Broad Gauge 5'6" or 1676 mm

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	Beautiful! Posted by Abhinav Bhattacharjee on 2012 May 21 17:19:37 +0000
	aah! my CWDs! LRJ shed died with them, although they had a few WGs after them. Posted by Aseem Johri on 2012 May 21 11:27:37 +0000
	they were like small WGs Posted by Aseem Johri on 2012 May 21 11:23:24 +0000
	these locos have been built all over the place.. the one in previous photos was built in Austria. Posted by Aseem Johri on 2012 May 21 11:12:49 +0000
	notice the old 2-tier sleeper coaches! It used to be common with Amritsar - Dehradun passenger (now Exp). Posted by Aseem Johri on 2012 May 21 11:09:28 +0000
	Nice silhouette. Loco without the headlight? Or is it placed in front of smoke box? Posted by Satish Gune on 2012 May 21 07:50:20 +0000
	Beautiful...this is probably one of the few pictures that shows WP with boxpok driving wheels. The other pictures show regular solid spoke wheels or mix of both types. Would have loved to see WP's unique leading wheels. Is it poor wheel balancing lob on the second leading wheel in this image? Posted by Satish Gune on 2012 May 21 07:31:32 +0000
	Here is a link to the picture around inauguration of Tilak Bridge on 1975.04.14. New Yamuna railway bridge was built at the same time and line from Sahibabad to New Delhi was electrified on 1977.01.07. In the picture the bridge in the background is on the Ring Road between Srinivas Puri and Ashram Chowk. Both this and Mathura Road bridge on the triangular trackage in the area existed in 1970 (as did the Sarai Rohilla bridge) as seen on a map with me. Before New Yamuna railway bridge near ITO was constructed, all eastbound trains including those that originated from New Delhi used to go through Delhi Jn. Posted by Harsh Vardhan on 2012 Mar 02 04:54:29 +0000
	@Shirish.. if Ashram bridge was not there in 1972, then which bridge is this? Could this be the one between NZM and Ashram intersection? Also, if ITO bridge was not there at that time, then how did people cross Yamuna? Was the Old Yamuna Bridge the only option then? I can clearly recollect ITO bridge at least as far back as 1978/9. Posted by Aseem Johri on 2012 Feb 21 21:46:59 +0000
	@ Aseem, as far as I know, Ashram bridge was not there in 1972. I doubt if even Indrapastha (ITO) bridge was there in 1972. In May 1978, people were still talking about ITO bridge as being something new, and there was not much from ITO upto Dabur factory, then Mohan-nagar, on way to Hindon/Ghaziabad. Posted by Shirish Paranjape on 2012 Feb 21 07:17:54 +0000