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| India_Arkonam_engine_shed_WG_10093 Two Southern Railway BG products of Indian Railways' Chittaranjan Locomotive Works gently sizzle in the rain at Arkonam engine shed: 2-8-2 WG 10093 (CLW 1962) and 4-6-2 WP1 7672 (CLW 1966); 24.11.1979. Roger Griffiths roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
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India_BG_WG & bullocks Patna
Indian Railway steam power, bullock power and manpower! The distant Eastern Railway WG is shunting wagons full of ballast and aggregate, which will be taken away to work sites by bullock cart or by a man in the shafts of a barrow; simple, effective and cheap! Patna 7 December 1979
Photo and scan Roger Griffiths; roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
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India_BG_WG 10113 & 8452 Vadodara
A close-up view of a pair of WG 2-8-2 at Vadodara depot 14 December 1979. They were Nos. (l-r) 10113 and 8452
Photo and scan Roger Griffiths; roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
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India_BG_WG 8084 Futwah
7 December 1979 and Eastern Railway 2-8-2 WG 8084 accelerates sharply away from Futwah with Train T429 a stopping passenger service from Mokama to Patna. As always in India, the presence of someone toting a camera caused immense interest and sometimes the crowd got a little difficult to work with! That happened on this occasion, so refuge was sought in Futwah West Signal Box, much to the chagrin of the spectators!
Photo and scan Roger Griffiths; roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
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India_BG_WG 8408 Gwalior
Stand-off at Gwalior on 10 December 1979 as the “iron horse” meets a flesh and blood cow! Central Railway 2-8-2 WG 8408 had to stop short in the platform with its passenger train from Delhi, because the cow refused to be moved! Cows are the subject of worship in India so it was not until the animal was gently coaxed to walk away that the train was able to proceed.
Photo and scan Roger Griffiths; roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
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India_BG_WG 8454, 101113, 8452
A nice line-up of Class WG 2-8-2, at the Western Railway’s depot at Vadodara, formerly Baroda. The three closest locos were, left to right: Nos. 8454, 10113 and 8452.
Photo and scan Roger Griffiths; roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
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India_BG_WG 8706 Mughal Serai
An incredibly pink sunset at Mughal Serai nicely silhouettes the semaphore signals and 2-8-2 WG 8706, simmering at the Eastern Railway’s locomotive servicing point. 8 December 1979.
Photo and scan Roger Griffiths; roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
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India_BG_WG 9015 Bajuda
Western Railway 2-8-2 WG 9015 passes Bajuda on 14 December 1979, with Train 103, a stopping passenger from Vadodara to Kathana. Note the two old locomotive tenders in the formation; they are filled with water and will be dropped off at stations where there are problems with water supply.
Photo and scan Roger Griffiths; roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
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India_BG_WG 9947 Madras Perambur
Wearing passenger livery, South Central Railway WG 9947 has just completed an overhaul at Perambur Works, Madras and is under final testing before being returned to her home depot. 1 December 1979
Photo and scan Roger Griffiths; roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
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India_BG_WG Patna Jct shed
7 December 1979 and more cheap labour at Patna Junction’s small locomotive depot, where a pair of typically dirty Eastern Railway WG have dropped ashes, which are now being cleared and sorted by male and female labourers. Notice the young girl at left; our guide says she was 15 years old and that is her baby sitting on the ground beside her!
