Roni's India Trip Pt-1: Gwalior
February 5 2012: a full day at Gwalior, taking a car to chase the narrow gauge trains on the Sheopur Kalan line up to Sumaoli and back, then going sightseeing to the Fort and Jai Vilas Palace including the silver dinner train. In the evening I took the Shatabdi to Agra.
Jai Vilas Palace: One of the maharaja's private rail vehicles in front, sadly quite hidden, February 5 2012 (Roni Kappel)
Jai Vilas Palace: A present to the railway minister Madhavrao Scindia from the 1980s, February 5 2012 (Roni Kappel)
Jai Vilas Palace: The famous dinner train and its track layout, February 5 2012 (Roni Kappel)
Jai Vilas Palace: A close up of the silver model loco, February 5 2012 (Roni Kappel)
Gwalior station: Erode shed WAP-4 22360 arriving at Gwalior with the half an hour late 16787 Tirunelveli - Jammu Tawi Express, on km 2655 of its 3561 km and 69:25 h journey, February 5 2012 (Roni Kappel)
Gwalior station: The 15:40 train to Sabalgarh still waiting at platform 5 until 18:30 due to an incident with a tractor on the line, February 5 2012 (Roni Kappel)
Recent comments
What a brilliant album. A perspective rarely seen in a railway album - humans and the railways shown with intrinsic brilliance. Fantastic effort!
Posted by Pawan Koppa on 2012 Apr 04 12:19:20 +0000
Superlative Album!
Life around the narrow lines has been captured very well!!
Posted by Harish Kumar on 2012 Apr 02 05:02:23 +0000
Hi guys,
Thanks a lot to you all! :-)
@ Sriraman Sampathkumar:
I tried to reach you, but obviously there were problems sending text messages with the international phone...
Well, next time we will manage! And...
Posted by Roni Kappel on 2012 Apr 01 17:43:23 +0000