The Indian Railway Fan Club has no meetings to attend, no dues to pay, no magazine or newsletter(But see the available publications below). Just an E-mail discussion of anything and everthing related to Indian Railways. Some IRFCA members have been inspired to set up websites to share their photos and thoughts. See the links below!
To be added to the E-mail list make your request to "irfca-subscribe@onelist.com" , after you subscribe, messages to be broadcast to the list can then be sent to "irfca@onelist.com" . Also see the IRFCA
home page, "http://irfca.org"
Please NO PHOTOS to the list, it causes great suffering to those with small mailboxes, or "per minute" internet connections.
ABOUT FNRM
Friends of the National Rail Museum is an informal society of railway enthusiasts keen to share a common platform to exchange views and further their knowledge on the subject of Railways. Hon. Chairman, Railway Board is the Chief Patron of FNRM.
Steam traction, the raison d'etre for most enthusiasts’ occupies a prominent place in the interests of the FNRM, though other forms of traction, rolling stock and paraphernalia are not entirely neglected. FNRM publishes a quarterly Newsletter. FNRM members meet on second Sundays of every month (10.00 AM from April to September and 11.00 AM from October to March at the VIP visitors’ Lounge of the National Rail Museum, New Delhi.
There is no entry fee to FNRM beginning 1999. Annual membership fee is Rs. 100 per head for those residing in India. This includes the newsletter posted at an inland address. Annual membership for those residing outside India is US $ 5 (alternately Rs. 200) per head with the newsletter posted at an overseas address by airmail. All Yearly memberships are offered for a calendar year only and expire in December of that year. Members are required to renew their membership as early as possible. Renewal of membership does not require filling up of any form and a brief note sent along with the remittance would suffice. Part year memberships are not being offered at present. Further details and the membership forms may be collected from P.A. to the Museum Director, NRM or by writing to the Secretary, FNRM, National Rail Museum, and Chanakya Puri, New Delhi110021 (INDIA). Answerphone/ Fax 0091-11-6167831/6880804. Contributions for the Newsletter marked to the Editor may also be sent at the above address.
For a hardcopy magazine "INDIAN RAILWAYS" write to:
Mr S.C. Saxena
Buisness Manager
"Indian Railways"
Room No. 311, Rail Bhavan
New Delhi - 110 001
Foreign Subscriptions:
Rs. 300 sea mail
Rs. 700 air mail
India Subscriptions:
Rs. 50
Rs. 45 for railway employees
