Marching to CNB 2008
On 31/01/2008, two mad railfans of Kolkata, Shubhabrata and Saurab went on a 5128 Kms Circular journey to reach the grand meet at CNB 2008. We covered Neral, Pratapnagar, Ahmedabad, Gwalior and of course, Kanpur with the surrounding routes. All the photographs are shot with official permission from the respective authorities. By Shubhabrata Chatterjee.
Welcome aboard! Our train spotting begins with the WDS4 # 19727 (Dual Brake) ar Kasara. I have not seen any dual brake WDS4 loco so far.
Stop ! Please so your Identity , Diesel Loco shed Neral. Our journey starts.
All members are tooo curious about two intruders having big cameras in hand pointed like an SLR.
Aah !! that is what we are waiting for. Matheran Neral passenger walking in the ramp.
I too can smoke !!!!! NDM6 #603.
As we do not have NDS available, manual mode is obvious for shunting the rakes.
Cool ! Taking a fresh shower after hard tracking .
Mini Guard cum SLR .
NDM 1A #550 getting ready for its turn.
A smoking competition! Who is the winner ?
Really innovative way of pushing rake for a new journey to Matheran .Imagine if HWH Raj is to be shunted like this !
Neral Station. We are ready for Matheran. Are you ?
B class #794 of DHR parked at Neral Diesel Shed.
DHR # 794 technical Details.
Photograph says all .
Workers Room. Neral Diesel Shed.
MLR Coach position Neral.
Italian BG Crane resting at Neral .The builders plate says “OFFICINE MECCANICHE E FOUNDEI , NAVAL MECCANICA , NAPLES ITALY”
Key interlocking instruments at SM office.According to the Station Master Gandhigram, this is one of the oldest switching system of IR.
YDM4 #6299 Sabarmati getting ready for its journey to Botad Jn.
At Sarkhej we get an opportunity to meet our friend YDM4 #6220.
At Notch 3 we are @60 KMPH, the max. permissible speed is 80 (Notch 8 ). Throught the journey the driver maintained an average 70-75 KMPH.
Elevated Signal frames at Lothal Bhurkhi.
Close up of the levers.
Solar energized Semaphore signals at Lothal Bhurkhi.
Real Heroes of IR .
Golden Jubilee of service. Still young and on duty.
Recent comments
This will be a long cherished series of experiences for me...Thanks Subho for the wonderous company and sincere thanks to IRFCA !! Three Cheers for IRFCA - Hip Hip Hurray...
Posted by Saurab Basu on 2008 Feb 24 07:46:47 +0000