Mick has excellent collection of vintage pictures. BTW, Mick see if you can put any pictures of the Kanpur Anwarganj-Lucknow-Gorakhpur route when it was MG. I would really cherish them. The time I was 6-7 years and gained my senses, it was all in vanishing stage.

Posted by Samar on 2009 Aug 20 18:08:08 +0000

Wow,
YPR loco's! The writing says below the loco road no. plate.

Posted by Colin Peter on 2009 Aug 20 14:37:52 +0000

Wow! Railfaning heaven....30 yrs on its a railfaning nightmare!

Posted by Bharath Narayan on 2009 Aug 20 14:28:02 +0000

Simply unbelievable. Thanks for sharing it.

Posted by Arzan Kotval on 2009 Aug 20 13:40:00 +0000

And by the way..
BNC-bangalore cantonment was B.G and well formed too with existing 2platforms lines and 1 midline!(connecting to JTJ).
B.G was extended till SBC recently(ie 1986).

Posted by Colin Peter on 2009 Aug 20 13:38:11 +0000

Oh my!
Not a Building in sight!
Bowled over by these Pictures!
I go by Jimmy's words, Bangalore was a Pensioners Paradise! and there was nothing called Summer here!( even till late 1990's)

Posted by Colin Peter on 2009 Aug 20 13:34:01 +0000

OH my God!
I am speechless!
Not a footprint is left, of what is today!
Thank you for sharing my hometown pictures!

Posted by Colin Peter on 2009 Aug 20 13:28:28 +0000

Oh my god. You won't find freight parked like this anymore

Posted by Sandeep Mohan on 2009 Aug 20 12:46:30 +0000

Wish SBC had stayed this way. The place is a total wreck right now

Posted by Sandeep Mohan on 2009 Aug 20 12:44:50 +0000

Yes, I think that is correct, looking north-west. It was a long time ago and my first visit to India so recollections are hazy.I was there a couple of years ago and found it almost impossible to figure out where the old steam locoshed had stood. In those days passenger trains were of little importance there but have a much higher profile today.

Posted by Mick Pope on 2009 Aug 20 11:16:39 +0000