BOBYN hopper wagons at Nagpur in 2002. Photo by Alok Patel.

A milk tanker of the NDDB (National Dairy Development Board) with the Andaman Express at Nagpur. Water pipes sadly interfere with the view. Photo by Alok Patel, May 2003.

A wet BTPN tank wagon.This was taken through an AC 3-tier coach window. Photo by Naveen Jain, 2003.

Another BOXN High Speed wagon at Nagpur. Not the red and white stripes on the wagon to identify it as a high speed BOXN. These are increasing in number steadily in this section and seem to be generally owned by SER and ER. Photo by Alok Patel, Jul 2003

BOXN HS (100 kph) wagon from the same rake as the previous pic but with another distinctive style. I do not know why they did not use the red stripes here. The wagon looks as if it has been upgraded and is not a brand new wagon. So maybe this is the liver

The new BCNA High Speed (BCNAHS) wagons with a Top speed rated at 100 kmph. The stripes seem to provide the easy visual identification of their special status. The bogies etc. seem to be pretty much the same. Guess everything was just beefed up a bit. Suc

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.