Roni's India Trip Pt - 8: Pune

Monkey Hill: To the left the third line branched off. As you can see a difference in distance compared to the mainline of 118 to 120 kms resulted from the diversion, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)

Monkey Hill: WCAM-3 #21944 hauling 11026 Pune - Manmad Express which we already had spotted going into the other direction earlier that day, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)

Monkey Hill: Pune - Manmad Express taking the mainline, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)

Monkey Hill: Airy travelling pan shot, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)

Monkey Hill: Back to Monkey Hill Cabin, definitely a more convenient post than humid, sweltering Mumbai, even if it had more than 30 degrees C here. More bankers were approaching, but we had to leave, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)

Kamshet: We moved to our evening location Kamshet, the second local station from Lonavla towards Pune. A slice of Austria almost everywhere in the world: Plasser India Duomatic 08-32 tamping machine #8049 matched Apurva's Nano well in terms of colour, 201

Kamshet: Washing clothes between riverside and railway, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)

Kamshet: Kalyan WCAM-3 #21959 hauled 11008 Pune - Mumbai CST "Deccan Express" along Indrayani River which had been dammed up here, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)

Kamshet: Past the laundry, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)

Kamshet: General second class, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)

Kamshet: Deccan Express on the move, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)

Kamshet: The next highlight followed with 16530 Bangalore - Mumbai CST "Udyan Express", we had seen the train into the other direction at Lonavla. KJM WDP-4 #20055, built in January 2008, thundered up the grade to Lonavla, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappe

Kamshet: The panorama view of "Udyan Express", in the field to the left you can spot a shed at one end of the only active public metre gauge line in Pune district, my companions had previously discovered a tiny railbus there, 2012-02-15 (Roni Ka

Kamshet: Down at the side road sister loco KJM WDP-4 #20056 followed with GM-thunder, pulling 11030 Kolhapur - Mumbai CST "Koyna Express", 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)

Kamshet: "Koyna Express" towards Mumbai, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)

Kamshet: Parade of commuter feet, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)

Kamshet: The locals were equally (un)impressed, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)

Kamshet: Now we moved to a lookout point at a hotel construction site. Soon the first local EMU from Pune came by, with new, yellow front, big windscreen and sadly the new, ugly purple livery, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)

Kamshet: Local to Lonavla, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)

Kamshet: Commuters on road and rail, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)

Kamshet: Commuters from the EMU on the way home, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)

Kamshet: Hotel construction builders' huts, sometimes whole families lived there! 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)

Kamshet: Around ten minutes later the next local followed, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)

Kamshet: Local to Lonavla disappearing in the haze, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)

Kamshet: The first EMU from Lonavla, an older class but also already in new livery. As you can see many birds flew by, a fact that would prove to be my doom later on, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)

Kamshet: Old EMU river view, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)

Kamshet: Loud ALCO chugging from behind announced 16352 Nagercoil - Mumbai Express, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)