The Sapthagiri livery looks really good on WAP1.It will be nice to see the MAS TPTY Sapthagiri Express being hauled by WAP1 after being hauled by WAM4 for so many years. Thanks for sharing the photographs.

Tinsukia Mail is the predecessor of the Brahmaputra Mail. Can't remember when the renaming happened. Please do post scans from your TTs.

That will place Tinsukia mail close to Brahamputra mail, going by the last 2 digits and its route somewhat. I have laid my hands on some very old TTs as well as WTTs from 60s and 70s from the two DRM offices here of NER and NR. You people will see some great scans in the coming days. This includes the MG schedules of old NER which includes trains like AT mail, etc.

Once BG reached Guwahati, the BG/MG Assam Mails were replaced with the superfast BG NE exp. By 1979, the Tinsukia Mail had been speeded-up with a bunch of halts removed - Ghaziabad, Khurja, Hathras, Firozabad, Etawah, Shikohabad, Phaphund, Fatehpur. It's departure from NDLS was shifted to around 22.30.

In 2004 I had passed this way by road from Shivpuri to Sawai Madhopur. The change in scenery once you cross the Chambal into Rajasthan was dramatic.

Sorry I saw the name Ashwin later

Who is standing in between the Bhavsar brothers?

My mistake...did not notice that the train is coming from AWY...

Lovely image Jimmy in such rough overcast weather.

History of 84/ 114 : This began as DLI - LKO Express. Was extended to BSB on 4 days via Faizabad (84) and 3 days via Sultanpur (114). Then began a series of extensions/ curtailments - Danapur, Malda Town, Mathura via Tundla (cancelled now), Bhiwani (cancelled now). For some time the train used to split at Tundla with one part going to Mathura. It was known as the Ganga Yamuna Express in those days.