2017-06-23 Fri

When we were young all of us were ever so excited to watch the train storm past us. Running at a lightning speed, trains have always captured our imaginations as it goes by making a peculiar noise bound towards an unknown far away destination.

Did you know that India is the fourth largest railway network in the world comprising of 119,630 kilometres of total track with over 7,216 stations! Trains have become a part of our basic mode of transportation.
And if you happen to live in Mumbai then it’s practically impossible to take trains out of your daily routine. Interestingly Mumbai Suburban Railways is an offshoot of the first railway to be built by the British in India, and is also the oldest railway system in Asia!

To commemorate this amazing journey of various Indian Locomotives, India Post had issued a set of 4 stamps in 1976.
Aren’t they just beautiful?