Beautiful pics! Many thanks to Lars for sharing pics of the original and very colourful PoW.

Interesting pic and video. Look at the BOXN on the ramp in the background. Maybe they brought coal. Any idea what the art in the smoke deflector meant? Was it logo of some steam shed? The driver of this YP seems to be scaring off the lady!

lady seems to be running away from the camera!!

Another classic shot! Brings back fond memories of my first encounter with this train at Varanasi station (1978, I think). At the time, it used to run between Gorakhpur and Varanasi, and all coaches had the cream-blue livery. Later on, it got extended to Allahabad City.

correction---"His Excellency" 'Sir' John.....

Very nice combination of subject and background.

Another stoke of the magic wand from the wizard of Aus.

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... :)

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

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. :-)