Raj Steam - The Indian Subcontinent

Raj Steam - The Indian Subcontinent - On Line

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India Narrow Gauge Steam Index

Other Narrow Gauge Steam Index

India Metre Gauge Steam Index

Other Metre Gauge Steam Index

India Broad Gauge Steam Index

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Around the turn of the century I accumulated many scans of steam on the Indian sub-continent, the intention was that it would form the basis of further Images of Rail CD-ROMs.

Then I met Yuehong and the project got sidelined to put it mildly. After 2004 we invested our time on video instead and organising ourselves to the point where by November 2014 we were not only 'settled' in the UK but Yuehong had British citizenship. It was time to take stock and complete what I long ago dubbed 'Raj Steam'. As I write this, it's May 2026 and the main project is as comp[lete as it is ever likely to be . I choose my words carefully because I have just finished working through more than 1000 images from Jan Willem van Dorp's amazing journeys behind steam on the broad gauge across much of northern India in the 1980s and 1990s. Hanging over all of this is the absence of sections on the broad gauge in Pakistan not to mention industrial railways.

The reality is that even trying to cover my costs in presenting these images would be a 'big ask'; instead, in what is the approaching twilight of my life, I have to be satisfied with sharing my pleasure with fellow enthusiasts. I am grateful when people ask me if they can use the odd individual image on their social media pages, it's good to know that in this mad world there are still people with good manners. As for those shits (sorry about my French) who think nothing of helping themselves to my and other contributors' hard work, I can only hope that one day they will 'see the light' and mend their ways.