Odds and Ends

Date: 2003-02-22
Owner: Gallery Administrator
Size: 592 items (1153 items total)
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A functional "Crippled" OHE mast at TATA with additional support... A cost cutting initiative, it seems, by the IR!!-Dhritiman, Tatanagar, Dec 21, 2007

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A peek into the innards of the Signal Boxes.

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A poem written on the 'Deccan Queen express' by one of the daily traveller on the train,describing his affection towards the 'Queen'...the poem is in Marathi.

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This zig-zag pattern is welded on the rail head of the crossover of a very small loop line near the electric loco trip shed in Bhusaval yard.What could be its purpose?

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The leftmost relay(QPR1)is an electronic time delay relay to prevent spurious triggering of the Emergency Flasher Light during the brake releasing phase.The middle relay is QPR2 which is a repeater of QPR1 and is also linked to the QFL relay to the right

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A photo of railcum road bridge in MG at Rangia divn of NF Railways.This appears to be only bridge of this kind on Indian Railways. ()

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Ballast Cleaning Machine being set up for work. A cutter bar is left in track which is to be linked up and the chain is linked and tightened against it before work. A video is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htg8TEz7Y_Y

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What is departure time of train # 350? Three boards hung in Zahirabad station three different times. Close inspection will reveal that lowest board has today's date so probably that is the correct time. Funny.

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A Proof at Chennai Fort MRTS platform, which says that the MRTS section was supposed to be Chennai Metro Railway, but unfortunately as usual due to politics, this was later handed over to Indian Railways.

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Emergency hammer provided in AC coaches. With the wooden handle and the small head, I do not think it will be much effective in breaking the thick glass.

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EIR 22 Fariy Queen on flatbed heading towards MTJ behind a WAG-7. Ankit Bharaj.

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Other dimension of mechanics. Old scrapped material sculptured to give a new life. - Kanchrapara Workshop.

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OEPL train

A suprise find that SC has NG, a toy train in a NTR park in SC,which runs on NG and has a loco made by OEPL .It even has a junction and a loop!!!!

OEPL cab

A closer look at the OEPL toy train Cab in NTR garden SC