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Whistle blows for Mumbai's last Anglo-Indian train driver

November 1st, 2008 ยท Posted by stevejb

The incoming blog stream (it only looks for blogs that are either inactive or active with approval for distribution expressed by their authors) didn't pick this gem up.

"For the last 34 years, Adrian Eric Baldrey has driven trains on India's railways but he is a dying breed and his retirement on his 60th birthday will spell the end of Mumbai's Anglo-Indian "motormen".

Anglo-Indians -- people of ..."

Original article:
http://news.my.msn.com/lifestyle/article.aspx?cp-documentid=1690104

The article includes a bit of Indian Railroad history and is well worth the read.

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