Heritage and History

Date: 2003-02-25
Owner: Gallery Administrator
Size: 368 items (2280 items total)
3TierClass

Recently I got few photos of GIP railway from official sources. This is 3 tier 3rd class compartment of GIP railway (all wooden coach with seat along the track like side berth). (Rajendra Saxena)

View of Lansdowne Bridge
Girderwork detail of Lansdowne Bridge
Diagram for Lansdowne Bridge
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The `night soil' carrying train on the streets of Jodhpur. Picture from `Railways of the Raj' by Michael Satow and Ray Desmond. (Harsh Vardhan)

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The foot over-bridge at Akola bears the maker's plate of Geo.Gahagan & Co. This Victorian company has also made the foot overbridge at Surat. No other details of this company is available on the internet (except bits from the IRFCA website). [url=http

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WCG-2 6P #20108 ex Kalyan now plinthed at the Loco Park at Chittaranjan Locomotive Works, WB, 2008-06-20 (Samit Roychoudhury)

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WAM-4 6P #20484 ex Bhusawal now plinthed at the Loco Park at Chittaranjan Locomotive Works, WB, 2008-06-20 (Samit Roychoudhury)

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BIship Behar(1), unloading steam locomotive bogie tenders onto barges. This ship, built in 1928 and destroyed by a mine in November 1940, commonly ran to India. Can someone positively identify the port in the picture. Photo provided by Ben Carver. (Harsh

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near madras central: grand trunk express.taken march 1986.foto by weggi

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Erstwhile Solapur MG terminus station, lying in total ruins. Wih no person in sight and absolute fatigue due to journey, couldn't get more details on the status/fate of the place. Pic by Giridhar

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vijayawada loco shed:electric and diesel.taken february 1986.foto by weggi.

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GOLDEN BRIDGE on Narmada -It is Narmada bridge constructed originally as Railway bridge on 16 may 1881 ( work started on 7th dec 1877).It has 25 span of 57.15m each.It was originally Railway Bridge, Later it is handed over to Gujrat govt., now it is used

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Ajmeri Gate side circulating area of New Delhi Station.

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The Old Yamuna Bridge gets commissioned. Here 5 steam engines move together for a load test.