SBI YDM4 No.6402 arrives at Ahmedabad with train 52913 12h35 Ranuj to Ahmedabad Passenger on 13th February 2014.

YDM4 No.6674 shunts the carriages from the 05h00 Marwar to Mavli Jn Passenger into the sidings on 6th February 2014. The stone loco shed in the background was only built in 1930! It looks far ol... (more)

The crossing keeper looks on as YDM4 No.6733 stands at Fatehpur Shekhawati with train 02094 14h00 Churu to Jaipur Passenger Special on 5th February 2014.

YDM4 No.6694 approaches Chomun Samod with train 52084 12h10 Sikar to Jaipur passenger on 4th February 2014.

GOC (Golden Rock) based YDM4 #6347 working train 768 14h15 Dindigul to Palakkad crosses classmate #6308 working train 775 13h15 Palakkad to Dindigul passenger on 13th February 2008. The sight of ... (more)

YDM4 #6763 at Maishashan with train 859 09h00 Maishashan to Karimganj. Before the partition of India, Maishashan was on the main Dhaka to Lumding route. Partition severed the route at the border... (more)

Amongst a veritable forest of semaphore signals, YDM4 #6353 arrives at Fathehabad Chandrawatiganj Jn with train 321 10h40 Ratlam – Mhow Fast Passenger on November 29th 2008. Fathehabad Chandraw... (more)

Framed by semaphore signals, three metre gauge YDM4s rest at Mhow on November 24th 2008. I always found the metre gauge more photogenic than its larger broad gauge cousin. Stations and infrastru... (more)

Alco powered YDM4 #6307 at Rau with train 455 06h20 Ujjain – Mhow Passenger on November 27th 2008, waiting to cross train 474 09h10 Mhow – Indore passenger. This route is single line with pas... (more)

People run for the train, as 6431 prepares to depart Rajendra Nagar with train 469 06h00 Ratlam – Akola Fast Passenger on November 27th 2008.

Not all Indian Railways trains are 24 carriages long. Here's the other end of the scale: a 2 coach local train from Silchar to Jiribum, the only train which serves the Jiribum branch. Even this ... (more)