a. "The prestige of Southern Railway, 2639 Brindavan Express pulls out of Platform 3 at Central...". Then, the old gentleman goes on to add another one thousand words to make his story complete with an arrival at Bangalore City.
b. A 10-year old boy watches a puny YAM-1 with an equally puny load of Rameswaram Passenger through the Market gate at Saidapet, on a daily basis, from a rickshaw loaded with school children in the mornings. Evenings are filled up with watching YAM-1 hauled Chengalpattu Passenger, Kanchipuram I and Kanchipuram II along with Nellai Express and Quilon Mail in the same LC.
c. A distant, melodious, heavenly twin-tone of a WAM-4 hauling Chennai or Brindavan or Kovai or Saptagiri fills the ears of a boy travelling in a horse-cart (jadkaa) at Tiruninravur, when going to the Bakthavatsala Perumal temple after a ride in the gundu-electric train.
Now, what is a+b+c?
Ans: A rail-fan in me!
