Roni's India Trip Pt - 8: Pune

Lonavla Station: Rails, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)

Lonavla Station: This "level crossing" seemed to be quite popular, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)

Lonavla Station: View into the station, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)

Lonavla Station: Hip track walker, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)

Lonavla Station: "Rock 'n' Roll" - GM approaching! 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)

Lonavla Station: Crossing the tracks in front of "Udyan Express", 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)

Lonavla Station: Krishnarajapuram (KJM) WDP-4 #20025 hauled 16529 Mumbai - Bangalore "Udyan Express" uphill, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)

Lonavla Station: A free rider ready to jump off "tigerface" WAG-7 #27408 which had helped "Udyan Express" uphill with two colleagues, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)

Lonavla Station: The Mumbai end of Lonavla station, where there already had accumulated a jam of two WAG-7 banker trios, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)

Lonavla Station: Dual current WCAM-3 #21891 approaching on the last uphill metres with 11025 Manmad - Pune Express, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)

Lonavla Station: If you look at the state of the footbridge you can see why that many people crossed the rails here, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)

Lonavla Station: Enough time for joking until such an express had passed, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)

Lonavla Station: This train was helped by two class WAG-5s. WAG-5A 23206, built in the 80s, had a similar body to a class WAM-4, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)

Lonavla Station: Some sidings still consisted of antique rails with bullhead profile, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)

Lonavla Station: A unit of WAG-7s started its descent to Karjat, only the front loco had lifted its pantograph, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)

Lonavla Station: Bankers on the way to Karjat, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)

Lonavla Station: Cleaning on the roof of the disabled toilet, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)

Lonavla Station: Caught in mid-jump! - in the meantime the express continued to Pune, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)

Lonavla Station: WAG-5 bankers, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)

Lonavla Station: Loco driver view, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)

Lonavla Station: WAG-5 detail, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)

Lonavla Station: Rickshaws in front of the station, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)

Lonavla Station: Cricket match nearby, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)

Khandala: Old reversing station comparison, nowadays a small side road - thanks to Apurva for the antique picture (around late 1800s, early 1900s), 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)

Monkey Hill: Apurva's Tata Nano brought us offroad to Monkey Hill Cabin - Lalam climbing the catch sidings, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)

Monkey Hill: Kalyan class WDG-3A bankers returning downhill past Monkey Hill Cabin, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)

Monkey Hill: View west towards the coast, WDG-3As in the foreground, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)