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India: Delhi Junction No.14: 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. A rare bird! Running no less than four hours late, BG “light” Pacific WL 15016 arrives with Train T342 from Firozpur. Colour slide and scan by Roger Griffiths; roger.griffiths@hotmail.com

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India: Delhi Junction No.18: On the north side of Delhi Junction station was a Northern Railway, Broad Gauge locomotive servicing area. There were no shed buildings but supplies of coal and water were laid on, together with a turntable and servicing pits. These photos were taken on the morning of Tuesday, 11 December, 1979. The Class WL Pacific was designed to have a light axle-load and therefore a wide range of operation. Ten locomotives came from Britain’s Vulcan Foundry in 1955 and a further 94 were built at Indian Railways’ Chittaranjan Works in 1966-8. One of the Chittaranjan engines, WL 15016 rests at Delhi Junction servicing point. Colour slide and scan by Roger Griffiths; roger.griffiths@hotmail.com