18-of-21) Metre gauge class YP 4-6-2 no. 2564, built by Telco (Tata Engineering and Loco Co.) in 1964, stands in the platform at Samastipur Junction station, India, 29th December 1993.
The train is standing under a structure with hoses which appears to be used for topping up the water tanks of coaches. Here, one man appears to be standing on the end of the first coach and the one with the hose appears to be standing on the tender and directing water down into the cab. The tender water tank usually has a filler at the rear and it would take a long time to fill it with that small hose, so I am guessing that they are perhaps supplying drinking water to the cab.
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