Are the mountains in the background, the daund end ?

What a fantastic picture. Many, many thanks from all of us at Pune.

Wow! This is amazing! Look at Pune now! The tracks were certainly in better condition then than they are now. Thanks so much for putting this one up, David.

sorry piyush, a careless mistakes, and rohit i like this oddity because of the buffers... the unusual shape, the oversized effect :)

The oversize buffers and the bogie make it look so crude and dispropotionate. Thank god CLW had sense to create the WAM-4 presently properly!!

Samit, WAG-1 #20710 christened Bidhan & not this one.

Satish, Yes it is indeed Champion Reef station on the Bangarapet Jn to Marikuppam BG line. I should know better because I grew up in this area and also studied in a school close to this station. This area is part of the Kolar Gold Fields and this station is named after a large reef of Gold found near this station.

David wrote: "I think this is the station called Champion on the Bangarapet Jn to Marikuppam BG line but would be very interested if anyone could confirm it."

For those who may be unfamiliar with dignitaries; 2nd from left, Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, then VP and later President of India; 3rd from left, Mrs. India Gandhi; 4th from left, Jawaharlal Nehru; 5th from left, Lal Bahadur Shastri.

Thanks for uploading the pics of the Museum in it's early days