In brhg@yahoogroups.com, "Rajendra Aklekar" <rail_india@y...> ... head ... hand ... Rajendra, Over the years, I have tracked this line from a point after Thane...
Ajay, Thanks for the mail and apologies for the delay in reply. The line that you are talking about are the remains of the old industrial line that was there...
Hello all, some success. The general manager's office has sent me this mail (see below) replying and confirming that the grills that were removed from Bhandup...
Dear Raj; Congratulations! These apparently minor victories makes all the effort worthwhile.Keep up the good work. Manish Mehta ... From: "Rajendra Aklekar"...
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June 9, 2005 Congratulation Rajendra, For success to follow keep safe and save railways heritage things. Regards, Rajan Shinde. ... ...
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Rajendra, I agree, I'd noticed the sidings too. Now I realize that the line was probably meant just for taking freight trains coming out of these factories to...
Ajay, To have a macro look, there were three kinds of rails that have been used on the Indian Railways over the past 150 years. The first were double headed...
This is one of the replies that I have received Dear Sir, Is it fair to ask, how much effort should be expended in preserving heritage? It seems that the jali...
Dear Mr Raj Gorti, Thanks for the reply. I completely agree with you that the Mumbai suburban railway network needs a overhaul. The trains are less, not ...
Hello, A complete set of bull-head rails has been unearthed during the recent diggings near Matunga CR station. (Mumbai division CR) The tracks are all in...
Click this link http://irfca.org/articles/lang.html or read this one here... Devanagari in Indian Railways by Rajendra Aklekar, February 2002 Rajendra Aklekar,...
TIME magazine The Power Behind The Empire Jan Morris recounts how, for the British Raj, the train was conqueror, employer and unifier all rolled into one ...
Raj, Further to our discussion on bull-head rails, could you please look at the rails shown in the below pics on irfca.org and confirm whether or not these are...
Yes Ajay, These are bull-head rails, fixed on cast iron pot sleepers with chairs. These were taken by Apurva during his trip to Monkey Hill last year. I was ...
The Flowers that Settled Western Canada Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) stations across Canada once boasted gardens alongside the tracks, growing both...
I will be out of the office starting 27/06/2005 and will not return until 30/06/2005. I will be out of the from June 27 to June 30 (both dates included) but ...
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2 July, 2005 Shri R.K. Singh, Chairman Railway Board, while on an inspection at Roorkee station alongwith senior Northern Railway officials unveiled the newly ...
Raj, Can the Central Salsette Tramway, after which the Chembur-Kurla- Santacruz CST Road was named, be classified as a railway? I believe it was operated by...
Hi, The interesting part of this railway line, run by the GIPR was that it used a different gauge. (Gauge is the distance between two rails.) Heavy rails were...
Hello Everybody, Since the last few days, I am very closely surfing the IRFCA.org site & the numerous details given for the Indian Railways. Needless to say, I...
Dilip, Ajay has done the needful. Feel free to ask any more queries. regards raj 9892 190 761 ... ___________________________________________________________ ...
URG GEN NAT .SILIGURI CAL24 LD TOY-TRAIN Toy trains come on same track in Darjeeling, no collision Siliguri, Aug 18 (PTI) Two toy trains came on the same track...
hello all, the group has received no postings in quite some time due to some personal issues like the loss of my father and related events. things shall start...
hi, this is one thing that i wanted to share with you all. The executive director of Railway Board from New Delhi, Rajesh Agrawal, had come down to Mumbai to...
Dear Raj that's good we hope the train get that award can i get that CD i am very much intersed in Indian Narrow Gauge as we r working of some loco steam model...
Rajendra Aklekar <rail_india@...> wrote: hi, the webpage www.brhg.4t.com has been upgraded and a new section of photos added to it. pls check and give...