Indian Railways Reports
by various contributors
About these reports
A majority of these reports have been selected from posts sent to the erstwhile IRFCA mailing list between 1999 and 2010. As the mailing list archives are progressively restored, more will be selected and presented here. If contemporary reports are of interest to you, please join the IRFCA Forums.
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Reports [sorted by author]
Abhijit Lokre
- Ahmedabad station [2004-10-22]
- Ahmedabad to Jalgaon and more [2004-12-06]
- Ahmedabad evening action [2005-02-02]
- Allahabad [2005-02-18]
- Bangalore [2005-04-18]
- Nagpur [2005-05-03]
- Mumbai [2005-08-01]
- UP Blues [2005-12-01]
Abhishek Gopal
- Waitlisted for 26 hours! Bilaspur-Nizamuddin by Gondwana Exp. [2008-08-28]
- An Evening Parikrama [2010-07-12]
Abhishek Tamhankar
- Trip Report : Kankavli To Kalyan by 2617 [2009-03-28]
- Visit to Sainagar [2010-04-17]
- Kalyan to Shegaon and back [2010-09-25]
Adurty Venkatagiri
Ajai Banerji
Ajit Rao
Akshay Marathe
Alok Patel
- Nagpur - Howrah - Nagpur: Observations [2003-11-29]
- Nagpur - Allhabad [2004-02-23]
- Diamond Crossing [2004-11-29]
- WAG-9 Stalling [2005-10-16]
- Train and truck crash [2005-11-17]
- WAP4 stalls with 23 coach train! Big blow to electrics! [2008-03-23]
- Ode to Sewagram and the Song of the Geetanjali [2006-07-06]
Amarjit Sandhu
Anamitra Ghatak
Anand Krishnan
Anirban Mukherji
Apurva Bahadur
- Visit to Daund [1998-07-19]
- Wankaner [1999-01-09]
- Goa [2000-11-10]
- Chennai [2001-07-04]
- Goa [2001-12-04]
- Mumbai [2002-04-08]
- Jodhpur [2002-07-10]
- Goa [2002-11-01/13]
- John Lacey in Pune [2000-12-25]
- Wathar [2003-01-14]
- Reversing Station [2004-02-15]
- "Tree" trek at Monkey Hill [2004-03-06]
- Nagpur trip - By road! [2004-05-09]
- Kamshet revisited [2005-01-15]
- Dhulghat Spiral [2008-08-30]
- Midsummer day's dream - the tale of two viaducts [2009-04-30]
- Raj in the Jungle and other stories - more Konkan viaducts, rivers and a waterfall. [2009-08-29]
- Quick trip to Hyderabad by 0163 Shatabdi Special and 7014 Hyderabad Pune express [2010-04-11]
Aravind
Arnab Acharya
- Kolar Railbus [2002-02]
- Howrah-BBSR Trip [2002-07-27]
- BBSR-HWH [2002-07-29]
- 8003 Trip No. 1 [2002-08-23]
- 8003 Trip No. 2 [2003-01-29]
- 8003 Trip No. 3 [2003-02-07]
- 20 years on Up Darjeeling Mail [2003-03-20]
- 20 years on Down Darjeeling Mail [2003-05-18]
- Rangapani [2003-06-13]
- Chennai-Howrah [2004-02-09]
- Gangarampur [2004-06-24]
Ashish Gupta
Ashish Kuvelkar
- Trek to Monkey Hill [2004-04-17]
- Pune-Madgaon-Thane-Pune Round Trip [2009-03-03]
- Tunnel to Tunnel Trek [2009-02-21]
Aswin Kumar
Avimanyu Pyne
Balachander Ganesh
Bharath Moro
- Short Trip to Bangalore [2003-12-02]
- More shoulder (and bottom) rubbing [2004-09-15]
- Bombay Trip [2004-09]
- I want an ice-cream [2005-03-20]
- Delhi Journal [2005-04-16]
- Open For Light [2005-06-28]
- Over The Hills And Far Away [2007-02-05]
- Long Way Around [2007-11-21]
Bharath Narayanan
Bharat Vohra
- Riding the LHB [2004-01-05]
- Baroda NG Explorer trip report [2004-09-17]
- Agra Fort MG Explorer Trip Report [2004-10-18]
- RCF Visit Report [2004-11-11]
- Mumbai Suburban [2004-12-16]
- Saurashtra Explorer [2004-12]
- Satpura NG Explorer [2005-02-18]
- To Purna on the Meenakshi [2005-04-05]
