These railway compartments (bogies?) sound amazing! Did they exist on long distance trains in Indias back in the 1920s, too? Sujata On Mar 9, 2014, at 4:00 AM, india-british-raj-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Today's Topics: > > 1. Indian Railway Bogie Photos... (Kerry Edwards) > 2. Re: Indian Railway Bogie Photos... (arundube@hotmail.com) > > From: Kerry Edwards <ozmulki@gmail.com> > Subject: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] Indian Railway Bogie Photos... > Date: March 8, 2014 at 5:31:03 AM EST > To: India British Raj Rootsweb <india-british-raj@rootsweb.com> > Reply-To: india-british-raj@rootsweb.com > > > Hello Listers, > > does anyone have a photo(s) of *the inside of the old style 1st class > 'bogie*' (4/6 berth carriage) circa 1940s/50s/60s? > > The one I am after is the one that had an 'ensuite' within the carriage and > the door(s) opened onto the platform before they were replaced with the > 'corridor' type 1st class bogies. > > One of the NSGR (Nizam's State Guaranteed Railway) would be great, however > any other would be also suitable. > > > Khudha Hafiz > > Kerry > > > > > From: <arundube@hotmail.com> > Subject: Re: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] Indian Railway Bogie Photos... > Date: March 8, 2014 at 6:14:34 AM EST > To: india-british-raj@rootsweb.com > Reply-To: arundube@hotmail.com, india-british-raj@rootsweb.com > > > There are old railway bogies at the Rail Museum in New Delhi which are like the one described. I remember travelling in such bogies as a youngster. They had en-suite bathrooms and were not connected by a corridor. I remember they had 6 berths and the whole family could travel in comfort. > Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kerry Edwards <ozmulki@gmail.com> > Sender: india-british-raj-bounces@rootsweb.com > Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2014 21:31:03 > To: India British Raj Rootsweb<india-british-raj@rootsweb.com> > Reply-To: india-british-raj@rootsweb.com > Subject: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] Indian Railway Bogie Photos... > > Hello Listers, > > does anyone have a photo(s) of *the inside of the old style 1st class > 'bogie*' (4/6 berth carriage) circa 1940s/50s/60s? > > The one I am after is the one that had an 'ensuite' within the carriage and > the door(s) opened onto the platform before they were replaced with the > 'corridor' type 1st class bogies. > > One of the NSGR (Nizam's State Guaranteed Railway) would be great, however > any other would be also suitable. > > > Khudha Hafiz > > Kerry > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > To contact the INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ list administrator, send an email to > INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ mailing list, send an email to INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > email with no additional text.

And, further to Kerry’s description, if one was in the position of a senior officer on the Railways, one could order a saloon car (I believe it was called) with a pantry and kitchen and servant’s quarters attached. One had to inform somebody of the places to be visited - I believe we were coupled to a main line and on reaching our destination, uncoupled and shunted on to a short length of rail (?). Having spent as many days as one wished at this particular holiday spot, I can remember as a small child, the sound of heavy coupling and the hard chug and steam of another mainline train, taking us away to ….. wherever ! All this in the dark and I can still recall the wonder of it ! That was the E.I.R. On 9 Mar 2014, at 8:14 pm, SUJATA MASSEY <sujatamassey@mac.com> wrote: > These railway compartments (bogies?) sound amazing! Did they exist on long distance trains in Indias back in the 1920s, too? > Sujata > > On Mar 9, 2014, at 4:00 AM, india-british-raj-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Indian Railway Bogie Photos... (Kerry Edwards) >> 2. Re: Indian Railway Bogie Photos... (arundube@hotmail.com) >> >> From: Kerry Edwards <ozmulki@gmail.com> >> Subject: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] Indian Railway Bogie Photos... >> Date: March 8, 2014 at 5:31:03 AM EST >> To: India British Raj Rootsweb <india-british-raj@rootsweb.com> >> Reply-To: india-british-raj@rootsweb.com >> >> >> Hello Listers, >> >> does anyone have a photo(s) of *the inside of the old style 1st class >> 'bogie*' (4/6 berth carriage) circa 1940s/50s/60s? >> >> The one I am after is the one that had an 'ensuite' within the carriage and >> the door(s) opened onto the platform before they were replaced with the >> 'corridor' type 1st class bogies. >> >> One of the NSGR (Nizam's State Guaranteed Railway) would be great, however >> any other would be also suitable. >> >> >> Khudha Hafiz >> >> Kerry >> >> >> >> >> From: <arundube@hotmail.com> >> Subject: Re: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] Indian Railway Bogie Photos... >> Date: March 8, 2014 at 6:14:34 AM EST >> To: india-british-raj@rootsweb.com >> Reply-To: arundube@hotmail.com, india-british-raj@rootsweb.com >> >> >> There are old railway bogies at the Rail Museum in New Delhi which are like the one described. I remember travelling in such bogies as a youngster. They had en-suite bathrooms and were not connected by a corridor. I remember they had 6 berths and the whole family could travel in comfort. >> Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Kerry Edwards <ozmulki@gmail.com> >> Sender: india-british-raj-bounces@rootsweb.com >> Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2014 21:31:03 >> To: India British Raj Rootsweb<india-british-raj@rootsweb.com> >> Reply-To: india-british-raj@rootsweb.com >> Subject: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] Indian Railway Bogie Photos... >> >> Hello Listers, >> >> does anyone have a photo(s) of *the inside of the old style 1st class >> 'bogie*' (4/6 berth carriage) circa 1940s/50s/60s? >> >> The one I am after is the one that had an 'ensuite' within the carriage and >> the door(s) opened onto the platform before they were replaced with the >> 'corridor' type 1st class bogies. >> >> One of the NSGR (Nizam's State Guaranteed Railway) would be great, however >> any other would be also suitable. >> >> >> Khudha Hafiz >> >> Kerry >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> >> To contact the INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ list administrator, send an email to >> INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-admin@rootsweb.com. >> >> To post a message to the INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ mailing list, send an email to INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ@rootsweb.com. >> >> __________________________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-request@rootsweb.com >> with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the >> email with no additional text. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message