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This is just one of a series of pages covering surviving Railway Cranes across the world. Click here for the Index. There is also a second page of pictures from Heinrich Hubbert available. There are probably more working steam cranes on Indian Railways than all other national railway systems combined (most, if not all, of China's steam cranes are in industrial use). At the time of initial compilation, these pictures all appeared first on the IRFCA website, . I would like to thank Satish Pai, the webmaster, for his help in obtaining permission from the photographers concerned to reproduce these images. This page was last updated on 7th April 2015. Broad Gauge:
Metre Gauge
Other metre gauge steam cranes are shown on the IRFCA site as follows, those indicated with "@" are on Heinrich Hubbert's page:
Indian Cranes often carry locally assigned names. Chris Capewell gives the background to some of the better known ones. I'll be happy to add more examples if you get in touch. AGNI - One of the most important of the Vedic gods, god of fire and
the acceptor of sacrifices. Agni is a messenger from and to the other gods. He is ever-young, because the fire is re-lit every day, yet he BALWAN - Powerful BHEESHMA - 'Bhishma Pitamah' was the eighth son of Kuru King Shantanu who was blessed with wish-long life and had sworn to serve the ruling Kuru king. He was one of the most prominent characters of the great Indian epic, the Mahabharata. He was the grand uncle of both the Pandavas and the Kauravas. An unparalleled archer, he once vanquished the mighty Parasurama. A 1962 Telugu film was based on the life of this great Mahabharata character. CHAMUNDI – Goddess with three eyes and eight arms. GAJANAN - Gajanan Maharaj from Shegaon (Buldhana District), Maharashtra, India is a Saint from India. HANUMAN (Sanskrit: हनुमान्, Hanumān, Tamil: அனுமன், is a Hindu deity, who is an ardent devotee of Rama, a central character in the Indian epic Ramayana and one of the dearest devotees of lord Rama. A general among the vanaras, an ape-like race of forest-dwellers, Hanuman is an incarnation of the divine and a disciple of Lord Rama in the struggle against the demon king Ravana. KRISHNA - Krishna is a deity worshiped across many traditions of
Hinduism in a variety of different perspectives. While many Vaishnava groups recognize him as an avatar of Vishnu, some consider him to be PANDYAN - an ancient Tamil dynasty. The Pandyas were one of the four
Tamil dynasties which ruled South India until the 15th century CE. They initially ruled their country Pandya Nadu from Korkai, a seaport VEEER BHIMSEN – Hindi movie from 1920s, remade several times. ANJANAYA - Hanuman, known also as 'Anjaneya' (son of Anjana), is one
of the most popular concepts of servants of God in Hinduism and one of the most important personalities in the Indian epic, the
Ramayana. His most famous feat, as described in the Hindu epic scripture the
Ramayana, was leading a monkey army to fight the demon King Ravana. MANGALA - In Jyotish astrology, Mangala is the name for Mars, the red
planet. Mars is also called Angaraka ('one who is red in colour') or Bhauma ('son of Bhumi') in Sanskrit. He is the god of war and is
celibate. He is considered the son of Prithvi or Bhumi, the Earth VIKRAM – Tamil Actor VIKRANT – Vikranta is Sanskrit for "stepped beyond, taking wide strides, courageous, bold, strong", from vi- = "apart" and kram- = "to stride". Also the name of the Indian Navy aircraft carrier, now a museum ship, the ex HMS Hercules. |
Rob Dickinson
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