18677 of Malda Town shed pulls away from Barsoi with a Katihar to Radhikapur passenger train on a foggy West Bengali morning.

The busy metre gauge junction of Pilibhit is starting to resemble a museum as the rest of Indian Railways modernises and converts to broad gauge. Here 6528 pulls in with the Ruhelkhand Express fro... (more)

With all its 16 ALCO cylinders at full roar, 14734 blasts to through Nangloi to the utter indifference of the passengers using the adjacent line as a convenient seat!

Passing a fine array of semaphore signals as it pulls into the loop at Rau, 6607 leads a Ratlam to Akola train on the soon to be converted metre gauge tracks around Indore. Within a few months thi... (more)

All around Delhi the slums spill out onto the railway tracks and here a signal stop creates a whirlwind of activity around 15543 and the Meerut Cant to Rewari shuttle. For all their "futuristic" s... (more)

Bangkok's impressive Hua Lampong Station is seen here in an update to George W. Hamlin's 1974 photo http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=197742

Our oarsman for the morning takes a breather as he admires the pair of ALCOs taking a heavy freight train over the holy River Ganges on the Malaviya Bridge.

On the beautiful 2 foot 6 inch Kangra Valley Railway, ZDM3 ~179 pulls into Bharmar in a brief glimpse of sun.

As a family tuck into their lunchtime meal, 6715 arrives at Bihariganj with a fully loaded metre gauge train from Purnia.

In some strong early morning sun, ex NJT #4140 pulls another trainload of commuters into Montreal. See more at www.youthwith.fotopic.net.

Running long-hood forward (unfortunately common practice in India), 12 cylinder ALCO 15027 stops at Firodkot with an afternoon Firozpur to Bathinda passenger. These 12 cylinder engines are pretty ... (more)

Another already sadly lost metre gauge scene - 6297 pauses at Oddanchatram with an afternoon train from Madurai to Podanur. See more at www.youthwith.fotopic.net.

Little ALCO 6330 indulges in some switching moves at Loharu Junction with a Sikar to Rewari passenger. Already the metre gauge line terminates here at Loharu and the section on to Rewari is now a ... (more)

Then brand new, 13265 eases away from a pause at Phulera with a train full of boxcars heading towards Ajmer. See more at www.youthwith.fotopic.net.

Believe it or not - this clearing in the trees is actually a station! In this highly atmospheric setting, 6163 pauses with a train from Quilon to Tenkasi on the sadly now closed metre gauge line. ... (more)