DMRC-on-wheels at SanatNagar Freight sidings (SNF), enroute to NDLS. Photo by PoochiVenkat.

A little closer to the DMRC. Photo by PoochiVenkat.

This was the fellow who was to haul that DMRC-cum-freight train to NDLS. Photo by PoochiVenkat.

CONCOR certainly stands tall! this BRC WAG5 is dwarfed by the containers... Photo by PoochiVenkat

Lakshman T. and Krishnakumar (KK) strike a pose near this fine brute from BRC shed. At SNF. Photo by PoochiVenkat.

A short while after that BRC WAG5 pulled out, this WAG7 rumbled in with a HS-BCNA rake. Lakshman says that WAG7 locos from Ludhiana are a rarity in these parts. Photo by PoochiVenkat.

Beast 'n' brute stand together...for just a moment...for just a snap with our cameras... The WAG5 had an interesting number: 23023. Photo by Poochivenkat

Face-to-face with the big guy. This WDG4 had moved to the freight sidings to take over the HS-BCNA rake that had arrived a little earlier.

On the adjacent lines, this WDG3 super-pair was being given a final check before joining duty. Photo by PoochiVenkat.

From the BharatNagar-end came this "gentle" LWR train, moving at not more than 15kph. Photo by PoochiVenkat.

Take a look at the sheer length of this welded track. Like some mythical monster in pain, the whole formation screeched and groaned as it negotiated the loop into SNF! Photo by PoochiVenkat.

Two tired-looking WAG5 workhorses had just brought in a full-load box-n coal rake. You can see the exhausted crew stumbling across the tracks while the boxboy carries aloft their box even as he has balanced one of those blue boxes (of the upcoming diesel

BharatNagar has a fantastic curve right through the platforms affording a fine spot for videos and photographs. Here is a WDG3 pair approaching SNT with a box-n coal rake. Note the camber of the lines which gives a lovely tilt to the formation. Photo by P

A few minutes later this great WDG3 pair roared through BharatNagar with that box-n coal rake (brought in by the tired WAG5 locos). The bright orange livery gave a fine contrast to the station's turquiose canopy. Photo by PoochiVenkat.

Finally...Praveen got mu'd :-) The IRFCA gang was there to wish the couple a happy journey... R to L: KK, Shashank, PoochiVenkat, PVS Praveen, Mrs. Praveen, Mrs. Gautam, Gautam. Photo by Praveen's sister with Gautam's coolpix885.