Photo and scan Roger Griffiths; roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
| Eastern Railway Bandel engine shed 2-8-2 WG 10447 (Chittaranjan 1967) simmers while waiting for its next duty. Joining it is 2-8-2 CWD 12262 (Canadian Locomotive Company 2242/1945). The tower building at left, with ornamental archway housed the depot's lifting gear; 2.12.1979. Roger Griffiths roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
| Southern Railway, Bangalore Cantonment BG engine shed's 80-foot diameter turntable has room to spare as it rotates almost 200 tons of 2-8-2 WG 9981 (Chittaranjan 1962); 29.11.1979. Roger Griffiths roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
| India_Cuddapah Between Guntakal and Madras, at Cuddapah, Southern Railway BG 2-8-2 WG 10395 (Chittaranjan 1965) passes with T93 Renigunta-Raichur passenger; 24.11.1979. Roger Griffiths roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
| India: Delhi Junction No.1: Double-track broad gauge (BG) and metre gauge (MG) lines entered Delhi Junction station from the west. The BG was used by Indian Railways' Northern Railway while the MG was shared by the Northern and Western Railways. Just outside the station BG and MG lines diverged south to enter New Delhi station. Each weekday morning there was a 95% steam-hauled, “rush hour” of commuter and long-distance trains, on both gauges, with a large number of movements to be seen in just a few hours. Add to this the use of the railway tracks as footpaths by the local population and you had a very interesting scene. These photos were taken on the morning of Tuesday, 11 December, 1979; nowadays, all lines are broad gauge and overhead electrified. The rising sun is just beginning to break through the thick haze hanging over Delhi, as BG 2-8-2 WG 9973 arrives with a commuter train from Khurja Junction. Colour slide and scan by Roger Griffiths; roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
| India_Dhaulpur_northbound_freight_WG_8728 Central Railway Dhaulpur station; BG 2-8-2 WG 8728 (Chittaranjan 1955) heads a northbound freight; 9.12.1979. Roger Griffiths roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
| India_Gwalior_WG_9379 Central Railway Gwalior BG station; a North bound parcels train departs behind 2-8-2 WG 9379 (Chittaranjan 1956); 10.12.1979. Roger Griffiths roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
| India_Gwalior_four_WG Central Railway Gwalior BG station, with four Class WG 2-8-2, Nos. 9379, 9619, 8145, 9134 (Chittaranjan 1956, 1958, 1959 and Baldwin 76073/1955 respectively); 10.12.1979. Roger Griffiths roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
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India_WG_9850 Central Railway BG 2-8-2 WG 9850 (Chittaranjan Locomotive Works 1961) yard pilot at Kalyan, 22.11.1979. Photo and scan by Roger Griffiths: roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
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India_Lonavla_WG_8156 Central Railway BG 2-8-2 WG 8156 (Chittaranjan 1959) with a track maintenance train with crane, in Lonavla Civil Engineer’s yard. 22.11.1979. Photo and scan by Roger Griffiths: roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
| Southern Railway BG 2-8-2 WG 8890 (Henschel 29034/1954) heads a Madras - Durg passenger train away from Madras; 1.12.1979. Roger Griffiths roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
| BG 2-8-2 WG 9391 (Chittaranjan 1956) sets out from Madras with T71, Madras - Gudur passenger train; 1.12.1979. Roger Griffiths roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
| India_Mughal_Sarai_WG_8706 Mughal Sarai goods yard; BG 2-8-2 WG 8706 (Chittaranjan 1955) waits with its parcels train for the singal to clear; 7.12.1979. Roger Griffiths roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
| India_Muzaffapur_T512 India Muzaffapur, T512 Muzaffaput - Samastipur passenger train departs behind BG 2-8-2 WG 8634 (Chittaranjan 1955); 6.12.1979. Roger Griffiths roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
| India_Palezaghat_T526 India Palezaghat station; BG 2-8-2 WG 8080 (Chittaranjan 1959) waits to depart with T526 Palezaghat - Muzaffarpur passenger train; 6.12.1979. Roger Griffiths roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
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India_Pune_WG_8079 Central Railway BG 2-8-2 WG 8079 (Chittaranjan 1959) marshals a freight train at Pune while, in the background, a Civil Engineer’s steam-powered crane is undertaking some track repairs. 22.11.1979. Photo and scan by Roger Griffiths: roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
