What comes out clearly in this pic is the love and affection and the care from these dedicated IR folks for the lovely YP lass.

Nostalgic!

Classic. Can you please disclose the method for scanning old photos/negatives/slides to such a superb quality? May be off-list.

Kharad, you are right. i tried to clean image with "Neatimage" (to the extent i could manage) as original image was in ISO 1250. Fuzziness at some points is resultant of that.

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....

lovely!!

Hey - This scene looks like from CNB-2008 (IIT-K) or from BNC-2009 (UTC, BNC). I am sure that the delegates must have enjoyed the discussions / deliberations and the surroundings too.

That is A MASTERPIECE... Deepak be proud and take a bow your picture received rave reviews from my American bosses during a serious meeting... jumbo helped lighten a tough situation!!! Hats off to your perseverance and am glad that you favorite "Desparado moments" did not come in between. Great Work!!! And promise me to take me there when I come visiting next.

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".

@Abhinav: The paint job is by DLW, not the sheds. These are new locos.