A peek inside Bangladesh Railway

A peek inside Bangladesh Railway - Pictures by Najmul Islam.

Date: 2008-11-13
Owner: Gallery Administrator
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ALCO made at Schenectady plant, USA made Loco are mostly seen with BR's BG track. 6000 series and 6100 series (MLW, Canada) are of same design, Bangladesh Railway. (Najmul Islam)

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MLW-Bombardier, Canada made BG loco with Goods (oil Tanker rake), now sleeping, Bangladesh Railway. (Najmul Islam)

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A View of BR pasenger ticket. (Najmul Islam)

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Shuttle train "Turag" between Dhaka - Tongi is being hauled by DLW made MG (Dual Cab) loco (YDM - 4 Class). There are 10 of them in Bangladesh. (Najmul Islam)

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An MG Intercity train hauled by Korean made loco crossing us at Tongi station, in Bangladesh. (Najmul Islam)

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MG yellow Oil tankers, Chinese made on DG track, going to Chittagong from Parbatipur, Dinajpur (Bangladesh). (Najmul Islam)

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DLW made WDM2 Loco hauling Sundarban Express before crossing Jamuna Bridge, in Bangladesh. Undercarriage of rakes are checked before passing Jamuna Bridge. The Loco master is seen in front of the loco. (Najmul Islam)

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A Freight wagon of BR, mentioned fit to cross Jamuna Bridge. (Najmul Islam)

Lalmoni Express

The MG Lalmonirhat-Dhaka Lalmoni Express makes good use of the Dual Gauge track. This snap is to give an idea of how BG Silk City and MG Lalmoni Expresses can roll on the same track. ()

Complicated Maths and a teacher

Complicated! Dual Gauge double line turns to Dhaka towards left and the Broad Gauge double line turns right towards Kolkata. The pure BG line to Kolkata was the pre-independence route of Darjeeling Mail. Najmul (on picture), the Bangla railfan guided me t

Going to Siliguri via Haldibari

This is how the Dual Gauge line from Dhaka intruded into the Pre-Independence BG Double Track Mainline between Kolkata and Siliguri. Now, this line can accommodate MG traffic straightaway from Chittagong port. ()

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Iswordi based WDM-2#6409 of BR pulls into Iswardi Bypass station with Dhaka bound Silk City Express. Najmul and myself had a great railfanning day over there. (Anamitra)

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It's my first conversation with a WDM-3A of Bangladesh Railway(#6411). The loco was in charge of Sundarban Provati Express which I took to Bheramara, i.e. on the southern bank of River Padma. Joydebpur Jn (21/12/2008) (Anamitra)

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YD (class-5) Meter Gauge Loco plinthed outside Bangladesh Railway's Rail Bhawan in Dhaka. This loco has been decommissioned in 1952.(22/12/2008) (Anamitra)

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WDM-3A#6412 of Bangladesh Railway is getting ready to haul 3110-Maitree Express from Dhaka Cantt. to Kolkata. The rake is the ER SDAH Divn one. This train later overtook BR's Sundarban Express bound to Khulna. Bangla railfan Najmul was behind the camera.

Comments
Najmul, thanks for providing us a rare glimpse of BR. Looking forward to more pictures, particularly of the Jamuna Bridge.
Posted by Manish on 2008 Nov 17 16:58:37 +0000