[9] The BNR Club was associated with numerous sports including football, cricket, field hockey and water polo.
[17] Later in the 1990s, BNR consecutively appeared in Super Division of the CFL, playing home matches at the Rabindra Sarobar Stadium.
[18] Notable players who have played for the Bengal Nagpur Railway FC include Sheoo Mewalal,[19][20][21] Tulsidas Balaram,[22][23] Arun Ghosh, K. Appalaraju,[24] Rajendra Mohan, Samar Banerjee,[25] Chandreshwar Prasad,[26] Mihir Bose,[27] Sudip Chatterjee.
[30] Legendary Indian coach Amal Dutta also appeared with BNR; he later managed the team too.
[54][55][56] Notable players of the team in Colonial era were Carl Tapsell, Dicky Carr and Joe Gallibardy.