YAM-1 #21914 attached to the 6713 TBM-RMM Sethu express. This photo was taken at TBM at around 1230. Note the diminutive size of the YAM-1 when compared to the WAP locos!. Tambaram, 2004-05-01. By Shyam A. R..

A common BG and MG platform. Is that the smallest platform width? Note the large roof of the new EMU car shed at TBM at the far left. Tambaram, 2004-05-01. By Shyam A.R..

A BG EMU arriving and an MG departing from the left side platform. A case of new replacing the old??? Also note the crowd waiting for the Vaigai Express on the platform to the right. Tambaram, 2004-05-01. By Shyam A.R..

Sethu express leaving Tambaram at 1300. The ED WAP-4 #22381 is waiting with the Vaigai on the far end of the station. Tambaram, 2004-05-01. By Shyam A.R..

ED WAP-4 #22381 with Vaigai chasing the Sethu express out of Tambaram. The start of the great MG-BG race!!!. Out of Tambaram, 2004-05-01. By Shyam A.R..

The big WAP-4 gaining on the small YAM-1. Needless to say, the BG brute won the race :))). Out of Tambaram, 2004-05-01. By Shyam A.R..

A view from the window of Sethu Express. Note there are now 2 BG lines between these stations. Between Tambaram and Chengalpet, 2004-05-01. By Shyam A.R..

An orphan.....an NER MG caboose deep in SR territory...now way it can return. SR might as well claim it, but it looks so old and unused that they must have abandoned the rake. I saw it at the same spot on my return trip a couple of days later. Mandapam (j

A signal post at Mandapam. Mandapam (just before Pamban viaduct), 2004-05-02. By Shyam A.R..

Approaching Pamban bridge. Note the road embankment to the right. After Mandapam, 2004-05-02. By Shyam A.R..

Remains of the old destroyed Pamban bridge. I don't know if its a road bridge, but my sister insists its a rail bridge. Pamban Viaduct, 2004-05-02. By Shyam A.R..

The portion of the Pamban bridge which opens to let ships pass thorugh. The train took around 25 min to clear the whole bridge. Pamban Viaduct, 2004-05-02. By Shyam A.R..

After clearing the bridge, the MG line takes a curve, passes under the road bridge (seen on the left side) and enters Pamban Rly. Stn. Pamban, Rameswaram island, 2004-05-02. By Shyam A.R..

This photo is of the present day Danushkodi. Once upon a time (pre-1964) there was an MG line through the spot occupied by the vehicles. This was the approach to the Danushkodi rly. Stn., according to the locals, maybe Danushkodi outer??? The building on

The blue coloured signboard was the beginning of the railway plot, for Danushkodi station. It seems there were 6 trains arriving and departing a day in its hey-days. So there would have a big yard somewhere. This strip of land culminated at the pier, from