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This is an active railway station(though not the main) lying in the Indian city of Allahabad. Ironically, despite being empty as far as the eyes can see, this city saw the world's largest congregation of humans in the form of Kumbha in the month of January.

Come Autumn, this erstwhile Meter Gauge station was waiting patiently for it's scheduled services to arrive.

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Perched outside Indian city of Allahabad/Prayagraj, this out of commissioned loco harks back to the past ( Unless I literally jumped into the shrubs, there was no way to get a frontal image)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kankakee,_Beaverville_and_Southern_Railroad

Final image from my collection of Rail Museum, Delhi. I didn't knew the Metadata of the associated image since I took them 2+ years ago (read:details), so had to look up on Arts and Culture.

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Officially called CSMT, it was originally Bombay VT with VT = Victoria Terminus. Old Timers might still refer by the later name. It is possibly the single most grandest train station in India. This image does not do justice to it but I could not clock in a proper one.

Addendum: since technically this is a train station and not a train, mods are free to remove the post if it violates the rules

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MG once almost comprising a third of India's railways, is now fast becoming an ancient relic with barely a few heritage routes surviving. Most MG routes were diesel based here with few exceptions. This loco belongs to the latter subgroup.

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Standing in the scorching sun, just me and the loco.

Also, is that a turntable at front?

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Sir Leslie Wilson was the governor of Bombay(now called Mumbai), hence it was named after him. The first electrified section, IIRC, in India was around ~1930 in then Bombay - Poona.

Fun fact: the Deccan Queen train in this sector was faster when introduced 95 years earlier than it is today mainly because it has two extra stops now.

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National Rail Museum, Delhi. The image is ~2 years old and in the scorching summer sun, I never added/recorded the name/extra information about these old locos.

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I am not sure if it's on meter or Narrow Gauge. The image is ~2 years old and I neglected to note the specifications.

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I took the image in 2016 with a shitty handycam, hence the poor quality.

The MG line ran in Northern India for nearly a century but has been Gauge converted so these locos are now relegated to museums now. Seen is one of those locos on active line barely a year before closure.

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Used by the British in pre Independence era, now kept as a showpiece in National Rail Museum, Delhi

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Lying adjacent to the iconic Fairy Queen, this old engine tells the tale of an era long gone

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Now decommissioned of course, this stands as a relic outside a railway station as a fragment of the gone era

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The NG diesel loco that hauled the Satpura Railway in central India (Gauge converted now), it now rests in a museum

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Housed in a museum now, this engine was the first one shipped to this zone/area of Indian Railways