I am working on rotation on Calcutta/Kolkata, Boston (USA, not Lincolnshire)
and Cuba (for a Cuban group).
My next lot of Boston scans might help sandwich the location of photo 06.

Enclosed today: one of two scanned on Mon.24.1.77 afternoon, in the general
Esplanade area (which was the area where our hotel was), plus one of two
scanned next morning when the group bus went to Howrah before visiting a
temple and heading to the airport. It was taken in that smoggy morning
light, which also persists for much of the day in some places. My
independent travel to Howrah on Monday was in better light, but the tram was
so crowded that I couldn't get a photo out of the window when on the bridge.

The coupled four-wheel trams were a precursor to a Melbourne C (ie YT, not
pre-M&MTB).

The tour guide was from Mumbai, and had never been to Calcutta in his life.
He locked himself in his hotel room. The Australians simply scattered over
the city, using the Minotaur principle: go out on a tram, return on one with
the same route number. I ended up being invited to a private gathering
celebrating some cultural festival (Saptarshi?). Earlier, I had enjoyed
Mumbai, but Calcutta became a firm favourite. I liked it even more on my
2002-03 holiday: fine public buildings and interesting public transport,
although the tram network had been cut back a lot.

Hindustan: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCr7yJ2EmlE (on a theatre organ)

Roderick B Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor