the temple in the background creats a lovely south indian flavor to the snap...and by uploading just one snap at a time, john keeps all of us wanting for more... :)

Posted by Gallery Administrator on 2005 Oct 06 07:11:37 +0000

Beautiful John! Looks like your scanning skills have improved by leaps and bounds!

Posted by Gallery Administrator on 2005 Oct 06 05:55:25 +0000

my sincere request to John and Mike to give us a break for a while. Too much "sweet" at the same time is not good for health. We want "sustained" release of photos. :-)

Posted by Gallery Administrator on 2005 Oct 06 05:52:12 +0000

Superb Shot!

Posted by Gallery Administrator on 2005 Oct 04 06:16:23 +0000

That is because the nose is not rounded off like it is in regular WPs. The loco looks like a barrel rather than the much loved bullet like regular ones. I think even the sides are more streamlined in regular WPs.

Posted by Gallery Administrator on 2005 Oct 03 12:09:50 +0000

Why do you say it is unstreamlined?

Posted by Gallery Administrator on 2005 Oct 03 09:36:15 +0000

I was not far behind, in answering the puzzle, eh! Compare these pics with modern day yelehanka. Can you beleive it is the same place??

Posted by Gallery Administrator on 2005 Sep 29 23:15:04 +0000

Congratulations Harsh, you are correct. It is Mysore I&S and the loco a 2' gauge 2-8-2, Kitson built in 1922.I don't think they ran a public passenger service.

Posted by Gallery Administrator on 2005 Sep 29 22:39:20 +0000

I should rather say this is an Ex IR ES class loco, during the time this picure was shot. Looks like it is handling a mixed passenger. Private railways operated passengers too?

Posted by Gallery Administrator on 2005 Sep 29 14:35:46 +0000

Looks like pacific ES class loco used in Bangalore-Bangarapet line. See pic here:
http://www.irfca.org/photos/RobDickinsonSteam/Slide34

Posted by Gallery Administrator on 2005 Sep 29 14:32:13 +0000