Dear Rajendra,

I have seen this shed in all it's glory as a kid and right thru my
youth in the 80s. As a kid I do recollect the shunting being done by
Steam Locos. I could hear them but couldn't see them since there was a
wall between the yard and VT mainline station. The head shunt was
towards the mainline terminus. The freight train would enter the yard
from mainline track no.4 and then reverse. Since it was a Western
railway yard the motive power those days even in 1980s was pure steam
so one would get a look of WGs and CWDs hauling the freight out of the
yard cross over to track 3 till Parel and then switch over to
Elphinstone Road on Western Railway. All the traffic would come to a
halt on C.Rly track Nos.1,2 & 3 for the train to cross over and it was
a lovely sight to see the steam loco (at times double headed) winding
it's long freight slowly for the W.Rly tracks.

It's good that the railways wokeup from their slumber. I suggest that
there should be regular interaction between our Railways and it's
ardent Rail Fans.

Regards,

Viraf.