RAILWAYS

Nutan's husband a Navy officer Rajnish Bahl was son of PC Bahl ( Pratap Chand Bahl ) a Railway Officer..as Principal of Railway Staff College, his photo adorns the gallery of Principal's ( now DG) chamber. Old timers mention Nutan inaugurated the swimming pool in Badhwar Park, Railway Colony, Mumbai. ( of course, not by taking the first dive but the simpler version of ribbon cutting type)

 Notice the Queen Victoria's statute missing from below the clock, probably consigned to sarkari toshkhana

 Churchgate

 close to Nasik, it is a cantonment

 Railway Staff College, now renamed National Academy of Indian Railways, Voadodara

 close to Nasik, next to Kalyan-Karjat, popular for its weather and Vipashyna

 probably Imperial Mansion, Cuffe Parade

 Bori Bandar-cum-VT-cum- CSTM

on the way to Ooty

Shankardas Kesarilal (30 August 1923 – 14 December 1966), popularly known by his pen name Shailendra, was a popular Indian Hindi lyricist. Noted for his association with the filmmaker Raj Kapoor and the composers Shankar-Jaikishan, he wrote lyrics for several successful Hindi film songs in the 1950s and the 1960s.Poetry was his first love but family situation forced him to take up a job of a railway mechanic. He used to work in the railway workshop at Parel.

महावीर प्रसाद द्विवेदी जी की उत्कृष्ट ज्ञान-पिपासा कभी तृप्त न हुई, किन्तु जीविका के लिए इन्होंने रेलवे में नौकरी कर ली। कुछ दिनों तक नागपुर और अजमेर में कार्य करने के बाद यह पुन: बम्बई लौट आए। यहाँ पर इन्होंने तार देने की विधि सीखी और रेलवे में सिगनलर हो गए। रेलवे में विभिन्न पदों पर कार्य करने के बाद अन्तत: यह झाँसी में डिस्ट्रिक्ट सुपरिण्टेण्डेण्ट के ऑफ़िस में चीफ़ क्लर्क हो गए।

 Born Rajaram Vankudre Shantaram in Kolhapur, he hardly had any education. He worked in the railways as a teenager and started his career in the theatre as a curtain puller with the Gandharva Natak Mandali.

 V Shantaram's actress wife Sandhya

Sandhya ( right) many decades later

Nirupa Roy born in Railway family her father Kishore Chand Chauhan worked in Valsad, that makes it BB&CI (Western Rly ) born as Kanta Chauhan married to Kamal Balsara she went on to become Mrs Kokila Balsara and finally screen name Nirupa Roy

 one may wonder what connection Begum of Oudh ( Awadh) and Rly ?

 For a long tome New Delhi Rly station waiting room had been her 'Palace'

 till she was given Malcha mahal by Mrs Indira Gandhi to live near Dhaula kuan

 The Indian Director of GIP Rly Board of Directors

 Jab Bunglow itna bada hai to jimmewaari ?

 Colab Rly stn

Jiinah meeting his fans at Quetta Rly stn

 Carriage and Wagon shop Kurduwadi, Sholapur divn of Central Railway erstwhile GIP Rly

 Apparently medicos inspecting ART (Accident Relief Train)

 photo is about what is written in next photo ( at reverse of photo)

 The BMC ( Bombay Municipal Corporation ) building opposite GIP (Central Rly) HQ Victoria Terminus now ( Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus)

 No it is not MST ( Monthly Season Ticket ) it is Quarterly, see the fare

 Some celebration in C&W shop Kurduwadi

 Gargoyles( Parnalas ) in VT are such a wonderful work of fine art

 The neighbors of BB&CI Rly HQ now Western Rly, High Court and Bombay University,Churchgate

A recently held function in New Delhi, State Entry Road, Officers club, 2015

Eros building opposite Western Rly HQ Churchgate

 New Delhi in the making...train bringing material via Mill Road, today's Rafi Marg

 First Republic day 1950

 Mumbai from Malabar hill

 Mumbai from Malabar hill

 Mumbai Central 1930

 The local which started with 3 coaches to 6 to 8 to 12 is now of 15 coaches

Marine line and Charni Road Local ( suburban) Rly stations are on this marine drive