2514 has stopped at a signal at Karwan bazar, with a train of pilgrims from Dhaka to the Biswa Ijtema festival at Tongi. The train had been stood for around 20 minutes when I took the photo, but r... (more)

Another load of devotees head for the Biswa Ijtema festival at Tongi, on a well loaded metre gauge train from Dhaka Kamlapur. And I think someone is photographing me!

Metre gauge 2714 nears Dhaka with the Egaroshindhur Probhati, 0645 from Kishorganj.

Metre gauge 2915 heads another train of pilgrims returning from the Biswa Ijtema festival at Tongi.

Metre gauge MLW 2307 stirs the dust at an on-track market in Dhaka as it passes with the Surma Mail,1910 Sylhet to Dhaka. The line is actually double track here, some sleepers (ties) of the down l... (more)

2916 passes Tejgaon on a late afternoon train for Dhaka Kamlapur.

The invisible train! I can`t even guess at the loco class. A train returning pilgrims from the final day of the Biswa Ijtema at Tongi heads for Dhaka Kamlapur. We were joined by a TV crew,here, t... (more)

2704 negotiates the complex, dual gauge trackwork as it arrives at Dhaka Kamlapur with the Joyantika Express, the 0730 from Sylhet.

2714 heads a train toward Dhaka Kamlapur at Karwan Bazar. This train is surprisingly full as it is heading in the opposite direction to the millions going to the Biswa Ijtema festival at Tongi!

Metre gauge MLW 2306 on the Vaoal Express, 0020 Bahadurabad to Dhaka, passes slums lying very close to both sides of the tracks at Karwan Bazar, Dhaka.

2514 is stopped at a signal at Karwan Bazar with a train of devotees on their way to the Biswa Ijtema festival at Tongi. There is a fantastic,carnival-like atmosphere about these trains, with much... (more)

Only 2 broad gauge trains currently reach Kamlapur, the main station in Dhaka. Here ALCO clone 6412 nears Kamlapur with the Silk City Express, 0730 from Rajshahi.

The most crowded train in the world? Every January the Biswa Ijtema event takes place in Tongi, north of Dhaka, attracting around 3 million people! On it`s third and final day the trains taking de... (more)

Metre gauge 2917 approaches Dhaka Kamlapur with the 0730 from Sylhet. sister loco 2915, in pink livery, waits to drop down to the station.

metre gauge 2806, a 1995 build from DLW Varanasi,India and 2224 a 1963 EMD, stand at Dhaka Kamlapur loco shed. Women do their share of heavy work here.