A Little Line in the Desert
Final Images from the Ratangarh - Sardarshahr MG line
Red letter day. Location: Sardar Shahr. (Sid)
While the loco is reversing to carry the train back to Ratangarh from Sardaarshahr, people are flocking slowly to board the train (Trayambak Ojha)
Flagging green- Lp seems very enthusiastic seeing us (Trayambak Ojha)
After a pretty comfortable halt the train departs finally and the LP makes sure there is no one still to board as they slow down or even stop to take up passengers (Trayambak Ojha)
As we were chasing the train we took up various vantage positions to get a variety of shots. I decided to climb a high sand dune to shoot the MG train through the desert landscape with greenery in patches due to monsoons (Trayambak Ojha)
The train to Ratangarh enters a grade which also lied on an S curve. This section has alot of S curves (Trayambak Ojha)
(Sid)
After a brief break we again position ourselves to capture the train at the best points. We were lucky that the LP notched up right on time as it curved out of the sand dunes (Trayambak Ojha)
The terrain was extremely sandy and we had to walk a lot to reach S curves and dune heights (Trayambak Ojha)
Recent comments
Wonderful album. Congratulations to the participants.
Posted by Krupa Ratnam on 2012 Sep 08 16:43:24 +0000
Amazing set of pix! Great work in documenting this line before it vanishes. Really tugs you at the heartstrings with deep sense of nostalgia and sadness.
Posted by Jay Balakrishna on 2012 Sep 04 14:00:31 +0000
An absolute treat to the senses! Bravo !!!
Posted by Vishnu Nath on 2012 Aug 31 07:26:45 +0000