We owe a lot to the non-Indian rail fans of IR, who decades before came to India and selectively and beautifully documented the Indian Railways, when the average indigenous rail fan was an extremely rare individual. Thank you Mr. Tickner for your tremendous contribution.

Posted by Anurag Bist on 2013 Jan 29 19:08:18 +0000

Beautiful.

Posted by Hrishikesh Moghe on 2013 Jan 29 16:51:49 +0000

A great collection of photographs the steam era sir !!! These reminded me of the last days if steam which I noticed as a child near Roorkee at Saharanpur and further down the line at Lucknow. Cheers !!!

Posted by Vishnu Nath on 2013 Jan 29 16:26:44 +0000

Each photo is a masterpiece and makes one nostalgic of the bygone era of IR. Take a bow sir !

Posted by Sunil Shukla on 2013 Jan 29 13:58:14 +0000

John, I salute you on this amazingly priceless collection of simple yet hauntingly beautiful photos of things which we cannot recreate now! Thanks for sharing.
Webmasters - hope we can preserve this collection!

Posted by Shirish Paranjape on 2013 Jan 29 07:54:36 +0000

The album really is a masterclass
That channel like wireframe structure formed by telephone cables is so mesmerizing.

Posted by Anant K Singh on 2013 Jan 29 07:39:53 +0000

Thanks a ton to John Tickner for sharing these gems.

Posted by Gowri Sankar R on 2013 Jan 29 05:46:53 +0000

Classic.. Classic.. Classic pic.

Posted by Gowri Sankar R on 2013 Jan 29 05:44:33 +0000

No words to describe this beauty.. John.. I owe you a treat!

Posted by Gowri Sankar R on 2013 Jan 29 05:42:26 +0000

Very nice shot

Posted by Gowri Sankar R on 2013 Jan 29 05:41:33 +0000