Note the American style (?) single lamp signal in front of the locomotive. Never seen this before, any idea of the function and current status of this signal?

Posted by Apurva Bahadur on 2010 Apr 21 03:54:20 +0000

Lovely treasure trove. Thanks a million for this wonderful treasure.

Posted by Vijay Aravamudhan on 2010 Apr 21 03:50:06 +0000

Huge wheel sets for the shunters!

Posted by Jimmy Jose on 2010 Apr 21 03:23:50 +0000

Lovely!!

Posted by Jimmy Jose on 2010 Apr 21 03:22:10 +0000

My eyes popped out seeing these! Great collection. Thanks a lot, Harsh

Posted by Jimmy Jose on 2010 Apr 21 03:21:17 +0000

Great Collection!!
Love the WP's.

Posted by Jatin Bhavsar on 2010 Apr 21 02:52:25 +0000

7789 was amongst a batch of 8 prototype locomotives built by Vulcan Foundry in 1955. Four went to Northern railway and were based at Firozpur and the other four went to Southern railway and were based at Shoranur. Thanks for appreciating!

Posted by Harsh Vardhan on 2010 Apr 08 05:40:28 +0000

Beauty...I think the loco maintenance standards used to be lot better back in olden days. I still have vivid memories of immaculate WPs with boxpok wheels & WGs at Kolhapur when steam was only used between Kolhapur & Miraj. My favorites WG (10097?)with Giesel Injector and 8076WG on Mahalaxmi express.

Posted by Satish Gune on 2010 Apr 08 05:24:55 +0000

I wish I was born during the 1950s with a camera to capture these beasts in action.

Posted by Gowri Sankar R on 2010 Apr 08 02:38:14 +0000

Loco looks brand new and in immaculate condition. Thanks Harsh for these treasures!

Posted by Jay Balakrishna on 2010 Apr 08 02:15:45 +0000