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India_Renigunta_SC_SR boundary A Guntakal - Madras express passes the boundary marker for the division between Indian Railways' South Central Railway (behind) and Southern Railway (ahead. A heavy freight train heads in the opposite direction hauled by a pair of WDM2 Co-Co diesels, Nos.18218 and 18404; 24.11.1979. Roger Griffiths roger.griffiths@hotmail.com

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India_Coimbatore_MG_YP_2407 MG 4-6-2 YP 2407 (Telco 287 1958), departs Coimbatore with T149 the Coimbatore - Tuticorin Express; 26.11.1979. Roger Griffiths roger.griffiths@hotmail.com

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India_Arkonam_engine_shed The Southern Railway's stone-built BG Arkonam engine shed is seen from the west, on a very cloudy and wet day; 24.11.1979. Roger Griffiths roger.griffiths@hotmail.com

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India_Coimbatore_BG_station_pilot The Southern Railway's Coimbatore station served both Broad and metre gauges. Acting as BG station pilot, 2-8-0 AWC 22631 (Baldwin 70408 1944) smokes away, causing a dappling effect from the sunshine. Note the metre gauge tracks serving Platforms 3 and 4; 26.11.1979. Roger Griffiths roger.griffiths@hotmail.com

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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_Arkonam_WP1_7139 (CLW 1966) Black clouds promise a tropical downpour as Southern Railway BG Pacific WP1 7139 (CLW 1964) prepares to depart Arkonam with an Arkonam - Madras local train; 24.11.1979. Roger Griffiths roger.griffiths@hotmail.com

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India_Arkonam_WP1_7738 Southern Railway BG 4-6-2 WP1 7738 (CLW 1966) arrives at Arkonam during a rain storm, with train number MD3 a Madras - Arkonam local; 24.11.1979. Roger Griffiths roger.griffiths@hotmail.com

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India_Arkonam_engine_shed_WT_14015 Southern Railway BG 2-8-4T WT 14015 (CLW 1965) has had a working life of just fourteen years before being made redundant and withdrawn. The engine sits cold and neglected at the rear of Arkonam engine shed, backed by the depot's massive, stone-built water tankhouse; 24.11.1979. Roger Griffiths roger.griffiths@hotmail.com

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India_Jolarpettai_XE1_22564 The BG freight yards at Jolarpettai were the Southern Railway's only location where the massive, 198 long ton Class XE1 2-8-2s were employed. With only a short time left before withdrawal, XE1 22564 (Vulcan Foundry 5326/1945) shunts at Jolarpettai; 25.11.1979. Roger Griffiths roger.griffiths@hotmail.com

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India_Arkonam_engine_shed_crane Southern Railway BG, 75-(long) ton capacity, steam crane KRISHNA, built by Cowans Sheldon, of Carlisle, England, lifts a tender body for a locomotive undergoing repair; 24.11.1979. Roger Griffiths roger.griffiths@hotmail.com

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Koleje Slaskie EN57AKM-1573 hired from Koleje Mazowieckie is stopping at Czestochowa Stradom on a S13 service to Lubliniec, Poland, 08.07.2023. Photo by Michal Kozicki (michalmarekkozicki@gmail.com)