My guess is that this loco has overshot the semaphore signal at danger and come to grief in the de-railment dead end pit.

Posted by S. Srinivas on 2012 Apr 23 13:17:27 +0000

Yes. This, indeed, is S. It has a sharp curved platform with Cavery river bridge on both sides - S is an island with the river Cavery splitting into two branches and the joining again as one at a point called "Sangama".

It is a real challenge to build the second BG line (doubling) with a sharper curve.

Posted by S. Srinivas on 2012 Apr 23 13:11:07 +0000

This is a BG loco. The Boat Mail in that era must have been MG.

Posted by S. Srinivas on 2012 Apr 23 13:00:30 +0000

Is this today's Shrirangapattana (with a rare single letter station code - 'S')?

Posted by Apurva Bahadur on 2012 Apr 23 08:56:12 +0000

Why did Royapuram platform have such high walls? Do these walls survive even today? How is this view shot (which is the high vantage point in the area) and which side the harbour?

Posted by Apurva Bahadur on 2012 Apr 23 08:52:42 +0000

This is the Boat Mail accident of 1928. I dont remember the exact date. There is a chapter on this accident in the book "Southern Railways, 150 Glorious years" by Sri. R.R Bhandari

Posted by Jimmy Jose on 2012 Apr 23 03:43:08 +0000

lovely pic!!

Posted by Bhaveen Patel on 2012 Apr 22 03:56:36 +0000

Apurva is right - this train is headed towards Pune. I assumed from the barrenness (see next picture) that the train is headed away from Pune City!

Posted by Harsh Vardhan on 2012 Apr 21 00:02:42 +0000

Many thanks, Harsh, for this super album.
Images of a time long gone. It is good that someone took to trouble to take pictures of such scenes.

Posted by David Churchill on 2012 Apr 19 08:39:17 +0000

Fantastic!! This is not just an Album, It is a collection of Memories!! Thanks for Sharing!

Posted by Adithya V on 2012 Apr 19 08:13:57 +0000