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International Railroad Discussion > IndiaDate: 02/04/16 10:39 India Author: glibby To supplement dwatry's outstanding photos of trains in India, I offer the attached three photos taken in Benares, India, in June, 1966
   Date: 02/04/16 12:55 Re: India Author: boejoe 1966! Wow, golden oldies. Thanks for posting.
Date: 02/04/16 13:25 Re: India Author: pedrop Great photos. Thanks for share them here.
Pedro Rezende Vespasiano MG, https://youtube.com/c/minasgeraisrailways1 Date: 02/04/16 14:42 Re: India Author: 1435mmGauge Jerry, the diesel locomotive is a rare GM-EMD GT-16, the export version of the domestic SD-24. India was the only country that bought them. 72 units were produced. Awesome picture.
Date: 02/04/16 17:55 Re: India Author: boejoe I did a Google map search to find Benares India. Varanasi popped up. Is this correct? When I visited Varanasi the tour guide referred to it as the City of Learning and Burning (for the cremations that take place along the Ganges River)
Date: 02/04/16 23:28 Re: India Author: dwatry Nice photos! It would have been nice to see some steam, but alas...
dwatry Posted from iPhone Date: 02/05/16 07:35 Re: India Author: africansteam Love the TATA Pacific! Thanks for posting.
Cheers, Jack Date: 02/05/16 07:49 Re: India Author: glibby Yes, Benares is Varanasi, and I believed the latter name is more commonly used now. Don't know why or when the change came about. Glad to know of your interest in this subject.
Date: 02/07/16 14:57 Re: India Author: dwatry City name changes have been occurring in India since independence from the British in 1947. Sometimes it is to align spelling more with the local language (of which there are many in India), sometimes to move away from a name with colonial overtones, and sometimes it is politically-motivated in the tug-of-war that is often Indian politics.
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