Wagons

Class BCCN (bulk cement) rake at Pune. This rake is privately owned by ACC. Photo by Apurva Bahadur, April 2002.

Coal wagons at Arsikere. Photograph by Jay Balakrishna, January 2003.

A 4-wheeler tank wagon. Earlier, these wagons had hook couplers with side buffers, but these have been since modified with CBCs. But this has made them prone to derailing because of the rigid frame and the lack of side buffers to limit lateral motion. Th

Petrol tankers. Photo by Prakash Tendulkar, 2001.

A caboose or guard van - they still exist on IR! ClassBVZC. This one is at the end of a freight train (note the'LV' board) passing by Dahanu. Photo by Prakash Tendulkar, 2002.

A BCN wagon at the Goods Intermodal Transshipment (GIT) yard at Pune. Photo by Apurva Bahadur, April 2003.

A petroleum tanker ('BTP') at Mysore, far from its home zone NFR. Photo by Apurva Bahadur, 2002.

Vacuum-braked DBKM flat wagon. Photo by Apurva Bahadur. (2002?)

East Indian Railway elephant wagon. Date?? Photo provided by Mrinal Das.

Milk tank at Gondia. Photo by John Lacey.

RO-RO rake at Panvel / Khed. Photo by Dr. Shirish Yande, 2001 (scanned by Apurva Bahadur).

A Maruti car loaded into a double-decker "BCCN" wagon during a trial at Golden Rock workshop. Unfortunately the wagon did not take off!

BOY wagon carrying iron ore on the Kirandul - Kottavalasa line. Photo by Naveen Jain, 2002.