At the end of nine months, normally the last weekend in November annually, A banner with the school's crest would be made and mounted on a wooden framework. This was strapped to the front of the locomotive (steam) for the journey home.

The East Indian Railway (E.I.R) would lay on a school special to and from the length of the E.I.R. The journey would last about 2½ days and traverse in excess of 1000 miles picking up students at the various stations along the route Calcutta (Howrah) to Delvra Dun.

The length of the train grew as it journeyed to it's final desination. Going to school normally at the beginning of March. 10-12 carraiges and likewise reduced on it's way home until there were only half of the carraiges when it reached Calcutta. During the later part of the journey on it's way up it would require two locos one at the front and one at the rear.

Maurice Van Ristell - Oak Grove School 1948