Kalka - Lahore Simla Mail seems to have two numbers (14/11). I wonder if it too had slip coaches from somewhere else.

Posted by Dr.Jitendra Mulky on 2010 Sep 29 17:29:56 +0000

Frontier Mail had the numbers 3/4 right through from Bombay to Peshawar. 57/58 was known as GIP Bombay Express, and also went to Peshawar. 5/6 Punjab (Calcutta) Mail ran from Howrah to Lahore. 17/18 was a Link Express between Lahore and Howrah, with coaches attached to the Doon Express at Laksar. You can see the originally Lahori Passenger here from Lahore to Dehra Dun (today's ASR - DDN Express). 67/ 68 Coaching Express seems to be forerunner of the ASR - Delhi Janata Express, which has since vanished. The mainline from Lahore to Delhi was via Saharanpur, with only 57/58 taking the shorter route via Panipat.

Posted by Dr.Jitendra Mulky on 2010 Sep 29 17:28:47 +0000

Incidentally, Thenmala is India's first eco-tourism destination

Posted by Ranjeet Ramaswamy Iyer on 2010 Sep 29 16:19:56 +0000

Nice. I think the proposal was to retain this structure for the BG alignment too...

Posted by Manohar Natarajan on 2010 Sep 29 13:06:58 +0000

Nice shot, though...

Posted by Dr. Himagirish Rao on 2010 Sep 29 11:54:10 +0000

Nice one !!!

Posted by Raj Bhavsar on 2010 Sep 29 11:22:31 +0000

Awesome Pic !!!

Posted by Raj Bhavsar on 2010 Sep 29 11:19:09 +0000

Brilliant Shot.

Posted by Raj Bhavsar on 2010 Sep 29 10:56:31 +0000

stunning

Posted by Anuj Misra on 2010 Sep 29 09:59:56 +0000

Wonderful snap

Posted by Vijay Aravamudhan on 2010 Sep 29 08:42:58 +0000