Interesting pic...may be dangerous during windy days.

I see it as sloppiness on the part of IR. A consistent livery gives character to a train, especially so for a train as prestigious as the Rajdhani/Shatabdi. If functionality is the measuring yardstick, then why have liveries in the first place.

Rather dramatic image, John — looking forward to the rest of your prodigious collection. :-)

i have travelled 4-5 times on first ac coach of 2809-10 hwh bomaby mail v ngp from bbvt to hwh. from my observation on RCF/ICF I AC coaches, the lhb first ac coach is not having any wash basin as provided in other I AC coaches. also the windows have been reduced from 2 for a cabin to 1 this i doubt will reduce the viewing pleasure for avid train buffs. what abt the other ammenities dustbin, cupboard, mirror are they still there or removed. i also remember that ICF/RCF I AC coaches had 2 reading lamps for the LB are they still 2 in LHB or reduced to 1 . we had night lamp and a bracket lamp in rcf coaches and a small staircase to reach ub . are they still in LHB coaches..???

thanks sydbritto for rectifing my mistake . my sincere apologies. flying reaches bct somewhere at 11 am if i am not wrong. regarding jagan's query i think its fc after all. flying has a fc attached to it

I meant to ask if coach 89077AB is a FC coach.

The coach on the right-hand side seems to have wider windows than usual; is it a FC coach?

A great picture. The picture seems as if the track ends there and is dipping into the sea. Great Shot Ranga!

I guess the IR staff go for functionality over looks - an EOG is an EOG is an EOG; never mind the livery. IR staff probably see it as an EOG car; we railfans see an EOG car in mismatched livery.

yes its deccan odyssey and i guess alok has shot photograph while crossing dadar towrds bombay central on western line. though i have spotted the same color rake a month ago below sandhurst road bridge when travelling via harbor line, the windows of the coach adjacent to generator van seems to have normal ir ac coaches windows.infact todays bommbay edition of toi carries photographs of deccan odyssey at bb vt it has very large windows. so this coach must be for staff. i guess the rake was returning to bb vt after trial runs. i guess this is the first photograph of deccan odyssey on irfca . great first for u alok..