- Kangra Valley Weekender [2005-06-25]
- Chasing the last of Southern Metric Wonders [2006-07-14]
- Northward Ho! [2006-05-01]
- The Lines that United the Provinces [2008-09-26]
- Diarrhea, Dunes & Dual Gauging [2010-01-12]
Binai Sankar
Chamaraj Rao
Dave Craik
David Pravin
Gautam Parthasarathy
Hariharan Subrahmanyan
- Metre Gauge Journeys Part II: Vaigai Express [2003-09-04]
- Kurla - Salem [2003-09-07]
- Metre Gauge Journeys Part III: Pandyan Express [2003-09-13]
Herambh Patankar
Ian Manning
- Ian Manning on the Indian Railways: 1965-1969
- Three Rides on the Vijayawada to Guntakal Section
- Nandyal to Kadapa [2023-02-02]
I.S. Anand
Jagadheep D
Jagan Mohan
Jason Antony
Jay Balakrishna
J.F. Andrist
Jimmy Jose
- Extinct Train: the Coimbatore Shatabdi [2003-10-20]
- Cochin Harbour Terminus [2003-12-24]
- Intercities in Kerala [2003-12-24]
- Vanchinad Express [2005-09-28]
- Nilambur Trip Report [2005-10-25]
Jitendra Mulky
- Journeys to the land of my ancestors [1998-12-11]
- Kal Aaj Aur Kal - Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow [2009-10-15]
- Journeys to the lands of my ancestors (Continuation) [2010-04-13]
John Lacey
- 1983 India trip [2001-04-13]
- 2000/2001 India trip [2001-11-16]
- Various trips [2003-12]
- DHR Reflections [1980]
Karan Desai
- Awesome Threesome: North India Trip Report [2008-12-08]
- Doodhsagar: Monsoon... Magic... Mystery [2008-09-20]
- Exploring the Harbour Line [2009-03-06]
- Bharuch-Borivali by 2934 Karnavati Exp [2009-02-23]
- Borivali-Ankleshwar by 9011 Gujarat Express [2009-02-23]
- When a Failed MRVC Rake almost messed up my exam! [2009-05-07]
- "Bangalored!" : BNC 2009 Trip Report [2009-01-24]
- Trips Reports from Summer of 2010 [2010-07-01]
- Yeh Yatra Puri Kab Hogi? [2010-07-01]
- Route Diverted in Gujarat [2010-07-01]
Karthik M.V.
- Yelahanka [2002-09-19]
- Tamil Nadu MG Trip Report [2003-09-07]
- Journey By 'Heritage Special' [2002-08-24]
- Jolarpettai trip by Sangamitra Express [2002-09-15]
- Thondebhavi Trip Report [2001-11-02]
- Yeshwantpur-Howrah Exp. [2001-11-25]
- Joyful Rail journeys [2002-04-12]
- Hubli Jan Shatabdi [2002-11-25]
- Wheel and Axle Plant [2002-09-19]
- Visit To Puttaparthi [2002-08-30]
- IRFCA Bangalore Chapter [2001-10-14]
- My Madras Trip [2002-01-03]
- Sangamitra Trip [2004-04-13]
Karthik Nagarajan & Raymond Arogyasamy
Ken Staynor
K.K. Subramaniam
- Various reports [2000/2001]
- Guruvayoor [2001-11-17]
- Madras Coimbatore Trip Report [2002-05-07]
- Mysore Steam Run [2004-06]
Lakshman T.
- Begumpet [2002-01-06]
- Shirdi [2002-01-29]
- 150th Anniversary Celebrations Report, Secunderabad [2002-01-29]
- TPTY trip [2004-07]
- MMTS report [2003-08-10]
- CLW Trip Report [2004-11-03]
Maheedhar
Mani Vijay (Vijay Balasubramaniam)
- Bombay to Bushaval [1990-06-06]
- Konkan Railway [2000-01-25]
- Nellai Express [2000-01-28]
- Coromandel Trip [2000-02-10]
- Bokaro Shatabdi [2000-07-12]
- Asansol Shed Visit [2000-07-12]
- Tamil Nadu Express [2000-12-12]
- Jaipur Shatabdi [2001-01-30]
Manish
- All in a Day's Work: Mini-Convention at Bangalore [2009-12-06]
- Coconut Trees and Kozhikkode Halwa : Malabar Trip Report [2008-10-13]
- Bus, Beer and Bytrayanahalli [2009-02-07]
Mayur Shinde
Mick Pope
- A Virgin in India [1979-12-28]
- A Tale of Two Systems [2006-11-18]
