Winter Vacation At Narrow Gauge Hub
Balaghat-Nainpur-Jabalpur-Chindwara-Nagpur is presently the biggest Narrow Gauge section in India. Five railfans Bose, Sathya, Rakesh Joshi, Abhishek Chanda and Avishek Basu decided to spend few days in this hub. We started from Raipur-Rajim NG then moved to Balaghat and covered Balaghat-Nainpur-Jabalpur-Nagpur. We traveled in Satpura Express from Nainpur-Jabalpur.And the final leg from Jabalpur-Nagpur was done by the overnight Jabalpur-Nagpur passenger in Sleeper class.
'Rajim'...Though it is under SECR, but this particular board still carries the former zone name i.e. SER. (Avishek Basu)
Morning passenger to Rajim arriving slowly in to the station while crowds waiting to board it. (Abhishek Chanda)
Passenger amenities available at Rajim Station. (Avishek Basu)
Off to Raipur! (Avishek Basu)
Abhanpur Jn from where line towards Dhamtari and Rajim bifurcates. (Avishek Basu)
(Avishek Basu)
(Avishek Basu)
(Avishek Basu)
(Avishek Basu)
Balaghat-Jabalpur Passenger came to a long halt at Nainpur junction. (Avishek Basu)
(Avishek Basu)
As the day begins this fellow starts his job. (Avishek Basu)
Glorious Nainpur Jn.. (Avishek Basu)
(Avishek Basu)
A FOB view of the Nainpur Jn yard. (Rakesh Joshi)
(Avishek Basu)
Paper Exchange with Token in hand at Nainpur Jn. (Avishek Basu)
(Avishek Basu)
Over crowded Mandla Fort-Nainpur-Balaghat Passenger entering Nainpur Jn. (Avishek Basu)
View of Jabalpur+Chindwara side of Nainpur Jn. The straight line on the left goes to Chindwara and the curve towards right goes to Jabalpur. (Rakesh Joshi)
Passenger towards Balaghat curves out of Nainpur Jn, many NG tracks seen in left connects the junction with now defunct loco shed (Bose)
(Avishek Basu)
Rake for the next service for Mandla Fort being shunted back to the platform. (Avishek Basu)
Semaphore signals at Nainpur send off a service towards Chhindwara as road users looks on (Bose)
And goes away even further (Avishek Basu)
A passenger train towards Jabalpur goes away from Nainpur Jn. (Abhishek Chanda)
The puny train dwarfed by the sprawling tree(Bose)
Recent comments
Excellent work!!! Great pics..
Posted by Bhaveen Patel on 2013 Mar 12 14:15:08 +0000
Friends, Lovely pictures of fantastic NG sections. It refreshed my memories of 2011 trip. Many thanks for sharing.
Posted by Sanket Gosavi on 2013 Mar 09 02:56:12 +0000
Very nice album. The NG/MG charm can never ever be matched or replaced. It is another world all-together. Good effort!
Posted by Pawan Koppa on 2013 Mar 07 14:58:45 +0000