The three lines!
Three back to back trips to cover the three major lines out of Bangalore - The Mysore, Chennai and Hubli lines by railfans Kunal Doddanavar, Santosh Kulkarni, Pawan Koppa and Shishir Jairam. The trip covered the newly doubled portions of the Mysore line (Hanakere and Nidaghatta near Mandya/Maddur), Maralahalli and Tyakal on the Chennai line and Bhairanayakanahalli in the Bangalore-Tumkur section on the Hubli line.
The Yeswantpur - Kamakhya AC Express led by grand daddy Arrakonam WAP-1 #22005 basks in the sunlight near the rocks at Tyakal. (Pawan Koppa)
Yeshwantpur~Kamakhya LHB AC Exp with a contrasting color AJJ WAP1. (Kunal.S.Doddanavar)
Far away from home, Valsad's WAG-7 #28619 climbs a gradient as it hauls a CONCOR rake towards Whitefield SGT. (Pawan Koppa)
The guard watches on as the colourful CONCOR speeds off! (Pawan Koppa)
The Gateman. (Kunal.S.Doddanavar)
The Double Decker bound to Bangalore slows down to an unscheduled halt at Tyakal due to a freight blocking the mainline ahead. (Pawan Koppa)
Hubli's WDP-4B #40009 races past a gradient at Bhairanayakanahalli with the Rani Chenamma Express bound to Bangalore (Pawan Koppa)
The Janshatabdi Express gets ready to tackle yet another gradient on the Bangalore-Tumkur line. (Pawan Koppa)
One of those days when Chalukya got an offlink - A GY 3D 11338. (Sant Kulk)
Tumkur~SBC Spl Express rolls down a massive gradient with KJM WDP4B in lead. (Kunal.S.Doddanavar)
Fresh out of conversion to the newer wide cab, KJM's WDP-4 #20062 stops for a brief halt at Bhairanayakanahalli with the Bangalore-Hubli/Chitradurga Passenger as the Tumkur-Bangalore Express special races away to Bangalore on the other line. (Pawan Koppa
A train which always runs with offlinks! Itarsi's WDM-3D+WDM-3A combo make light work of the Vasco-Bangalore Express at Bhairanayakanahalli. (Pawan Koppa)
The Mysore-Varanasi Special led by Hubli's WDG-4 twins races past. This train now runs through Jolarpet. (Pawan Koppa)
Recent comments
Brilliant
Posted by Arzan Kotval on 2014 Oct 27 08:32:40 +0000
Awesome collection !!! Nice pictures !!!
Posted by Jayasankar Madhavadas on 2014 Oct 27 05:20:35 +0000
A very interesting album! Most of us wander out far completely ignoring the beauty that lies at our home! Excellent album! I loved it thoroughly!
Posted by Pramit Mitra on 2014 Oct 20 18:13:58 +0000