Deccan Queen's 83rd Birthday Celebrations
1)Arrival at Shivajinagar. Loco of the queen looks beautiful, with all the decoration & headlight beam piercing through the darkness while it waits at Shivajinagar for its scheduled halt. More pics from the trip .(Akshay Marathe)
2)The cake that was cut at CSTM in the dining car just before departure. taken just after departure from CSTM
3)Beautifully decorated...
more... WCAM3 #21942 at Pune Electric trip shed after hauling the birthday girl Deccan Queen from Mumbai to Pune. Taken with official permission. (Ashwin Rao)
4) Finally getting ready for the departure... a final long view of the loco and queen before saying it happy journey... captured from 5:00 pm Superfast Non-Stop MRVC EMU
5) Mr. LP enjoying the first bite of the Cake for the Queen's Birthday
6) Mr. LP Cutting the Cake for the Queen's Birthday
7) Closeup picture of the Decorations done by Electric Loco Trip Shed at CSTM on occassion of the Queen's Birthday )
8) Kalyan WCAM3 # 21942 getting attach to 12123 Deccan Queen on Platform No. 9 of CSTM, while the Panto changes for start up (Tushar Dhake)
9) The train is literally worshipped by the passengers and that is evident on the loco. (Bhushan Kale)
10) Deccan Queen completed 83 years of service to Indian Railways. (Amit Patel)
11) The colourful nameplate of Deccan Queen.
12) The dining car of Deccan Queen.
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