Next up is the big round of applause for all the attendees of al IRFCA Conventions till date. L-R - VSP, Apurva Bahadur, Jitendra Mulky, Dheeraj Sanghi, Ashish Kuvelkar while Raghu Rao was missing here but was outside (Trayambak Ojha)

Its an honor for Giri to present the memento to Dr Manning for the brilliant work he has done through ages. Not the Veshti worn by him as he's so adorably an Indian equally (Jatin Bhavsar)

Poochi also gets his share of honor to present Dr. Manning's work (Jatin Bhavsar)

Abhishek Risbud is felicitated for his unique presentation on EMU's by KK (Jatin Bhavsar)

The posters on the walls of the convention halls. These have been displayed abroad (Jatin Bhavsar)

The dignitaries of the day GM SR & DRM Salem division felicitated by Dheeraj Sanghi & Ajai Banerji (Jatin Bhavsar)

Shubhransu giving a presentation on how GOC workshop renovated the X Class locos for NMR (Jatin Bhavsar)

The Technical Brains behind the convention going online on the spot and away at twitter. L-R- Vrijilesh Rai, Gowri Sankar, Poochi Venkat (Trayambak Ojha)

Dr Ian Manning talking about his experience after Poochi took us back ages through some of the rare unseen jewels taken by him (Trayambak Ojha)

The Convention hall. Delegates and OC working hard to setup the show (Trayambak Ojha)

As per the rituals, founder members inaugurate the convention and declare it open. Honors went Ajai Banerjee and Dheeraj Sanghi (Trayambak Ojha)

Raymond starts the proceedings on behalf of the OC (Trayambak Ojha)

Abhishek Risbud starts the first session about the EMU's of Mumbai (Trayambak Ojha)

A View from one of delegate's room. This place was a total heaven (Trayambak Ojha)

The Lever Frame at Coonoor cabin.Note the descriptions for each lever above.Also note the layout diagram and instructions for the signalman. (Khalid Kagzi)