Day 73 | March 14 2007 | Rusty!

Rusty old steam engine lying all alone in a park in Bangalore.

Discontinued in the 1990 by the Indian Railways, this must be the fate of the retired steam engines. Many of them will be lying in parks, railway museums across the country and even a few in some government engineering colleges. A few are still in use, but mostly at tourist places like Darjeeling, Matheran and even the Royal Orient. There is a huge fan following for steam locomotives in India. More info here.

BTW, Indian Railways is one of the largest and busiest rail networks in the world, spread across 63000 Km and growing fast! India Shining !