I am not sure wether the steam engines are being stopped. It looks like they might. Reading an article by Monisha in jetwings, perhaps they would.
But there seem to be some effort to make it a world herritage transport like Darjeeling train. Hope they would suceed.
You can read her complete article in my website.
The link:http://www.kentheteaman.com/gallery/DarlingTrain

Why I captioned this foto as Old meets new is because the baby steam X-class loco, which is older than most of us meets a newer YDM 4 loco. Infact, there was a whistle blowing competion going on. When the X-class blew the whistle, YDM also blew the horn, almost simultaneously!!

This coach has 48 seats, with six cabin having eight seats each. Each cabin has a door on either side. So, no aisles and passages. No toilets too. The train stop at intermediate stations for passengers to use the toilets at the station

I see the left windows & the right windows. Then where is the aisle or passage ? In short how many seats in a row ?

Excellent pics....one of the best series of photographs on the IRFCA web-site. Great job!!

Are they getting rid of the steam locos for good????

Interesting details.
Hi Raghuram,
I have used this one and some more of your images in my website. If you have any objections please let me know - I will remove it. My URL for \"kentheteaman.com\" is - http://www.kentheteaman.com/gallery/albums.php Please take a look.
Thank you,
Regards, ken

Ooophs, clicked before I finished typing !.
Thank you very much.
Regards,
ken.

A beautifull Loco. Also notice a Gangmans Trolley in the lower right corner.

Cranes. Manual Crane lifting the Loco for repair.