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...
Dear Rajendra, Mr.Kelwin White had made me an honourary menber of this group and I have all it's newsletters. Viraf....
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Railways still have 29 steam locomotives on working condition and the approximate maintenance cost of these engines for this fiscal is Rs 3.59 crore, Velu ...
Dear Rajendra, ... This is music to my ears. May I know which ones are these. Regards, Viraf....
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PRI RAIL-STEAM Railways to showcase steam locos during Commonwealth Games Arun Kumar Das New Delhi, Mar 30 (PTI) Come 2010, steam locomotives will be back on ...
PRI RAIL-STEAM Railways to showcase steam locos during Commonwealth Games New Delhi, Mar 30 (PTI) Come 2010, steam locomotives will be back on tracks in Delhi....
MUMBAI: Despite having constructed regional rail museums (RRM) in all other regions, Indian Railways had ignored the western region, until now. Finally, the...
Have found an 1904 dated hexagonal plaque on a culvert betwen Dadar and Elhinstone Raod. To my knowledge, this is the odlest surving one still that is in...
... RAILROADS - Does the statement, 'We've always done it like that' ring any bells?Read this email to the very end; You'll love it!! The US standard...
Check the following blog webpage link every week for update on mumbai railways history and heritage.. Pics of the last remains of the track being demolished at...
Hello everyone, Some success- Bombay Railway History Group. Check the attached images. Have managed to save some GIPR heritage. The final demolition of the...
Hi Model Train Lovers, Here are iniial photos[by Mobile] of Sultan, the locomotive which put India on Railway Map. This locomotive pulled [along with other...
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OOPS Sorry I forgot to attach the photos. Here they are. On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 18:34:23 +0530 wrote ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...