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SPEED

2009.07.17

indian Railways has one of the largest and busiest rail networks in the world, transporting over 18 million passengers and more than 2 million tonnes of freight daily.[4][5] It is the world's largest commercial or utility employer, with more than 1.4 million employees.[6][4] The railways traverse the length and breadth of the country, covering 6,909 stations over a total route length of more than 63,327 kilometres (39,350 mi). As to rolling stock, IR owns over 200,000 (freight) wagons, 50,000 coaches and 8,000 locomotives.[4]

Railways were first introduced to India in 1853. By 1947, the year of India's independence, there were forty-two rail systems. In 1951 the systems were nationalised as one unit, becoming one of the largest networks in the world. IR operates both long distance and suburban rail systems on a multi-gauge network of broad, metre and narrow gauges. It also owns locomotive and coach production facilities
34 Comments
davidcardona Cool! I added this one into my favorites. Thanks for sharing!
davidcardona · 2009-07-17: 23:57
shutterjitter fantastic pic.
and fantastic intro. to Indian Railways.
btw, what a coincidence!( if u see my latest blog/post u'll know y me saying this:-)
shutterjitter · 2009-07-18: 02:00
ConceptuellaB Just Perfect .
ConceptuellaB · 2009-07-18: 02:48
nadoune Very nice shot !!!
nadoune · 2009-07-18: 06:52
tulip nice shot ..I love to travel by train...
tulip · 2009-07-18: 07:12
wfrnk Railroad passenger transportation in Brazil is almost inexistent... Can you believe it? :-/
wfrnk · 2009-07-18: 08:00
JumiElla Good description and photo.Both are very interesting.
JumiElla · 2009-07-18: 08:34
Rasadesign This is really great shot...
It's real speed....................
;)
Rasadesign · 2009-07-18: 08:56
Robertthebob Interesting - a great shot and a nice explanation - thanks
Robertthebob · 2009-07-18: 12:38
Rogermay beautiful capture! love the motion and also the perspective! great shot
Rogermay · 2009-07-18: 14:39
somogyvari Great shot and interesting informations!
somogyvari · 2009-07-18: 16:05
miclaud Nice capture!
miclaud · 2009-07-18: 19:08
Aghdam Yeah, and i think it's so important to Indian People
Well done!
Aghdam · 2009-07-19: 02:22
miltonjacob nicely done with apt description
miltonjacob · 2009-07-19: 07:06
qarqafoto Great:)
qarqafoto · 2009-07-20: 04:03
MrSaSa very nice photo....i like it!!
MrSaSa · 2009-07-20: 05:52
Askrubies woah... really good shot
Askrubies · 2009-07-20: 21:42
mystic1 That train looks like it was cooking nice capture
mystic1 · 2009-07-21: 13:48
jennye cool capture!!
jennye · 2009-07-21: 21:09
bigjonny Nice mix of academic and aesthetic. I'm curious about your occupation. It seems it should involve these things you are so good at.
bigjonny · 2009-07-22: 21:17
oakley Very great shot!!

Have a great day!
Mike
oakley · 2009-07-25: 03:03
haclacha great job! :)
haclacha · 2009-07-26: 06:18
Nukee Excellent capture!!! :))
Nukee · 2009-07-27: 00:42
blackhawk1552 Very nice angle shot mojaroo ! Very nice post ,,,informative! thank you so much for sharing!
blackhawk1552 · 2009-07-27: 20:45
adipatigusti nice panning
adipatigusti · 2009-07-27: 21:46
jet28 Great sense of movement!
jet28 · 2009-07-28: 02:29
finbarr nice shots !! interesting post !!
finbarr · 2009-07-28: 03:03
tomie great capture!
tomie · 2009-07-28: 08:30
maharba Good shot...good report
maharba · 2009-07-28: 13:38
scimmietta great shot!
scimmietta · 2009-07-29: 07:10
Rasadesign Hey buddy....
Thanks for your comment......
;)
Rasadesign · 2009-07-30: 05:14
kdodee great!
kdodee · 2009-08-11: 16:33
cpaul wow !
there's an effect & feel of motion, looking at this photo.
very rare and unique in that sense.
my favourite, this one.
cpaul · 2009-08-25: 06:37
ManjunathRaj Nice timing :)
ManjunathRaj · 2009-11-10: 00:44
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