[6][7] Eastern Railway previously achieved more success in the highest division of the Calcutta Football League.

[12] After becoming fully Indian club, Eastern Railway emerged as one of the strongest sides of the CFL, with players including Jamini Bandyopadhyay, Bechu Dutta, Pakhi Sen, Tulsi Das, Mohini Bandyopadhyay, and later Sahu Mewalal, Santosh Nandy, Ajit Nandy, Neelu Mukhopadhyay, and Karuna Majumder.

[16] After Indian independence in 1947, Eastern Railway managed to reach final of Rovers Cup in 1949 but lost 3–0 to East Bengal in title decider.

[19] In 1958, they again failed clinching title, beaten by Andhra Pradesh Police Club in final of Sait Nagjee Trophy in Kerala.

[20] After multiple runner-up finishes, best ever success achieved by Eastern Railway came into reality in 1958, when they won prestigious Calcutta Football League title under coaching of Bagha Shome,[21][22] and became the first team outside the "Big Three" of Kolkata to do so.

[25] Club former player and captain P. K. Banerjee managed Eastern Railway in 1971–72, before moving to the Kolkata giants East Bengal as head coach.

[32][33][34][35] Prasanta Chakraborty managed the club in their first four league matches, until resigning after a 5–1 defeat to East Bengal on 27 July.

[76] One of the club's famous players is Richard Carr, who represented India at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and won gold medal.