- The Great Circular Indian Railway Challenge [2011-02-17]
Milan Chatterjee
Mohan Bhuyan
- MG in MP [2001-12-14]
- Indo-Burma [2002-04-06]
- Chandigarh [2002-06-26]
- Guwahati [2002-07-22]
- Tezpur [2002-07-31]
- Okhla [2002-09-13]
- Kangra [2002-10-16]
- Delhi Ring Railway [2003-03-06]
- Chennai by the Grand Trunk [2003-03-08]
- Ludhiana [2003-04-06]
- New Delhi [2003-04-16]
- Badarpur - Lumding [2004-01-10]
- Non Stop to Bangalore-KSK Trip Report [2004-06-10]
- Farukhnagar Trip Report [2004-08-06]
- By MG to Udaipur, and in Style! [2004-10-12]
- Across the Aravallis [2004-10]
- Where the hell is Jhajha? [2005-01-20]
- Satpura Surprises [2005-03-17]
- Fish Eyed Goddess [2005-04-05]
- Rubbing Shoulders (and Bottoms) [2005-04-05]
- Kangra Kapers [2005-07-03]
- A Long Ride to Half Way [2005-10-10]
- Golden Rock and Gopuram Roll [2006-05-31]
- Slow Train to Saurashtra [2006-10-02]
- Upper Class to Sheopur Kalan [2009-03-28]
- MGing on BG [2009-08-01]
- It's a Long Way to Tipperah [2010-03-01]
Naren Damodaran
- Trip to Smoker's Paradise [2004-04-11]
- Railfanning at SBC/YPR [2004-04-20]
- Trip Report to Makalidurga [2004-05-24]
- Sunday Jam Trip Report [2004-06-01]
- SBC-BZA-UBL-SBC Trip Report [2004-05-05]
- Bangalore Railfanning [2004-08-08]
N. Gurumoorthy
Naveen Jain
Pavan Kumar
Phil Wormald
Poochi Venkat
- Accident [2002-10-26]
- Chennai [2002-10-26]
- Egmore [2002-10-29]
- Katpadi [2002-11-26]
- Bangalore [2002-12-18]
- Comedy [2003-01-08]
- Explorer [2003-01-27]
- Egmore [2003-04-22]
- Basin Bridge [2003-05-30]
- Erode express [2003-07-02]
- WAP-4 usurps Pallavan/Vaigai [2003-12-17]
Pravin
P.V.S. Praveen Kumar
- Guntakal - Pakala [2002-09-06]
- Guntakal Shed Visit [2002-09-17]
- Guntakal - Vijayawada [2002-10-27]
- GTL WDM-2 #16200 at NDLS; Accident near Bellary [2002-11-07]
- Guntakal - Hospet [2002-11-19]
- Ranjithpura - On Board the DRM Special [2002-11-29]
- Guntakal - Kolkata [2002-12-09/14]
- IR Exlporer Trip Dec 2003 : Quilon [2002-10-21]
- Monkey Hill Trek [2004-04-17]
- Managuru trip [2004-06]
Rabibrata
Rajarshi Banerjee
Rajendra Aklekar
Ramesh Krishna Murthy
Ranganath Eunny
- The Bull Run [2005-03-06]
- Chennai [2004-05]
- The Day Crows Didn't Fly [2007-12-22]
- A Pentastic Birthday Party! [2009-07-25]
Ravi Subramanian
Roopesh Kohad
Roy Laverick
R. Venkatesh
- Kolahpur - CSTM [2003-11-25]
- Mumbai-Chennai by 6011 [2001-04-02]
- All India Trip [2002-02-14]
- Agra [2002-05-31]
R. Sivaramakrishnan
- Metric Musings [1960s & 1970s]
- The Shahdara(Delhi) - Saharanpur Light Railway [1968-06]
- Bhavnagar Terminus - Mahuva (NG 109km) [1975-05-02]
- Mail Musings [2007-08-30]
Sagar Tipnis
Samit Roychoudhury
- Secunderabad Trip [2002-07-26]
- Trip to Bolpur [2002-09-07]
- Round Trip [2002-10-10]
- Shantipur-Nabadwip Ghat NG section [2004-07-24]
- Udaipur Trip Report [2004-09-21]
- Gomoh shed and CLW Trip Report [2004-11-12]
Sandeep Mohan
Sarosh Mehta
Saurab Basu
- Shantipur to Nabadwip Ghat NG trip [2004-11-20]
- Digha Trip Report [2005-01-16]
- Ahmadpur - Katwa NG Trip [2005-01-16]
- Howrah-Santragachi-Amta [2005-02-20]
- Moving on to the Future [2005-05-01]
- Dooars Beckons [2005-06-10]
- Hat trick Trip to Digha [2005-08-04]
- Wandering Amidst NG Paradise [2005-10-02]
- In the Land of the Work Horses! [2005-10-16]
- Chittaranjan Locomotive Works [2005-11-24]
