Indian Steam Locomotive Stamps
I came across a selection of stamps celebrating steam locomotives in India. Rather interesting some of them are (excuse me for the bad sentence structure), and so here they are:
Issued in 1953 to mark the Centenary of Indian Railways
Celebrating 25 years of the National Rail Museum (1996)
Celebrating 150 years of Indian Railways.
Celebrating 100 years of Railways in the Dehradoon Valley.
Celebrating Darjeeling Himalayan Railways for no special reason.
The F1 Locomotive 1895.
Locomotive GIP No. 1
Steam locomotive WR/1 1963.
India has always had a long and chequered history with steam locomotives. In fact that the oldest working steam locomotive is still running here tells a lot about the current situation of steam travel in the country. Restoration is another matter, and I believe that work is being done about it.
On the other hand I haven't yet managed to go to the National Rail Museum. But will soon.
posted by Locomotiff Admin @ 9:47 PM
6 comments
6 Comments:
i'm planning to come to india soon. perhaps i can get a ride on the oldest steam train? any clue where i might go for it?
Yep. You will have to call up the National Rail Museum for that. The Locomotive is called the Fairy Queen.
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I went to the site you mentioned. Really good site. By the way I've been reading this blog for quite a while and was wondering if you are part of any steam loco society? Have you heard of the Darjiling Steam Loco that has made its way to UK? I went to see it. It's cute. Anyways good luck with this site. I really like it.
Nice stamps. But these surely are not all that you've got. Nice site too. Am a regular visitor. But writing for the first time. Best wishes.
this is the greatest site for steam enthusiasts! congrats! love coming back here.
hey thanks for ur suggestion. went to the site you mentioned. quite nice. by the way when do we read the next piece. come on, say something dude.
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