Re: Oh Calcutta
From: ma261065
Date: Wed, 8-Sep-2010 11:51 PM

Rod,

If that's the track just south of Esplanade (Red Rd), then this is what it looks like today:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3250/2957571907_5edc56d6c4_b.jpg


Regards,

Mike

--- In TramsDownUnder@..., "Roderick Smith" <rodsmith@...> wrote:
>
> I thought that the closest I could bring you to Indians this week would be
> Boston, but I found this unsent b&w on the drive, made when I was doing a
> series on Darjeeling Himalaya carriages for a book author.
>
> I was with an ARE tour group, and this was our last morning. Our charter
> bus took us from the hotel, across Hooghly River bridge to Howrah station,
> then to a temple, then to the airport to fly via Rangoon to Bangkok,
> connecting to Singapore for a break before returning to Melbourne.
>
> The photo also qualfies for the 'Through the windscreen' series.
>
> See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh!_Calcutta!
>
> Roderick B Smith
> Rail News Victoria Editor
>