India 2015

Great Indian Peninsula Railway electric locomotive 'Sir Roger Lumley'

Great Indian Peninsula Railway electric locomotive 'Sir Leslie Wilson'

P2 Class locomotive of the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway at rest in the garden

Bengal and Nagpur Railway crest

Bengal and Nagpur railway locomotive

Eastern Railway 2-4-0 tank locomotive

This narrow gauge 2-4-2 saddle tank locomotive was supplied by Bagnalls of Stafford, England, in 1902. It was used on the Decauville Railway in the North West Frontier section.

North Western Railway railcar with a 4-cylinder petrol engine. It was built by Wickham and Company of Ware, England and was used for inspection purposes on the Kalka-Simla Railway

Rusting in peace

HPS2 Class 4-6-0 locomotive. Built at the Vulcan Foundry,Newton-le-Willows, England in 1950

The Fairy Queen is a steam locomotive, plying between the Indian capital of New Delhi and Alwar, in Rajasthan. It was certified by the Guinness Book of Records in 1998 as being the world's oldest one in regular operation after being restored to haul a luxury train in order to boost tourism in Rajasthan. The Fairy Queen runs on the same basis as the Palace on Wheels, the tourist train launched in 1982, and in 1999 was awarded a National Tourism Award. The 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) Indian gauge locomotive was built in England in 1855, and has a two-cylinder engine with a power output of 130 horsepower (97 kW), producing a top speed of 40 kilometres per hour (25 mph). It was placed in service by the East Indian Railway Company in West Bengal, where it hauled troop trains during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, and was withdrawn from service in 1909 and displayed on a pedestal in Howrah until 1943. Heritage status was accorded in 1972 and the locomotive was restored as an exhibit at the National Rail Museum in Delhi. Restored to full working order, in 1997 the Fairy Queen returned to commercial service for the first time in 88 years. In 2011, it was discovered that rare locomotive parts that were "as good as irreplaceable" had been looted. After a substantial rebuild, the engine was returned to working order in December 2012. (Wikipedia)

North Western Railway broad gauge shunting engine

Photgraphed through a coach window

Photographed through a coach window

Photographed through a coach window