Nice capture!!

Apurva,
excellent explanation and lovely location

Nice perspective!

just to clarify further - this ghat section *does* allow 2 wheelers, but only in the Dn lanes, ie, from Mumbai. This is because NH4 and Expressway lanes are merged till Khandala. Hence you can see another bike behind the truck in the foreground.

The WCAM 3 is an Electric Locomotive. It has a horn and not a whistle ;-))

Glued joint uses layers of insulating 'cloth' 'pasted' with epoxy as insulation. The bolts are high tensile steel. The joint is glued together so that it does not act as a fish plated joint. The 4 bolt version is called G3S = suitable for short welded rails only (read: 3 rails welded together, i.e., joints every 39 m) while the 6 bolt version (with 940 mm fish plate) is called G3L = suitable for long welded rails.

In the picture, you can clearly see the layers of the insulating cloth behind the fishplate. The HTS bolt heads are also clearly visible. The joint seems to be made in-situ.

The other type of joint is block joint which has insulating glass nylon filled (GFN) moulded material, seen as a yellowish plastic type strip, between the fish plate and rail and also ferrules in the hole in rail, around the fish bolts. The fish plates are skimmed to accommodate the insulating material. A rail section shaped piece is used between the rails to complete the insulation. The bolts are...

Glued joint uses layers of insulating 'cloth' 'pasted' with epoxy as insulation. The bolts are high tensile steel. The joint is glued together so that it does not act as a fish plated joint. The 4 bolt version is called G3S = suitable for short welded rails only (read: 3 rails welded together, i.e., joints every 39 m) while the 6 bolt version (with 940 mm fish plate) is called G3L = suitable for long welded rails.

In the picture, you can clearly see the layers of the insulating cloth behind the fishplate. The HTS bolt heads are also clearly visible. The joint seems to be made in-situ.

The other type of joint is block joint which has insulating glass nylon filled (GFN) moulded material, seen as a yellowish plastic type strip, between the fish plate and rail and also ferrules in the hole in rail, around the fish bolts. The fish plates are skimmed to accommodate the insulating material. A rail section shaped piece is used between the rails to complete the insulation. The bolts are ordinary fishbolts and a strip of the insulating material is provided on the outside of the fishplates also, between the fishplate and bolt heads and the nuts.

hey guys:

that biker is an employee of the company that patrols the expressway, grandiose name of Delta Force. 2 wheelers are not allowed, so he's probably going to report the bangup to the control room up ahead, near the tunnels.

Jason, spectacular images..each and every one of them. Hats off to you! This was a real treat!

What on earth is 2321 HWH-CSTM Mail doing at Monkey Hill? The rake is of SR. Must be some other train.

You nailed it, Jay! :-) [testing the comments ID right now … ]