A classic! Look at the mighty Vaigai's run - an hour faster than the next fastest train. The BG Vaigai takes exactly the same time from MS to VM.

Posted by Mani Vijay on 2009 Nov 14 22:01:45 +0000

@Karan - That is not a station. That was how the Spencer's HQ looked, situated on the legendary Mount Road, Madras. A wonderful structure now in the ugly innards of land sharks!

Posted by Sridhar Joshi on 2009 Nov 14 11:02:08 +0000

I suppose that the freight wagons are in the front part of the mixed train - next to the steam loco - and it would be a normal shunting process to bifurcate the train into two parts, the loco taking the first part consisting of the goods wagons to CBE and then returning to the balance part of the train to haul it in too. If the passenger coaches were in the front, the priorities get reversed for the shunting process.

Posted by S. Srinivas on 2009 Nov 14 08:42:27 +0000

Who would believe that this train initially ran between LTT and BZA? One of those strange extensions by IR.

Posted by Mani Vijay on 2009 Nov 13 19:59:32 +0000

Two questions -
1) Which station is this shown in the photo?
2) Do we have any Specner's restaurant alive today on the IR network? If no, when did the last one close?

Posted by Karan Desai on 2009 Nov 13 18:55:01 +0000

Very interesting...many thanks

Posted by Milind on 2009 Nov 13 16:20:31 +0000

I wonder if the loco is actually 766 as it appears in later photos? I could not find a MSMR 4-6-0 numbered 667 in Hughes part 1..

Posted by John Lacey on 2009 Nov 13 12:59:21 +0000

Sorry for the caption, this is bradshaw 1960, not 1955

Posted by Jimmy Jose on 2009 Nov 13 12:10:35 +0000

Isnt Madura now Madurai?

Posted by Trayambak Ojha on 2009 Nov 13 07:44:08 +0000

Yes the Mettupalyam Mail is now the 2671/72-Nilagiri MAS-MTP Superfast Express

Posted by Trayambak Ojha on 2009 Nov 13 07:43:17 +0000