BANGLADESH | Railways

New York Morning · September 12th, 2009, 01:08 PM

Metre gauge 2718 leaves Mymensingh with the Balaka Express, the 1500 to Dhaka. The train is well loaded with plenty of people on the roof.

metre gauge 2806, a 1995 build from DLW Varanasi,India and 2224 a 1963 EMD, stand at Dhaka Kamlapur loco shed. Women do their share of heavy work here.

A line of redundant HHD class shunt engines, built by Ganz of Hungary in 1980, stand at Khulna shed. The nearest loco is actually number 7004, the loco carrying it`s number in Bangla script.

New York Morning · September 12th, 2009, 01:08 PM

ALCO clone 6411, built as recently as 2004 by DLW in Varanasi, India. The loco is 5 feet 6 inch gauge. Khulna shed staff pose on the loco watched by a future employee.

An inspection trolley is reflected in a pond as it crosses a bridge over the Dhaka line nearing Mymensingh from Gouripur.

metre gauge 2907, built in 2000 by Hyundai Rotem in South Korea, leaves Mymensingh with train 48, the "Dewanganj Express", 1225 Dewanganj Bazar to Dhaka.

New York Morning · September 12th, 2009, 01:09 PM

metre gauge HHD class, No 3320,built by Ganz in Hungary 1983,passes through a textile market as it arrives at Bogra on train 20,the "Bogra Express", 1345 Gaibandha to Santahar. Stall holders need swift reactions to clear the tracks of their wares.

metre gauge 2912, built in 2000 by Hyundai Rotem in South Korea, nears Dhaka on 0715 from Chittagong,The "Mahangar Probhati". Slums line the trackside here. Many of the residents scrape a living by breaking bricks for hardcore

metre gauge MLU-14 number 2315, built MLW 1969, leaves Sylhet on 0820 to Akhaura, The Kushiara Express

5 feet 6 inch gauge MLW, built 1970, shunts coaches at Khulna while a cow enjoys eating the track. The loco number is in Bangla script.

reda2casa · September 14th, 2009, 07:16 PM

It's not a pleasure to see

Why don't Institutions like UN help out this country, to surpass this misery ?

garcia.calavera · September 15th, 2009, 01:43 PM

damnn and i thought my country has cra_py railways

New York Morning · September 15th, 2009, 04:45 PM

so.... where are you from?

poshbakerloo · September 17th, 2009, 05:13 PM

I don't get all this riding on the roof business! If a train is too crowded miss it like the rest of us would!

mopc · September 18th, 2009, 10:30 AM

Great documentation, thanks for the thread!

New York Morning · September 18th, 2009, 05:14 PM

always welcome

ir desi · September 19th, 2009, 04:07 AM

Two terms all the detractors here ought to think about. If you don't know what they mean, you're a lost cause regardless.

Parochialism

Seductiveness of moral disgust

September 12th, 2009, 01:08 PM	#1
New York Morning BANNED Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 10,274 Likes (Received): 4	BANGLADESH \| Railways Metre gauge 2718 leaves Mymensingh with the Balaka Express, the 1500 to Dhaka. The train is well loaded with plenty of people on the roof. metre gauge 2806, a 1995 build from DLW Varanasi,India and 2224 a 1963 EMD, stand at Dhaka Kamlapur loco shed. Women do their share of heavy work here. A line of redundant HHD class shunt engines, built by Ganz of Hungary in 1980, stand at Khulna shed. The nearest loco is actually number 7004, the loco carrying it`s number in Bangla script.

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September 12th, 2009, 01:09 PM	#3
New York Morning BANNED Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 10,274 Likes (Received): 4	metre gauge HHD class, No 3320,built by Ganz in Hungary 1983,passes through a textile market as it arrives at Bogra on train 20,the "Bogra Express", 1345 Gaibandha to Santahar. Stall holders need swift reactions to clear the tracks of their wares. metre gauge 2912, built in 2000 by Hyundai Rotem in South Korea, nears Dhaka on 0715 from Chittagong,The "Mahangar Probhati". Slums line the trackside here. Many of the residents scrape a living by breaking bricks for hardcore metre gauge MLU-14 number 2315, built MLW 1969, leaves Sylhet on 0820 to Akhaura, The Kushiara Express 5 feet 6 inch gauge MLW, built 1970, shunts coaches at Khulna while a cow enjoys eating the track. The loco number is in Bangla script.

September 15th, 2009, 01:43 PM	#5
garcia.calavera Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Constanta Posts: 896 Likes (Received): 6	damnn and i thought my country has cra_py railways

September 15th, 2009, 04:45 PM	#6
New York Morning BANNED Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 10,274 Likes (Received): 4	so.... where are you from?

September 18th, 2009, 05:14 PM	#9
New York Morning BANNED Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 10,274 Likes (Received): 4	always welcome

September 19th, 2009, 04:07 AM	#10
ir desi Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Hanover, NH, USA Posts: 602 Likes (Received): 1	Two terms all the detractors here ought to think about. If you don't know what they mean, you're a lost cause regardless. Parochialism Seductiveness of moral disgust