Old Bradshaw - 1955. Reverse of the above, Chikjajur-Miraj-Poona from the Southern Railway days. I have the entire Time Table up till Bangalore City. Anyone interested? I sincerely hope that these time tables will help Apurva Bahadur and gang on further explorations. Thanks to Chris Pietruski

Old time tables - Bradshaw 1931. Reverse of the above, Londa-Miraj-Pune. I have the entire Time Table up till Bangalore. Will upload if anyone is interested

Old time tables - Bradshaw 1931. I submit this for Apurva Bahadur and the Pune MG explorers. Time table of the old Poona-Miraj-Londa Metre Gauge Line, operated by Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway. Thanks to Chris Pietruski

Old time tables - Bradshaw 1931. Time table of the closed Peralam-Karaikal line. Submitting this time table for Mani Vijay! Also included in the same page is the now closed for Gauge Conversion Katpadi-Villupuram time table. Thanks to Chris Pietruski for the 76 year old Bradshaw in excellent condition

An old time table from 1931. Mayavaram-Tranquebar (Mayavaram has been renamed Mayiladuturai and Tranquebar is now Tarangambadi. Tranquebar was a Danish colony). This line is extinct for several decades. Note that there was even a rail motor in this route. Distance is marked in miles. Thanks to Chris Pietruski

An old time table of the Mayavaram-Tranquebar line from 1955. By now the rail motor had been discontinued. A new station called Poraiyar has been built just before Tranquebar. Thanks to Chris Pietruski. I hope that these old time tables would be interesting to the IRFCA community.

Old Bradshaw - 1955. The Poona-Miraj-Chikjajur time table from 1955. The line is operated by Southern Railway Now. Thanks to Chris Pietruski

An Ad of Indian Railways advertising Imperial Mail, issued by Indian Railways Bureau in the Illustrated London news in 1923. The photo of the train must be in the Bhore Ghats. I am sure this bridge can also be identified by the Pune/Bombay IRFCAians. - M.Senthil Kumar

The timing of the train of the Viceroy and his group. - M.Senthil Kumar

Timetable issued by Junagad State Railway of the special train
carrying the Viceroy and his party in 1927 - M.Senthil Kumar

Time table of the special train carrying the Prince of Wales during his visit to India in 1890. Though there are more time tables of different legs of his journey I am unable to scan them for the fear of destroying them as they are extremely brittle and even a touch could crumble the timetable. - M.Senthil Kumar

Correspondence between The Thakore Saheb of Vala and GIP railways for booking. This correspondence is interesting because of the timetable of the train which the Thakore would take from Bombay to Calcutta. The fares and the timings are given. - M.Senthil Kumar

Timetable post card printed by GIPR for a golf tournament held at Nashik in 1913. - M.Senthil Kumar

Reverse of the post card with the timetable of the trains from Bombay to Nashik and back to facilitate the travel of the Golf tournament participants. - M.Senthil Kumar

A 1923 BB&CI timetable post card giving the timings of the fast local from Colaba to Andheri. What I found unique about this Postcard was that the card was posted in the morning (postal cancellations shows 10.45AM) at ----- Road (If any of the IRFCians can help find which post office it was posted, it could be of great help) and was delivered on the same day at Bombay GPO at 1PM. - M.Senthil Kumar

BB&CI Post card with the fast local timings in 1923. - M.Senthil Kumar

Reverse of the correspondence between the Thakore and GIPR in 1943. - M Senthil Kumar

Details of the timetable of the special train carrying the Prince of Wales during his visit to India in 1890. In this scan, one could faintly notice the watermark HRH. Though the Coat of arms water mark is not visible in the scan, it is on top of HRH inscription. - M Senthil Kumar

Sri Lankan train tickets, 2002. Note that the station of origin is not printed in English. These are a 3rd class local ticket from Alutgama to Bentota (1 km) for Rs 2 (INR 1.10 at that time) and a 2nd class express ticket from Galle to Bentota (53 km) for Rs 30 (INR 16.50). This route covered the place where the tsunami struck a train two years later. From Ajai Banerji.

History repeats itself. Today Kolkata Metro bound to issue a BOARD TICKET !!! at the Belgachia Metro Station a few moments back because of a complete system failure. Perhaps most rare events since October 24, 1984. - M Senthil Kumar

First Class Rail Motor fares in Hindi/Devnagiri script between Kalka and Simla shortly after the Republic of India adopted the new Indian Rupee with 100 paise instead of 64 in 1957. - M Senthil Kumar

Fare table from North Eastern Railway timetable in early Nineteen Sixties showing distance in miles as well as fares of third class. - M Senthil Kumar

A MSMR button worn by MSMR regiment officers. - M Senthil Kumar

Postal Cancellation on a Post Card. This is the first time I have come across an important event postal cancellation on a Post Card. Normally it is on a FDC or a special cover. This cancellation is for the inaugural run of the Singareni Express on 2nd September 1976. The cancellation is of Bellampalli post office. M Senthil Kumar

A North Western Railway lapel pin issued sometime in the early 1900's. I presume this was worn by the railway staff of the NWR. M Senthil Kumar

Another J R Gaunt & Sons London manufactured badge for the NWR. This has the NWR engraved below the royal crown. Manufactured in 1908. M Senthil Kumar

A North Western Railway button with the NWR logo engraved on the button. I have a big button as well as a small button of NWR. Again picked up from England. The amount of old IR memorabilia one can get in England is amazing. I guess it is because of the penchant amongst the English for preservation. M Senthil Kumar