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Blog Entry# 4647717
Posted: Jun 09 2020 (18:50)

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Jun 09 2020 (18:50)  
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Entry# 4647717               Past Edits
Rare Pics of Indian Railways:
Pic-1: Train from Kalka to Simla
Pic-2: The first locomotive to be fully manufactured in India in 1895 in the Ajmer Workshop of Rajputana Malwa Railway.
Pic-3: Women weaving on the platform at Madras in 1946 as part of a mass spinning movement led by Mahatma Gandhi.
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Churchgate station was built 1870 and is named after the street leading out of St Thomas Church Gate.
Pic-5: This is the Dapoorie viaduct in Pune.
Pic-6: 4-Wheeler Narrow Gauge Ambulance Car of Bengal Nagpur Railway.
Pic-7: Workers constructing railways lines.
Pic-8: Madra Railway
Pic-9: The architecture of CST combines aspects of Gothic Revival with elements of local ornamentation
Pic-10: The Railway Gazette. Refugee Travel between India and Pakistan on 24 October 1947.
Pic-11: A view of the old Dufferin Bridge at Varanasi.
Pic-12: Men filling coal in the train.
Pic-13: Royapuram Station, the first station in the Madras Presidency, opened in 1856.
Pic-14: Howrah Station was rebuilt between 1900 and 1908.
Pic-15: Inside an old AC class chair.
Pic-16: The new Sutlej Bridge at Phillaur under construction in the 20th century.
Pic-17: New Delhi Railway station.
Pic-18: 4-tiered arch bridge on the Kalka-Shimla Narrow Gauge section of the Kalka-Shimla Railway.
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Re# 4647717-4              
Pic-11: A view of the old Dufferin Bridge at Varanasi. Seeing the pic, it looks like The Anderson (Old Balawali) Bridge on Ganga at Balawali
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Pic-15: Inside an old AC class chair. HWH Rajdhani in 1980s
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Jun 09 2020 (20:20)
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Re# 4647717-6              
Nice to see railway historical pictures ☝️☝️
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Anderson Bridge Balawali
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Aug 07 2022 (21:16)
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Re# 4647717-8               Past Edits
If any of you have known or seen old photos of GT express please put in this forum. Even sharing of other trains like Bombay - Madras mail, Calcutta - Madras mail and Boat mail will be appreciated.
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