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221139 at Motherwell station, having just operated 1S29 0625 Plymouth to Glasgow Central on Monday, 24th February, 2014. Photo by Andrew Reid.

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156503 calls at Cumbernauld station while operating 2J65 1443 Falkirk Grahamston to Glasgow Queen Street on Monday, 24th February, 2014. Photo by Andrew Reid.

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158730 departing Cumbernauld station while operating 2J42 1422 Glasgow Queen Street to Falkirk Grahamston on Monday, 24th February, 2014. Photo by Andrew Reid.

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158741 at Motherwell station, having just operated 2D70 1510 Cumbernauld to Motherwell on Monday, 24th February, 2014. Photo by Andrew Reid.

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158786 and 158730 at Glasgow Queen Street station on Monday, 24th February, 2014. 158730 is waiting to operate 2J42 1422 Glasgow Queen Street to Falkirk Grahamston. Photo by Andrew Reid.

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170420 at Anniesland station, having just operated 2W51 1827 Glasgow Queen Street to Anniesland on Monday, 24th February, 2014. At the time this photograph was taken, I believe this was the only Monday - Friday service on this line booked for a Class 170 unit. Photo by Andrew Reid.

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318260 at Lanark station, having just operated 2B46 1323 Dalmuir to Lanark along with 320307 on Wednesday, 5th February, 2014. Photo by Andrew Reid.

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320307 arriving at Garscadden station operating 2B46 1323 Dalmuir to Lanark along with 318260 on Wednesday, 5th February, 2014. Photo by Andrew Reid.

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320309 at Airdrie station, waiting to operate 2E51 1226 Airdrie to Balloch on Wednesday, 5th February, 2014. Photo by Andrew Reid.

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334001 at Edinburgh station, having just operated 2M28 0927 Milngavie to Edinburgh along with 334040 on Wednesday, 5th February, 2014. Photo by Andrew Reid.

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334003 and 334001 at Milngavie station on Wednesday, 5th February, 2014. Photo by Andrew Reid.

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334017 at Lanark station, having just operated 2S22 1842 Milngavie to Lanark on Monday, 24th February, 2014. This unit was working in multiple with another unidentified Class 334 unit. Photo by Andrew Reid.

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334040 at Edinburgh station, waiting to operate 2H23 1121 Edinburgh to Helensburgh Central along with 334001 on Wednesday, 5th February, 2014. Photo by Andrew Reid.

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Shed pilot at Bangalore City was Southern Railway MG 2-8-2 MAWD 1597, a war emergency design that was widely nicknamed "Macarthur" after the WW2 United States Army general. This engine posed an identity puzzle. MAWD 1597 was built by the American Locomotive Company (Alco 70942/1943), but it carries the boiler off MAWD 1714 (Baldwin 69439/1943). So, which was correct - the frames/wheels, or the boiler? 29.11.1979. Roger Griffiths roger.griffiths@hotmail.com

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Mayuram engine shed's coaling and fire-cleaning area was an all-in-one, rudimentary affair. Three Class ST 2-6-4T receive attention - left to right: ST 37367 (NW 1650/1938), ST 37377 (Skoda 984/1939), ST 37370 (Skoda 977/1939); 30.11.1979. Roger Griffiths roger.griffiths@hotmail.com

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Indian Railways had a motto: "Coal is gold". Here is the locomotive firebox cleaning area at Mayuram shed with ST 37370 (Skoda 977/1939) having had its fire cleaned for men to shovel the hot ash from the pit, for women to sift by hand, to reclaim any unburned particles. Hot, gruelling work! 30.11.1979. Roger Griffiths roger.griffiths@hotmail.com

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By November 1979 Mayuram engine shed was home to the remaining MG Class ST 2-6-4T. ST 37367 (Naysmith Wilson 1650/1938) uses the turntable at Mayuram engine shed; 30.11.1979. Roger Griffiths roger.griffiths@hotmail.com

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Station pilot at Mayuram was leaky, Southern Railway MG 2-6-2 YL 5213 (Henschel 29481/1956); 30.11.1979. Roger Griffiths roger.griffiths@hotmail.com

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In a photograph taken from a semaphore signal gantry, MG 2-6-2 YL 5197 (Henschel 29465/1956) leaves Mayuram with T635 Mayuram-Tirutiraipundi passenger train; 30.11.1979 - CopyRoger Griffiths roger.griffiths@hotmail.com

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Mayuram station with MG 2-6-2 YL 5197 (Henschel 29465/1956) running through to pick up its next train; 30.11.1979. Roger Griffiths roger.griffiths@hotmail.com

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The Southern Railway also had a MG shed at Bangalore City, seen here with 4-6-2 YP 2069 (Kraus-Maffei 17780/1952) being serviced after its last duty. The headboard tells us that the locomotive had hauled passenger trains T1071 from Mysore to Maddur, then T1063 from Maddur to Bangalore; 29.11.1979. Roger Griffiths roger.griffiths@hotmail.com

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The lower-quadrant semaphore signal has cleared the way for MG 4-6-2 YP 2850 (Telco 1135/1969) to depart from Mayuram with its long-distance T109, Madras-Sengottai passenger service; 30.11.1979. Roger Griffiths roger.griffiths@hotmail.com

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A general view of the Southern Railway MG engine shed at Bangalore City; 29.11.1979. Roger Griffiths roger.griffiths@hotmail.com

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The Southern Railway MG half-roundhouse at Mayuram Junction was surrounded by a large field bearing the ashes of many years' burning of coal. Note that apart from locomotives, the depot building was also sheltering a red-painted breakdown crane; 30.11.1979. Roger Griffiths roger.griffiths@hotmail.com

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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

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PKP Cargo EU07-1502 hired to PKP IC is stopping at Czestochowa Stradom on a service from Krakow to Pila and Kolobrzeg, Poland, 09.07.2023. Photo by Michal Kozicki (michalmarekkozicki@gmail.com)