Friends, Success. The Central Railway's Chief Public Relations Manager has sent me a letter by snail mail acknowledging the fact that he has initiated the ...
Welcome everyone! As you may have checked out from the archives, I have been the lone soul fighting the battle to preserve railway heritage with the mighty ...
RIP -- GIP wares The Central Railway wiped out one of the few remaining relics of the British-formed Great Indian Peninsula Railway (GIPR) Company last week by...
Friends, The pics of the uprooted track chairs with GIPR inscriptions and the GIP original seals on electric masts are are up in the photos section. Pls check...
Dear Aklekar, Hope you remember me. Its a long time since i was in touch with you and both the groups of irhsg and irfca. I was away for a few month because of...
A section of old bull-head GIP track has been unearthed near Bhandup station in Mumbai's CR division. The rails are intact and are placed on waht are perhaps...
The Indian Railways Heritage Suport group is now open to one and all. Its membership has been switched to unmoderated with access to everyone. Check archives...
Hi, There seem to be lot of heritage of the erstwhile BB&CI Railway furniture lying along the WR lines. Does anybody, preferably living along the WR in Bombay,...
The South's first station There is no building of the Railways more worthy of being called a heritage building than the Royapuram Railway station. And that is ...
Quite intersting. Would it be possible for us to see any pictures? Regards Raj ... ===== Permanent postal address: Rajendra Aklekar 140-4752, Nehru Nagar,...
Hello, I wonder if the South played honor to the second train in India. I think it was Calcutta to Raneegunj. At any rate, even if that is not correct, the...
News Regarding "Surviving World Steam" for May 2003 The "Surviving World Steam" project is documenting the last of the world's remaining steam locomotives,...
A heritage a day... Hi, To continue with determination and to keep up the spirit of railway heritage preservation amid my tight schedule, let's plan to take up...
Hi, It is indeed sad to note that there have been no activities regarding railway heritage. The promises remain unfulfilled. The seals on GIP pillars which...
A year after the group was formed, I find myself to be the only person putting up posts here. Never mind, the latest in the line is that an old line with bull...
Hi all, Yesterde i saw the 2027 CSTM-Pune Shatabdi exp at Thane.from outside looking inside thru the windows which are quite transparent i could see almost all...
ganand79 <ganand@...>
ganand@...
Sep 27, 2003 4:02 pm
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They've Bhandup station to install a roof on the extende platform. One can see those old GIP bull-head rails down there. It's so exciting. Regards Raj...
Raj, No, it's "Cannot be found". It "Might have had its name changed, been removed, or be temporarily unavailable". I can get at the matchbox/cigarette card...
Hello Sridhar , Top class photos with fantastic clarity ! Truly great work. Have you used a digital camera ? My favourite was GTL WDM2 at Pf 6 SBC & SBC bound...
Karthik.M.V <karthik8...
karthik807@...
Dec 20, 2003 6:43 pm
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Hello Groups, We, the students of Master in E-Business (Sem-III) studying in SEMCOM College affiliated to Sardar Patel University located at Vallabh Vidhya...
Kiran Pujara
kiran_semcom@...
Dec 29, 2003 2:31 pm
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A very happy new year to all members. Let's hope for some great railway heritage activities ahead this year. Cheers Raj...
Thanks for your Greetings, and wishing you the Best for the New Year. Austin ... From: Rajendra Aklekar [mailto:rail_india@...] Sent: Tuesday, 6 January...
Theodore Austin
austin.theodore@...
Jan 8, 2004 3:40 pm
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Mumbai railway trivia... The railway tracks of the Churchgate Station originally extended beyond Azad Maidan in the direction of Afghan Church, which was later...