There are numerous examples of "identity crisis" such as Washermanpet/Washermenpet where the two varieties have a few signboards each. Then there is old Kanchipuram station where one board reads "Kanchipuram East". And there is the mysterious Sanvordem Curchorem where the timetable and the board differ greatly.

Posted by Ajai Banerji on 2006 Jul 18 17:19:38 +0000

This is what is meant by "gone to the dogs"
The name of this is station is a mystery-even the Great Indian Railway Atlas doesn't cover it.

Posted by Ajai Banerji on 2006 Jul 18 17:13:43 +0000

Unique in India perhaps, but there are a couple of places such as Belonia and Hili where the town is in India and the station is in Bangladesh.

Posted by Ajai Banerji on 2006 Jul 18 17:04:39 +0000

Some years ago, this island had no road connection with the mainland and the only way to get there was by train or boat.

Posted by Ajai Banerji on 2006 Jul 18 16:49:18 +0000

Indeed, the escalators at New Delhi were inaugurated with great publicity by the then Railway Minister R.V. Paswan sometime in the late 90s. They don't seem to work most of the time

Posted by Ajai Banerji on 2006 Jul 18 16:45:35 +0000

I can see wiring...has the catenary reached till here.

Posted by Samar on 2006 Jul 18 07:54:21 +0000

I really like your photos. You are doing a great job with the S2.

Posted by Rohit Mohan on 2006 Jul 17 19:35:57 +0000

Good observation. It is indeed a jumbo

Posted by Abhijit Lokre on 2006 Jul 17 09:05:21 +0000

good train this is!! before it was extended from SRE to CDG, there wasn't any direct connection between LKO and CDG.

Posted by Aseem Johri on 2006 Jul 17 08:26:55 +0000

many thanks for sharing photos of that region. Wish I was there at that time, and we could have done spotting together. If possible try Laksar Jn (LRJ) the next time. Being a Jn, you'd get to see far more trains. At RKE, you miss out on those going from DDN to LKO, but get to see those taking LRJ avoiding line.

Posted by Aseem Johri on 2006 Jul 17 05:56:48 +0000