Dear all One who always mocks at English of Rajaram, had many mistakes in his language in the past and now though I did not want to point it out, he himself says with a lot of mistakes; so english butler language is not new to him; and by apologising his standards will not rise above the level. Another goonk wanted the urine of a MAMA to be drunk and now G can drink that too. I know he will defend going round and round but one thing is certain that English is not our rashtra bhasha and also prove that only because he is so weak in English he writes in Malayalam too as some one writes in Hindi Comedy of errors!! KR IRS 2 9 23
On Sat, 2 Sept 2023 at 13:35, 'gopala krishnan' via Thatha_Patty < [email protected]> wrote: > Respected friends, > > My earlier posting on the subject has a lot of *grammatical errors and > missing of words*. On reading the posting I found the changes made were > not saved and got posted. > > I paste below the corrected copy. *Sorry for the oversight.* > Gopalakrishnan > > *WHITE and ORANGE* > > Dear friends, > > This writing is based on arrival of eight coaches with engine of mainly > orange colour painted VANDE BHARATH express, first batch of mainly orange > colour on body from ICF Chennai at Mangalore Railway station. So > inside seating and painting also will have orange reflection. Earlier > coaches are mainly blue in colour. > > The orange colour gives more external appearance. > > Probably while going for repainting all old bogies may also be repainted > in orange colour on body. There are also possibilities of next batch of > Vandebharat train with parrot green and another batch with sindoor colour > may arrive. These colours are also beautiful. > > In my boyhood days there was no discrimination in body colours. All > trains had dark brown colour body. No stripes. Coaches with wooden body > were there, but mostly with steel body. I have recollection of coach > numbers etc. written in white colour. > > Sitting benches and sleeper berths were with wooden planks. > > I studied in middle school class about first five year plan, in which the > ICF factory at Chennai, Perambur for building coaches was told. Later > while coming to Madras (present Chennai) I could see the beautiful coaches > manufactured and kept aligned near Villivakkam in a railway strip. Some > of the coaches were for import even at that time. > > Only steam engines were there, it was common ashes from coal fall on > body, eye while looking forward. .. > > When stripes started it was yellowish in colour. All identification > letters were also in yellow colour, the same yellow colour used to mark > coach numbers, type of coach etc. > > Most Goods wagons still have dark brown colour though some come with grey > and light green colours on the body. > > When Blue mountain express was introduced it had blue as body colour. When > Brindavan express was introduced it had green as body colour. The > reputation of Blue mountain express still continues with AC coaches whereas > Brindavan express has lost old prestige. It simply runs as a slow express > train without AC chair car, after the introduction of Chennai- Bangalore > Double Decker express. > > About a decade back or still earlier, decision was taken by railway > ministry to change the colour of all coaches to light blue. All coaches > when gone for painting, repainted in light blue colour. > > Later a decision was taken to have the colour of the coaches depend on the > type of train. So coaches again got repainted in the order whether they > are express, super express, passenger etc. Most of the express trains came > with painting from window upwards in yellow colour. > > Later ministry started permitting Company advertisements in the coaches. > It became difficult even to note the coach number. Still the > advertisements continue in double decker trains between Chennai and > Bangalore. We can watch actor Jeyaram in Ramraj cotton dhoti advertisement > covering most of the body of a coach. Similarly inner wear banian > advertisements. > > Engines changed from steam to diesel by about 1975’s. Engines changed to > electric hauling after electrification of the routes. Still certain > routes have diesel hauling. About a month back my daughter told me about > the travel in the train with diesel engine between Mangalore and Bangalore. > > Seats changed from planks to cushion. The width of the cushion seat/berth > and depth depends on the type of class. > > The elimination of first class and second class and appearance of 3rd AC > was a major change. > > While thinking about body stripe colours, nationalised and other banks > also use some uniform stripe colours in their offices for general > painting and counters. > > Bank of Baroda uses orange stripe colour and light yellow as major colour > . State bank of India uses blue colour stripes and white as major colour. > Canara bank uses sky blue colour stripes. Karur Vaisya bank uses dark green > colour stripes to quote some. Indian overseas bank also uses light blue > colour stripes with light yellow as main colour. > > Gopalakrishnan 2-9-23 > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Thatha_Patty" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/140700293.2346677.1693641930411%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/140700293.2346677.1693641930411%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CAL5XZoo6RMVjyEzr_WKYp8nx9Hd_AzTnD%3DGUTXZsdNqyak72ZQ%40mail.gmail.com.