- Howrah-Bardhhaman-Khana Jn. [2005-12-25]
- Sealdah and Beliaghata Diesel Loco Shed [2006-01-15]
- The First IRFCA Eastern Region Meet [2006-02-18]
- The Del'hi'cious Fusion [2006-03-24]
Shashanka Nanda
- Bangalore [2000-01]
- Hyderabad [2001-10-20]
- Hyderabad [2001-11-18]
- Hyderabad [2001-12-01]
- Various reports [2002-01]
- A Day In The Life Of.... [2002-04-29]
- HYB Loco Trip Shed [2002-05-18]
- Trips to NLR and SBC [2002-05-29]
- The Day 2951 climbed the Thull Ghat [2002-06]
- Trip to Bangalore and Mangalore [2002-06-17]
- South India Darshan [2002-09-09]
- Pune Trip [2002-11-25]
- NDLS-NLR on the GT [2004-01-31]
- Himalayan Adventure [1997-10]
- Notes from SC/HYB [2004-05-04]
- HYB-CSTM-HYB by Volvo & 7001! [2004-05-10]
- Railfanning weekend in HYB [2004-06-07]
- Romancing the Branches [2004-06-18]
- Lallaguda Loco Shed [2004-07]
- Riding the Rajdhanis [2004-07]
- Lingampalli Trip Report [2004-08]
- Observations from my Solapur trip [2004-10-18]
- Adventure in the dark [2004-10-26]
- The Land of Diesel Gods [2004-10-30]
- Delhi Trip Notes [2005-03-23]
- Growing up with trains in Delhi [2005-05-06]
- Going Underground [2005-07-04]
- Vindhyan adventure [2005-08-20]
- Tale of 3 Shatabdis [2005-10-09]
- Butter Chicken in Firozpur [2005-18-14]
- Kanpur Kapers [2005-11-19]
- This morning [2005-12-01]
Shikhar Parjan
- Hindi Heartland Travels [2004-05]
- NDA Special [2004-05]
- Trip report to Asaoti [2006-09-19]
- From India's seas to her Capital [2009-07-25]
- Blissful Beyond Ballabhgarh [2009-07-18]
- When Once is not enough : A journey from SZM-SNP-SZM-KHKN [2011-03-01]
- Exploring Dara Pass [2011-03-01]
- A Journey Through Central India [2011-02-02]
Shirish Paranjape
Dr. Shirish Yande
Shyam A.R.
Sivaram H.
S Kandan
S. Kumar
Sridhar Joshi
- Eyes Wide Open [2005-07-04]
- Where Are The Raindrops! [2005-07-13]
- Ukshi... Kya Kushi!!! [2005-07-20]
- Mere Sapnon Ki Rani.... [2005-10-01]
Sridhar Shankar
Srikanth
S.V. Sriram
Srinivas Joshi
Tim Wakeman
Vaibhav Sarin
- Lucknow - Benares [2002-07-18]
- Satpura [2003-01-09]
- Fast Track Trip [2004-03]
- Dehradun Shatabdi Trip [2004-07]
Vasudev Kamath
Vikas Chander
Vikas Singh
- Shimla [2003-11-09]
- Barog Trip [2004-04-09]
- Dhaulpur NG trip [2004-04-13]
- Gwalior NG Trip [2004-04-13]
- Khangra Valley Railway NG Trip [2004-05-29]
- Jabalpur-Balaghat NG trip [2004-06-14]
- Nainpur-Mandla Fort NG trip [2004-06-14]
- Jaynagar-Janakpur NG trip [2004-06-30]
- Barddhaman-Ahmadpur NG trip [2004-07-03]
- Nabadwip Ghat - Shantipur Ng trip [2004-07-04]
- Farukhnagar trip [2004-08-14]
- Murtijapur-Yavatmal NG trip [2004-10-18]
- Gujrat NG trip [2004-11-09]
- Pulgaon-Arvi NG trip [2005-02-21]
- Nagpur-Jabalpur NG trip [2005-12-21]
- Steam on Three Gauges [2006-08]
- Tindharia Workshop [2006-08]
- Tea, Train, and Timber [2006]
- Heritage Steam on Three Gauges [2006]
- Kishanganj Trip [2006-08-24]
- Saraiya Sugar Mills [2006]
- Solani Aqueduct [2006]
- Nadiad Bhadran NG trip [2007] *new*
- Neral Matheran trip [2007] *new*
- Raipur Rajim NG trip [2007] *new*
Vikram
Viraf Mulla
Vivek Manvi
- Reliving the past [1997]
- Vadodara Trip [2004-06]
- Borivali Halt [2004-08]
- Surat Trip [2004-08]
- North India [2004-12-24]
- Dadar-Bhusaval [2005-06-04]
- Goa Trip [2005-06-18]
- Udaipur Odyssey [2005-11-15]