Thanks to Harsha, I tracked down the 'train scene' from the Hindi film Teezari Manzil .... (mute the sound if you don't want to hear hideous laughter or Hindi dialogue), the carriage is exactly the one I was looking for...it was possibly a 6 berth where the film crew had camped to film the shot! Nostalgic memories. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5ybeCT8xCk Thanks everyone for their help and comments. Kind Regards Kerry

----- Original Message ----- From: "Kerry Edwards" Thanks to Harsha, I tracked down the 'train scene' from the Hindi film Teezari Manzil ....the carriage is exactly the one I was looking for...it was possibly a 6 berth where the film crew had camped to film the shot! Nostalgic memories. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5ybeCT8xCk Thanks everyone for their help and comments. =================================================== Hope you enjoyed that clip, Kerry. It's one of the iconic movies of our Hindi celluloid world - mainly because of the heavenly music. I must have seen it at least 30-40 times in the last 45 years. That apart, the reason I am writing this second mail is I want to know how many of our readers have seen this old, 1939 Hindi movie ''Imperial Mail''? I know nothing about it except that as the name suggests, the celebrated Imperial Indian Mail (also called the OVERLAND MAIL) running beween Bombay VT and Calcutta via Bhusawal, Etarsi, Jabalpur, and Allahabad is somehow connected with the plot. My point is, if you can manage to see this movie, you'll probably hit the jackpot. Of course it would be B&W, I guess. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0398119/ I don't have to remind you of the history of this once most prestigious and luxurious train in the entire British Empire. It still operates as Mumbai - Howrah Mail but it is now not even the shadow of its former glorious self. Somebody has uploaded a video as a paean or requiem in its honour. See = The Story of IMPERIAL INDIAN MAIL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBjWrZ0F7Kk Lastly, here is another interesting bit of info. You must have seen David Lean's movie A passage to India, based on E M Forster's (in)famous novel. Do you remember the train scenes from this film? The 'Imperial Mail' that Mrs Moore and Adela travel on to get to Chandrapore is perhaps the 'Imperial Indian Mail' which we are talking about. See if you can find out more about the trains/train models used for this film. To begin with, here is a page you might find useful: http://www.mapability.com/travel/p2i/railway.php Any lead on Mr John Lacey? Best, ---- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar