good cup of this is nearly impossible given the speed and fiddly nature of the tray, the temperamental nature of the flask cover and tiny amount of dairy powder. Successes must be celebrated. On the Rajdhani, approaching Secunderabad.
I cannot get enough of old metre gauge station buildings. Talala Jn.
More metre gauge, this is Guntakal. How things have changed here! None of this remains. Not even the brilliant chicken curry and rice stall this photo makes me remember.
It looks perilous. It is. Maintaining the Pamban bridge is not a task for the weak-kneed and fainthearted.
Big rivers and railway bridges. Always a show-stopping combination. Rajahmundry.