Deccan Queen's 80th Birthday...

The Queen of Indian Railways is celebrating her 80th birthday today.Members are requested to upload the images from the function directly to the album instead of OL gallery. Only registered users will be able to upload the images

Date: 2010-06-01
Owner: Sachin Buddhisagar
Size: 59 items
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2123 Mumbai-Pune Deccan Queen rake get a Kalyan WCAM3 # 21932 loco link for its evening run. (Tushar Dhake)

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Kalyan WCAM3 # 21932 with 2123 Mumbai-Pune Deccan Queen ready for its Birthday Run from Mumbai to Pune (Tushar Dhake)

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A close-up meet with Kalyan WCAM3 # 21932 incharge of 2123 Deccan Queen (Tushar Dhake)

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Mumbai Gang taking pics of the Queen on her Birthday!!! (Tushar Dhake)

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Mumbai Members poses in front of the Queen (Tushar Dhake)

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Long Live the Queen!!! (Tushar Dhake)

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The Evening Birthday Celebrations at Mumbai CST for the 2123 Deccan Queen (Tushar Dhake)

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The Evening Birthday Celebrations at Mumbai CST for the 2123 Deccan Queen (Tushar Dhake)

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The Evening Birthday Celebrations at Mumbai CST for the 2123 Deccan Queen (Tushar Dhake)

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The Evening Birthday Celebrations at Mumbai CST for the 2123 Deccan Queen (Tushar Dhake)

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The Evening Birthday Celebrations at Mumbai CST for the 2123 Deccan Queen (Tushar Dhake)

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IRFCA Pune members in action while Deccan Queen departs from Pune on her 80th birthday. 2010-06-01. (Lalam)

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Ashwin Rao & Raj Bhavsar trying to capture the queen in their cameras. Pune.2010-06-01. (Lalam)

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Decorated loco of the Deccan Queen on her 80th birthday. Pune. 2010-06-01. (Lalam)

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@Karan, By saying "we IRFCAns" I hope you're not speaking on behalf of all IRFCA-ians and certainly not the regular travellers. For one, your perception of the "enthusiasm dying down" is downright rubbish - because that's not the case, and if you see...
Posted by Kharad Zarir Variyava on 2010 Jun 02 10:50:21 +0100
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@Chaitanya: The celebration on 2123 is not that much because the enthusiasm among daily travellers kinda dies down after morning celebration and tiring day at work, and we IRFCAns prefer attending one big celebration rather than having a "repeat...
Posted by Karan Desai on 2010 Jun 02 08:49:10 +0100
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@ Karan :- From past two years Mumbai members [including you] have been coming to Pune for celebration rather than covering the 2123 Celebrations fully at CSTM. There is more than enough coverage of DQ's birthday here in Pune , we need more from the...
Posted by Chaitanya Gokhale on 2010 Jun 02 05:58:13 +0100