Trip to Daundaj
Daundaj is a tiny station on the Pune – Miraj line, located 65 kms from Pune. The place has all the charms of a rustic station set in the flowing grassy slopes, it also offers an interesting curvy set of tracks towards Miraj. The curves are a complicated variant of the 'Omega' shape. Conveniently, the middle of the 'Omega' is a small hillock from where one can make observations... Ashish, John and me, Apurva visited Daundaj on the 10th June 2006.
It was hot and we quench our thirst - that of the physical kind. But Daundaj beckons again, and we will be back here soon. Photo by John Mani
Sight for sore eyes. Lovely station waiting patiently for the monsoon. Photo by John Mani
Apu and Ashish explore the old MG building as we see the old line veering to the right, while the line on the left appears to be a siding...Photo by John Mani
the MG line was on a higher embankment at Daundaj.
Another view of the "run-in" couple from Gooty shed.
Full frontal of WDM-2a 16390 in what is probably a new livery for Guntakal Shed. There was another specimen at Pune RS as well.
John (Mani) shoots the Garuda twins. John squats near the Gooty WDG 3A pair 14971 and 14788 that haul a BCN rake out of Daundaj loop, past the clear distant signal. 2006-06-10