Where are they now?
On my visit to the Futwah -Islampur 2'6" narrow gauge line on 23 March 1983, I took the midday train out to the half way point of Hilsa and then returned to Futwah.
Some where on the return, 0-6-2T #4 built by Manning Wardle of Leeds in 1923, paused briefly en route giving enough time for a reasonable portrait shot.
The line closed a few years later and remarkably was subsequently replaced with a brand new broad gauge line. None of the NG loco survived into preservation. I wonder where the young boy is today? Life for the poor in Bihar back in 1983 was brutal and sadly it would have taken all his guile and cunning to survive.
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Where are they now?
On my visit to the Futwah -Islampur 2'6" narrow gauge line on 23 March 1983, I took the midday train out to the half way point of Hilsa and then returned to Futwah.
Some where on the return, 0-6-2T #4 built by Manning Wardle of Leeds in 1923, paused briefly en route giving enough time for a reasonable portrait shot.
The line closed a few years later and remarkably was subsequently replaced with a brand new broad gauge line. None of the NG loco survived into preservation. I wonder where the young boy is today? Life for the poor in Bihar back in 1983 was brutal and sadly it would have taken all his guile and cunning to survive.
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