Photo Story- Zaverilal Mehta

I remember talking about ninety years ago. I want to talk about railways. That was the time BB&CI. Railways were plying from Mumbai to Gujarat. Charcoal-powered trains warmed tourists at a number of stations. B.B. & C.I. Not for competition with the railways but for the convenience of its people, the Morbi Railway of Kathiawar was protecting the big cities around Surendranagar in Saurashtra.

If a local drama company was performing a play in a dahla, Mafatio would get into a running train on Morbi Railway without a ticket. Since the Morbi Railway was not very strict, all this could be digested by paying a fine to those who are accustomed to free travel to Kathiawar. BB&CI was a railway. The name itself is B.B. But the design is like the design of Morbi Railway, in the domestic railways, TTO used to "cash" and celebrate. Who pays attention to such a small job in the administration of a native kingdom there? The photograph presented here is of an hour-long break at BB&C's Viramgam. This train from Saurashtra comes here and fills up with water.

Meanwhile, our Gujarati families traveling in this train, the passengers of the religious tour, immediately get down in the back and complete the bathing ritual without any hesitation. Since it was morning, the engine was also ready to fill the water. No matter what province the tourists are from, human nature remains the same. If you get time and convenience, don't take it to Viramgam for free. This frozen express has stopped for an hour and our Gujarati families have taken a relaxed mood by not washing the back of the train in the name of God.

You can't even imagine taking a bath when a passenger on any train today doesn't even get a free glass of water. The police and TT were on duty in the coaches where the BB&CI's journey was fast, but after waking up all night, they allowed this innocent bathing ritual to be done here comfortably, but seeing the scene, it seems that the departure whistle has been blown. Look! What a rush to get into all the boxes ... !! What a difference between our grandfathers of today and grandfathers of that time !!