have faint memories of travelling on Chetak Exp as a kiddo. That was way back in 1975. At that time it was YP/G hauled.

Posted by Aseem Johri on 2012 May 05 23:58:34 +0000

Blast from Past! Thanks.

Posted by Gowri Sankar R on 2012 May 05 18:16:33 +0000

This chain is : MAS AJJ KPD JTJ SA ED IGU PTJ SRR CLT MAQ

Posted by K Gupta on 2012 May 05 06:12:35 +0000

Apurva is right - this train is headed towards Pune. I assumed from the barrenness (see next picture) that the train is headed away from Pune City!

Posted by Harsh Vardhan on 2012 Apr 21 00:02:42 +0000

Many thanks, Harsh, for this super album.
Images of a time long gone. It is good that someone took to trouble to take pictures of such scenes.

Posted by David Churchill on 2012 Apr 19 08:39:17 +0000

Fantastic!! This is not just an Album, It is a collection of Memories!! Thanks for Sharing!

Posted by Adithya V on 2012 Apr 19 08:13:57 +0000

These pictures are truly historical - they are connected with IR and also show the industrialisation of Poona (now Pune)- which would not have happened without IR. The men and women in the pictures are pioneers of industialisation of Poona. Thanks a lot - Harsh - for sharing this heritage.

Posted by S. Srinivas on 2012 Apr 18 16:32:43 +0000

At the point of time when this factory was constructed, folks would have considered this area to be out of Poona City. Today, Hadapsar is a part and parcel of Pune !!

Posted by S. Srinivas on 2012 Apr 18 16:28:26 +0000

Some wagons in the past, till late 1980s had spoked wheels.

Posted by Anurag Bist on 2012 Apr 17 21:13:44 +0000

Nice to see IR officers dressed smartly in suit and tie. These days even the higher officers come to the office wearing jeans, jackets and sneakers.

Posted by Anurag Bist on 2012 Apr 17 21:12:24 +0000