Relishing our Railways Part 1
Know your coach better! ICF stands for Integral Coach Factory which is located in Perambur in the suburbs of Chennai. It was established way back in 1955 and has manufactured more than 50000 rail coaches since then. Even after the Rail Coach factory was established in Kapurthala in 1984, it still has a lion's share in the coaches which Indian Railways uses today. In fact, if you are travelling in a train, it's highly probably that the coach you're in was manufactured in ICF, Chennai. We all are familiar with the Blue and white ubiquitous coaches of the Indian Railways. But do you know about the history of coach liveries(liveries are the colours or theme on a rail coach) ? Well.. Till the early 1990s, trains in India had a rich palette with various colors adorning its coaches. Then the Railways, in a 'standardisation measure' painted almost all its coaches in rust brown color which were dull and monotonous. Then came our present day Blue and white coac