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A few photos of the afternoon rush hour along the mainline near Howrah shed. Howrah is one of the main stations serving Calcutta.

Most of the trains were EMUs, but for some reason, I was averse to shooting EMUs that day and the only shot I have of one is with the cattle.

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courtesy — Mike Tisdale

Date of capture — 31 January 1980.


Description of pics

1—WG on an outbound train. The number appears to be 9209, which would be an engine built in 1956 by Ansaldo Societa Italiana Anonima in Genova

2—WP 7637 on an outbound train. We had seen this engine at the shed earlier that day.

3—WAG4 20955 with an inbound freight train.

4—Cattle and a passing EMU.