Wankaner / Morbi in 1997 and in 1999

By Lars-Åke Holst

Date: 2006-04-19
Owner: Gallery Administrator
Size: 45 items
Bridge.jpg

Northbound train is passing the bridge just outside Wankaner. The bridge is here under reconstruction for the planned conversion to broad-gauge. 1999-10-24.

Wankaner boys.jpg

Two small boys is standing beside YG 3261 at the Wankaner yard in the morning 1999-10-29.

Morbi 4.jpg

Nice picture with 3 MG locos under steam at Morbi Jcn.

Nazarbagh.jpg

Southbound Fast Pass 413 behind YG 3360 is taking on board passenger at Nazarbagh station 1999-10-26.

Morbi 2.jpg

Another picture opf YG 3360 waiting with a 3-coach passenger train on track 2 at Morbi 1999-10-26.

Morbi 3.jpg

YG 3360 is waiting for departure from Morbi while children is collecting coal between the rails on track No 1.

Morbi 5.jpg

Dangerous playground for a little girl on the tracks behind YP 2825 at Morbi station 1999-10-26.

Morbi 1.jpg

YG 3360 arrived Morbi late evening 1999-10-23 from Maliya Miyana and is waiting for departure next morning with a short passenger train to Wankaner.

Makansar 2.jpg

YG 4369 coming in on a side track in Makansar for the meeting with northbound YP 2825 1997-10-27.

YG 4369-2.jpg

YG 4369 is on its way again south to Wankaner and in the background YP 2825 with its train heading north for Morbi.

Makansar 1.jpg

In the morning 1997-10-27 YP 2825 has just arrived Makansar station waiting for a meeting with a southbound train. The train crew is waiting outside the steamloco.

Makansar 3.jpg

YP 2825 is waiting with northbound train Fast Pass 416 when YG 4369 arrives from north with train Fast Pass 413 bound for Wankaner Jct 1997-10-27.

YP 2233.jpg

YP 2233 arrive Wankaner just before sunset 1999-04-02. I n front on the buffer a man rest with his saltbags after a days work at the salt fields at Navlakhi 1999-04-02.

YG 4159.jpg

YG 4159 outside the sehd in Wankaner with YG 4138 behind, just arrived with a train from Morvi 1997-04-02.

Wankaner 14.jpg

A friend of mine, even if he could not speak a singel word in english. I met him the first time in Sabarmati-Ahmadabad 1996-97 and he was then transferred to Wankaner there I saw him again 1999. His name is C Dwaiswamy and I wonder where he is today, anyo