Nice!

Posted by Abhinav Bhattacharjee on 2014 Aug 16 14:52:36 +0000

Yet another guess-I have seen similar carts for carrying human s**t in the 1960s. But Apurva is probably right.

Posted by Ajai Banerji on 2010 Sep 04 12:38:54 +0000

Looks like it though the pilot cabin is smaller and the radiator section in LHF looks more complex in this loco.

Posted by Naeem Shaikh on 2010 Jul 09 01:59:14 +0000

Oh, Sorry, I misread "ga" as "tha" and jumbled up the second word. Mine is a queer case really. I can read and write Tamil to a good extent, but cannot really speak and understand it.

Posted by Nimish Goray on 2010 Jul 02 04:18:59 +0000

A more correct pronounciation would be Ilangai Pugai-Iratha Sevai. Ilangai - Lanka (as it is called in tamil) . Pugai - Smoke. Iratha - means Rath (or Chariot). (In Tamilnadu - in written literature trains, are referred as Pugai Vandi - here Vandi is a vehicle...). Sevai = Service....

Posted by Manohar Natarajan on 2010 Jul 01 12:27:57 +0000

Eelanthai putgaiyiratha sevai?? I hope I have read properly. Can some body translate. It definitely does not directly translate to Sri Lankan Railways. The first two words in the sinhala script definitely says "Sri Lanka".

Posted by Nimish Goray on 2010 Jul 01 11:29:32 +0000

Wooden Sleepers! Nice pic!

Posted by Abhishek Risbud on 2010 Jun 29 14:32:22 +0000

This loco hauled the train end to end, and did a great job. We were getting some good speeds (MPS 88 KMPH/55 MPH). I did not have GPS, but can say I enjoyed. 120 km in 2h38m including a long ghat section. Not bad at all...

Posted by Shirish Paranjape on 2010 Jun 24 09:51:23 +0000

And the fan was a swivel fan - like old WR EMUs!

Posted by Shirish Paranjape on 2010 Jun 24 09:49:03 +0000

Journey time about 2h40m. Even the loco and both loco pilots were the same in the morning and afternoon.

Posted by Shirish Paranjape on 2010 Jun 24 09:48:07 +0000