Article by the Press Trust of India PRI ESPL NAT .NEWDEL DES26 RAIL-UPRISING Spread of Railways, part of British strategy after 1857 New Delhi, May 13 (PTI)...
Hundreds of Britishers throng old Indian steam loco show Rajendra Aklekar Mumbai, May 09, 2007 First Published: 00:06 IST(9/5/2007) Last Updated: 00:24...
old abandoned line found near thane hi all, During one of my heritage trips last week near a place called kopri in thane east have found an abandoned gip...
Hi Rajendra, Could you throw some light on the recent Borivalli- Virar lines which has been opened and how exactly its going to benefit suburbs. Also would you...
kartik, since this is not a question on heritage, i shall reply to you on this at your personal e-mail later. regards raj 9892 190 761 Bombay Railway History...
State tells Centre: Name Matheran station after Sir Adamjee Peerbhoy The former sheriff of Bombay started the Matheran-Neral mini train service Mumbai, July...
... Heritage wing clashes with Railways' modernisation drive NEW DELHI: The heritage wing of the Indian Railways has objected to the ongoing renovation and...
Hi Rajendra, I want to tell you that,i have seen one old building(single floor) nearby Byculla railway station.It is next to platform no 1 of Byculla Rly Stn...
Forgotten station found after decades Hindustan Times Page 1, September 5 Mumbai, September 4 Rajendra Aklekar AS the Central Railway is set to open a swank...
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...
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Rlys clear historic Carnac Bunder station of slums Rajendra Aklekar Mumbai, Sept 7 FOLLWING media attention after the Hindustan Times report on the old cargo...
http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20070025400 Heritage structure at CST found Anjali Doshi Friday, September 7, 2007 (Mumbai) The remains...
CR to judge heritage value of stn shed Artefacts Could Be Sent To Rail Museum And Space Used As Barracks For RPSF Jawans TIMES NEWS NETWORK Mumbai: The Central...
Surely, it must occur to all of us that this would be a fine museum in a great location (with real trains outside, of course!) as well as the IRFCA/ HQ in...
WR bids for World Heritage status A mixture of Indo-Saracenic and Venetian Gothic styles, the Western Railway HQ was constructed in 1899 by the same architect...
Churchgate parks historic steam engine http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1133270 MUMBAI: It might not be illuminated at night might not be featured as ...
New member introduction Comment from user: Avid steam railway buff, based in UK but shortly to be moving to Delhi to work on various metro projects in India. I...
Railways dump heritage in the trash MADE IN 1865, TILES CAME FROM MANGALORE Rajendra Aklekar/Mumbai Dec 5 THE ORIGINAL 19th century Mangalorean clay tiles of...
Hello, I live in Switzerland and I am interrested in Indian Railways specially in the history of Transit systems in cities like bombay or calcutta Email...
Hi all, The director of UNESCO's World Heritage Centre is paying a visit to Mumbai CST station, a World Heritage Site on December 27-28. In a shocking gesture,...
Finally, some success. Have received a number of responses, among them is railway board heritage director Rajesh Agrawal, assuring action. Excerpts My dear...
Thanks for update. However surprised to see Nahur Stn listed as Grade IIb structure. The stn was built and commissioned in 2007. Explanation ? Ullhas Chogle ...
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Sir, thanks for raising the point. I was curious too, but paid a visit to Nahur the other day and found that there's an old railway stone structure built in...
hi all, UK-based the Indian Railways Study Group was run by Kelvin White in 1991-3. When his work prevented Mr White from continuing and noboby else...