During the period of my layout, Indian Railways used to have semaphore signals. I am starting to design the placement of semaphore signals (both working and static) on my layout. here is a picture of the real thing.
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Here is a video of a N1 loco a 2-10-0 4 cylinder locomotive used to haul goods trains over the western ghats. Notice the firebox flicker
A British design with 4 cylinders the M class was based on the XC class Pacific.
Another view of the backdrop behind the Delhi station, shows a typical scene from the era.
A consist of a WDM2G and WDM2 hauling a long goods train. Notice the strobe light on the nose of the WDM2G which is the lead locomotive. Also the typical Alco under load sound.
I installed some backdrops behind the Delhi station, they depict a typical Indian city scenes. they look really great. Lloyd build these for me.
Here is the second suspension bridge on my layout. The bridge is in gold color with black stay cables, it crosses over the Tiger pass ravines
I like suspension bridges, I have two of them on my layout, A train going over them is a great sight. This one is on the back of he layout.
9/11/2014 Indian railways WP 7051 Sher-E-Punjab with heavy slippage on a hill leading from the golden bridgeRead NowHere is a video of my IR Steam WP loco with a heavy load slipping climbing a small hill when exiting from the Golden bridge.
During the steam era you could see these water spouts at every station. Sadly none exist today, here is one usually used in North India.
Gasoline, called petrol in India, is transported by rail all across India. Here is a tanker specifically used to transport petrol.
Below is a picture of a typical coal or ore hopper of Indian Railways on my layout. I own a number of these which were modified for me by Lloyd Pierce.
9/9/2014 A UK Class 70 (soon to be a WDG4D (Vijay)) hauling a long goods train over the suspension bridgeRead NowA very long goods train behind a WDG4d (to be converted) loco note the dual horn tones in the video
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AuthorI am of Indian descent and moved to the USA in Mid 1970's. Model Railroads and Model Remote Controlled Aircraft are my two hobbies both of which I have been pursuing since my childhood in India. Archives
January 2021
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