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India_Pune_engine_shed Central Railway BG 2-8-2s WG 8079 (Chittaranjan 1959) and AWD 12120 (Baldwin 71877/1944) 22.11.1979. Photo and scan by Roger Griffiths: roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
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India_Pune_engine shed Central Railway Pune engine shed, hand-coaling the enormous tender of BG 2-8-2 WG 8504 (Franco-Belge 2690/1955). Such dangerous and laborious work practices were normal for Indian Railways’ steam depots where there was an over-supply of cheap labour and life was as cheaply held. The two ladies and child were resting from their duties of picking through piles of discarded ash to find any unburned particles of coal. 22.11.1979. Photo and scan by Roger Griffiths: roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
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India_Pune_engine_shed Central Railway BG 2-8-2s WG 8504 (FB 2690/1955) and WG 8973 (Wiener Lokomotivfabrik 17737/1954) 22.11.1979. 2560 Class WG locomotives were constructed for Indian Railways by eight different builders, over the years 1950 - 1970. Photo and scan by Roger Griffiths: roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
| India_Vadodara_shed_interior The Western Railway’s broad gauge engine shed at Vadodara, formerly Baroda, though situated on an electrified main line, had, in 1979, many duties for Pacifics and 2-8-2s, off the electrified sections. Eventually though, steam was totally superseded and today, a large electric locomotive depot occupies the former site of the steam shed. The interior of Vadodar shed where one locomotive is identified at right: 2-8-2 WG 9321 (Chittaranjan 1956), which has had a repair and now a sign-writer is updating the locomotive’s painted repair record on the cab side. Another WG and a CWD 2-8-2 are also in the shed and just seen, a WP Pacific outside; 14.12.1979. roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
| India_Mughal_Sarai_front_ends Mughal Sarai and a sunset study of locomotive front ends: WP/P 7209 & WG 8706; 7.12.1979. Roger Griffiths roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
| India_Gwalior_station_NH5_812_and_WG_9379 The Gwalior Light Railway, later the Scindia State Railway, opened in 1899 and gradually expanded, until three separate lines radiated from Gwalior, to Bhind, Sheopur Kalan and Shivpuri. At its total maximum length of 250 miles it was the world’s longest 2ft gauge system and in December 1979 remained entirely steam worked, as part of the Central Railway. Eventually diesel locomotives took over until the last section, to Sheopur Kalan, closed in 2010. Broad gauge, electrified lines now serve Gwalior, Bhind and Shivpuri, while the Shepur Kalan line is reportedly undergoing gauge conversion. A meeting of 'Mikados!' Gwalior station NG (2ft) 2-8-2 No.NH5 812 (Nip 1782/1959) & BG 2-8-2 WG 9379 (Chittaranjan 1956) offer a comparison of their relative sizes; 10.12.1979. Roger Griffiths roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
| India_Vadodara_shed_WP_7483_and_WG_8880 The Western Railway’s broad gauge engine shed at Vadodara, formerly Baroda, though situated on an electrified main line, had, in 1979, many duties for Pacifics and 2-8-2s, off the electrified sections. Eventually though, steam was totally superseded and today, a large electric locomotive depot occupies the former site of the steam shed. Vadodara shed yard with Pacific WP 7482 and beyond, 2-8-2 WG 8880 (Montreal Locomotive Works 77382/1949 and Henschel 25024/1954, respectively); 14.12.1979. roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
| India_Vadodara_shed_WP_7614 The Western Railway’s broad gauge engine shed at Vadodara, formerly Baroda, though situated on an electrified main line, had, in 1979, many duties for Pacifics and 2-8-2s, off the electrified sections. Eventually though, steam was totally superseded and today, a large electric locomotive depot occupies the former site of the steam shed. Flying over Vadodar shed yard, a large vulture is looking for its next meal, as 4-6-2 WP 7614 (Canadian Locomotive Company 2828/1956) rests in the sun, with the aforementioned WG 8880; 14.12.1979. roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
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