our journey...
Welcome to the world of Traintrackers... a sphere, which is a manifestation of unquenched & unsatiated thirst of railfaning.
It was early 2009 when three friends from Kolkata discovered each others' unique passion for railways. All of them liked to watch trains jostling past them powered by various types of locomotives. They started capturing all those actions on-camera. As the number of frames grew bigger they decided to host those in the form of a website. By then their passion had touched new heights with a zeal to cover all the existing locomotives of Indian Railways. The task was highly improbable though not impossible for the trio to cover all the 16 zones of IR. They did all to follow their passion -- be it braving the scorching sun or ignoring the chilly winters or drenching in the downpour. Walking miles under the mid-day sun of May to cover just a single loco or foot-plating in freezing wind chasing their dream has galvanised their resolve to carry on . Their aim remain unflustered as their belief is unperturbed which reflects in the Locometer reading.
The name of the website had itself gone through many phases. Many names were in contention and the most prominent one was 'RailTrackers'. Then after a prolonged deliberation the team emphasised on using the word 'Train', which believed to be more relevant. Thus they zeroed in on "TrainTrackers" - as an unanimous choice. Although the name came much later but the dream & vision of creating such a website had taken shape much earlier.
Team effort has been the key factor behind propelling the dream into reality. Be it sorting out photos, choosing them or working on them, TT have focussed on every small details very meticulously & intricately. All their delirious activites stems from their indomitable passion which metaphors this website.
And it's just the beginning...
Thanks for your time.
our team:
Somsubhra Das
President
Anjan Roy Chowdhury
Treasurer
Arkopal Sarkar
Public Relations
Arpita Basu Das
Member
Arnab Bagchi
Technical Head
Akash Ray
Associate Member
Sagnik Gupta
Associate Member
Rudranil Roy Chowdhury
General Secretary
Subhadyouti Bose
Executive Member
Anamitra Bose
Executive Member
Shreya Chakraborty
Member
Sumanta Chowdhury
Technical Advisor
Shourya Basu
Associate Member
Aishik Bhattacharya
Associate Member
the magazine team:
Somsubhra Das
Chief Editor (English)
Anamitra Bose
Contributing Editor
Shreya Chakraborty
Proof Reader
Rudranil Roy Chowdhury
Concept & Designing, Editor (Vernacular Version)
Arkopal Sarkar
Public Relations & Distribution
our contributors:
TrainTrackers would like to take this opportunity to thank our contributors for sharing invaluable photos & expresses gratitude for their extended support. TrainTrackers also want to thank them for sharing their views & suggestions for betterment of this website.
Abhimanyu DeDhara
Contributor (International)
Aishik Chanda
Contributor (West Bengal)
Aurin Chakraborty
Contributor (International)
Bani Das
Contributor (International)
Hrishik Mukherjee
Contributor (West Bengal)
Kaushik Paul
Contributor (West Bengal)
Monarch Banerjee
Contributor (West Bengal)
Rattri RoyChowdhury
Contributor (West Bengal & NewDelhi)
Sourosankho Maji
Rail Enthusiasts
Kaustav Choudhury
Rail Enthusiasts
Anish Banerjee
Contributor (West Bengal)
Asit Baran Das
Contributor (International)
Avisekh Ray
Contributor (West Bengal)
Binod Ghosh
Contributor (West Bengal)
Karthik Iyer
Contributor (Mumbai)
Mahel Kurien Jacobs
Contributor (Karnataka)
Ramadurai Ramaswamy
Contributor (Bengaluru)
Roberto D'Andrea
Contributor (International)
Soumyajyoti Dey
Rail Enthusiasts
Vikas Kumar
Contributor (Tatanagar)
acknowledgement:
TrainTrackers would like to take this opportunity to express gratitude to the officials of Indian Railways for their extended support & also like to thank our well-wishers, mentors, friends for sharing invaluable views & suggestions for betterment of this website.
The Rail Enthusiasts' Society
An Esteemed Group of Learned Ferroequinologists
Sanjoy Mookerjee
Retd. Financial Commissioner (Railways)
Sandip Kumar Chatterjee (IRS)
Sr. D.E.E. Howrah Electric Loco Shed (ER)
Parimal Mukherjee
S.S.E. Howrah Electric Loco Shed (ER)
Debashis Dutta
Ex - S.S.E. Howrah EMU Carshed (ER)
B. C. Paul
Ex - P.P.O. Howrah Electric Loco Shed (ER)
Soumitra Paul
Rail Enthusiasts (Retd. Judge - Calcutta High Court)
Mahadev Shi
Tram Activists
Somanko Tiru
Rail Enthusiasts
Subhajit Saha
Graphic Designer
J. L. Singh
Ex. Member Railway Board (Finance)
Samit Roychoudhury
Cartographer & Eminent Ferroequinologist
Sudip Dutta
S.S.E. Howrah Electric Loco Shed (ER)
Barun Chanda Barh
S.S.E. Howrah Electric Loco Shed (ER)
D Om Prakash Narayan
P.R.O. Southern Railway (SR)
Sumit Kayal
Ex - D.E.E. Howrah EMU Carshed (ER)
Subrata Bhattacharya
Ex - S.S.E. Howrah Electric Loco Shed (ER)
Debashish Bhattacharya
Tram Activists
Sambit Chatterjee
Rail Enthusiasts
Biplab Debnath
Rail Enthusiasts
website partners:
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