Railways, resuming their second innings at 180 for two, went on to declare at 245 for seven with first innings centurion Shivakant Shukla missing out on another hundred by three runs.
Punjab in their second innings were 170 for three when play was called off with Uday Kaul and Mandeep Singh batting on 61 and 41 respectively.
Railways had gained the all important lead yesterday by bowling out Punjab for 215 runs after making 331 in their first innings.
Yuvraj, who scored 9 in first innings, was out caught and bowled to Ashish Yadav on 17 for a double failure in his first match of the Ranji Trophy.
Brief scores: Railways 331 and 245/7 decl (Shukla 97).
Punjab 215 all out and 170/3 in 58 overs (Uday 61 not out, Mandeep 41 not out).
Points: Railways 3, Punjab 1.
PTI