Day one of the convention begins with just three of us on the second bus - Raghu, Shishir and myself! Here it negotiates the upper deck of the Dufferin bridge. The first bus filled with delegates took a longer and different route avoiding the narrow bridg

A WDG-4 hauled BOXN rake pulls onto the bridge as it moves towards Varanasi. One of the hundreds of boats ferrying pilgrims makes for an interesting foreground. (Pawan Koppa)

A wider view of the Shakti hauled train on the Dufferin bridge. (Pawan Koppa)

A WDG-3A Shakti hauled train pulls out of Varanasi and onto the Dufferin bridge. (Pawan Koppa)

These lovely white birds are found in plenty in the waters near the bridge and make a very pretty picture! (Pawan Koppa)

This is the maximum I could fit the massive bridge into one frame. Dufferin bridge - Varanasi. (Pawan Koppa)

As devotees on the banks of the mighty Ganges move about with their duties, a WDP-4B hauls a train towards Varanasi on the massive Dufferin bridge. (Pawan Koppa)

The first express train to reach MGS when we reached marshalling yard, seen here is SGUJ WDP4 #40024 hauled 14055 Bramhaputra Mail bound to Delhi. (Ashwin Rao)

MGS WDM2 #18267 busy with shunting duties at MGS marshalling yard. (Ashwin Rao)

An evening at ROH factory. This was the last outing on the first day of convention, we then proceed towards our venue. (Ashwin Rao)

We immediately leave for field visits, after a filling breakfast and Rakesh Joshi, Sathya Narayan and Harish Kumar are all smiles (Trayambak Ojha)

Everyone is happy seeing the workshop-From Left- Bose, Rakesh Joshi, Sathya Narayan, Harish Kumar, Sridhar Joshi, Chirag Ganguly, VSP, Avishek Basu & shooting is Raghuram (Trayambak Ojha)

And we take a breather capturing images and relaxing in a caboose. I'm accompanied by Raj Bhavsar (Trayambak Ojha)

The supervisor at the shed instructing the delegates (Trayambak Ojha)

We enter the trolley Repair shed next (Trayambak Ojha)