Travelling in a train is one and enjoying train travel is another – as you travel in a train, what are the aspects that you notice ? Indian Trains have Names besides the Numbers. As you would know, Trains now have 5 digit numbers – earlier they were 4 digits.Many atrains are named after Gods, rivers, important places in the origin or destination – ……. Some are named after personalities and some after traits too.. there are some luxurious trains too……. On August 15, 1977, a train woke up the peopleas it began its inaugural journey from the temple town of Madurai with 16 yellow and green livery coaches and a matching YDM4 diesel loco. Livery – heard or seen earlier ? Indian Railways has used a large variety of liveries (paint/colour schemes) for its trains, although most of them have been used only for the few special or "prestigious" trains. A dull maroon/rust colour was the overwhelmingly dominant standard for just about all trains except expresses and other special trains. There is also a dark blue paint scheme (with a light blue band about the windows) used almost without exception for all new air-braked stock other than the Rajdhani and Shatabdi coaches. A variant blue livery consisting of dark blue with light blue strips above the windows is also used, mostly for coaches made by RCF.
Mithila (Madhubani) Livery on Train .. .. Goes to Japan !!
Posted on the 11 February 2019 by Sampathkumar SampathTravelling in a train is one and enjoying train travel is another – as you travel in a train, what are the aspects that you notice ? Indian Trains have Names besides the Numbers. As you would know, Trains now have 5 digit numbers – earlier they were 4 digits.Many atrains are named after Gods, rivers, important places in the origin or destination – ……. Some are named after personalities and some after traits too.. there are some luxurious trains too……. On August 15, 1977, a train woke up the peopleas it began its inaugural journey from the temple town of Madurai with 16 yellow and green livery coaches and a matching YDM4 diesel loco. Livery – heard or seen earlier ? Indian Railways has used a large variety of liveries (paint/colour schemes) for its trains, although most of them have been used only for the few special or "prestigious" trains. A dull maroon/rust colour was the overwhelmingly dominant standard for just about all trains except expresses and other special trains. There is also a dark blue paint scheme (with a light blue band about the windows) used almost without exception for all new air-braked stock other than the Rajdhani and Shatabdi coaches. A variant blue livery consisting of dark blue with light blue strips above the windows is also used, mostly for coaches made by RCF.