# Preparations are on 3 days before the Convention. Chennai gang discuss the seating and layout
# The Venue, Hotel Metro Manor:
# Receiving the one of the eary arrivals…the Pune gang
# The MACL mock up was on Clear the previous night itself
# The preparations for the photo exhibition. Poochi, Shanx, Apu and Bharat sweating it [...]
The finals of Build your train Quiz saw four teams pitched against each other. They were Apurva Bahadur and Dr. Jitendra Mulky, PVS Praeen and Mohan Bhuyan, Sivaramakrishnan and Biswarup Basu and Shashank Nanda and Sagar Tipnis.
The Quiz consisted of 6 rounds.
First four rounds: Each team giving the right answer straight or passed question, get [...]
Poor connectivity forced us to hold blogging the remaining porgram.
It consisted of the following:
#Documentary movie on Patiala State Mono Rail by Mr. Manas Kumar Poddar, DLW Patiala
# Quiz Finals
# Handover of Token to Dr. Dheeraj Sanghi to hold the 2008 Convention in Kanpur
# Closure of MAS 2007 and exchange of bonhomies.
Mr. Poddar made an excellent [...]
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Mhow – A Magical Mhystery Tour
Presentation by Mohan Bhuyan (with contributions from John Lacey, Bharat Vohra)
Agenda:
Map – overview
History of the Sections
Salient Features of the Section
Loco and Rolling Stock
Slideshow of the pictures and descriptions
Included some amazing aerial shots taken from a low flying aircraft
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AC Loco POH @ PLW
by R. Parimalakumar, Assistant Works Manager, Perambur Loco Works
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Fairy [...]
For the 2008 Convention, Mumbai makes a bid too…but I guess it is between NDLS and CNB.
Now for the prelims Quiz
1. What is common to these routes (list is not exhaustive)?
Chennai – Bangalore
Mumba9i – New Delhi via Bhusaval
newDelhi – Howrah?
2. The _______ Railway company was established in 1845, (later succeded by a new company which [...]
Shanx is pitching for Delhi, 19 and 20 of january.
NRM, Metro, all round super connectivity to anywhere in India, day trips galore, Asaoti and Dadri, Agra Shatabdi, all kinds of locos, etc.
Kanpur’s pitch by Mr. Sanghi
IIT kanpur campus itself is by the railway line…no need to travel far.
World class facilities of IIT at disposal including [...]
We decided to have a detour here….
We have the pitches for the Next Year Convention…bids for hosting.
Desserts are Chakkara Pongal (Sweetened & flavoured rice…) and Vanilla Icecream
Ymmm…
This is a good session. I am sorry, I could not post the snippets. Either I had to type or watch and listen. I chose to listen
Mr. Shyamadhar Ram also pitches in…what a show! This is not a bloggable event. It is a be-there event.
Questions galore. Sridhar is constantly looking at the Starter [...]
