Beautiful pics! Many thanks to Lars for sharing pics of the original and very colourful PoW.

Posted by Gautam on 2006 Mar 01 22:26:41 +0000

The convention was great and all the railnuts had a gala time.hope everyone makes it to chennai.

Posted by Guest on 2006 Mar 01 20:06:20 +0000

Congratulations to the organisers and participants. Looks like the 2nd convention will be unmissable!

Posted by Mohan Bhuyan on 2006 Mar 01 18:17:23 +0000

Are those YDM-beauties also being transferred? If so then where?

Posted by Bizzy Mishra on 2006 Mar 01 17:48:17 +0000

WHY??

Posted by Samar on 2006 Mar 01 15:13:03 +0000

A very well composed pic! The evening light is just right.

Posted by Rohit Mohan on 2006 Mar 01 13:06:36 +0000

Nice pic! It captures the so-called hardships we railfans undergo to get a bit of our rails in action!

Posted by Rohit Mohan on 2006 Mar 01 13:03:52 +0000

I certainly dont think the driver will be from Malda! The loco must have gone through atleast 4 crew changes from Malda till Sabramathi.

Posted by Rohit Mohan on 2006 Mar 01 12:59:49 +0000

The birds are flamingoes. The Great Rann of Kutch is a great place to sight these birds

Posted by Abhijit Lokre on 2006 Mar 01 12:19:36 +0000

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Most probably Ratlam. See http://www.irfca.org/gallery/gsarchive/new_livery_1.jpg.html. 16806 and 16820 from Ratlam too sport jazzy liveries seen at http://www.irfca.org/gallery/Locos/Diesel/100_1576.jpg.html and http://www.irfca.org/gallery/Trips/RTM/16820_BCNA.jpg.html

Posted by Abhijit Lokre on 2006 Mar 01 12:12:49 +0000