Response to Entry#580295:
Please get an Identity Card printed in the format of School/College students and get the photograph attested by a Gazetted Officer. Before boarding contact the Head T.C. or the TTE and take him in confidence. That should work. Even a Bank Passbook with photograph should work. I understand it is a general pool ticket. Only in the case of Tatkal tickets the TTEs insist on the numbered ID Card. Though not a Gazetted officer, I have attested a temporary id proof and that worked. All the best.