the temple in the background creats a lovely south indian flavor to the snap...and by uploading just one snap at a time, john keeps all of us wanting for more... :)

Beautiful John! Looks like your scanning skills have improved by leaps and bounds!

my sincere request to John and Mike to give us a break for a while. Too much "sweet" at the same time is not good for health. We want "sustained" release of photos. :-)

Superb Shot!

That is because the nose is not rounded off like it is in regular WPs. The loco looks like a barrel rather than the much loved bullet like regular ones. I think even the sides are more streamlined in regular WPs.

Why do you say it is unstreamlined?

I was not far behind, in answering the puzzle, eh! Compare these pics with modern day yelehanka. Can you beleive it is the same place??

Congratulations Harsh, you are correct. It is Mysore I&S and the loco a 2' gauge 2-8-2, Kitson built in 1922.I don't think they ran a public passenger service.

I should rather say this is an Ex IR ES class loco, during the time this picure was shot. Looks like it is handling a mixed passenger. Private railways operated passengers too?

Looks like pacific ES class loco used in Bangalore-Bangarapet line. See pic here:
http://www.irfca.org/photos/RobDickinsonSteam/Slide34