Ahoy !!! Kurkure Exp 0647 bound for Nagercoil... these stickers are on all coaches. Interestingly this, the destination board and reservation chart were only the branding that i could see :: Vibin Andrews, railtraction@gmail.com ::

Kurkure destination board :: Vibin Andrews, railtraction@gmail.com ::

Workers working away on readying other coaches for Satpura Queen.

Satpura Queen Air-conditioned coach at NG yard in Nagpur. We could not locate the unit and doors and windows were locked. Notice the "GFF" classification on face of this coach.

The AC Sitting coach on the Garib Rath. Borivali, Mumbai.

Garib Rath: No Self Generating Unit and a lighter coach but max speed is great. 2007-01-30 Basin Bridge Ranganath Eunny

Garib Rath: Normal 3AC coach is nomenclatured as WACCNH. Scratches, peel-offs, dust and rust. The new rake has it all. 2007-01-30 Basin Bridge Ranganath Eunny

Garib Rath: Tare is 6 tonnes down but capacity is 10 up. The coaches pack more and provide less free space. 2007-01-30 Basin Bridge Ranganath Eunny

Garib Rath: Bound to be the Chennai Garib Rath. 2007-01-30 Basin Bridge Ranganath Eunny

Garib Rath: Tare is just 44 tonnes thanks to the lack of self generating unit. Normal 3 AC coaches have a TARE of 50.12 tonnes. 2007-01-30 Basin Bridge Ranganath Eunny

Garib Rath: The EOG's nomenclature: WRRMDAC. Does D mean Disabled? 2007-01-30 Basin Bridge Ranganath Eunny

Garib Rath: The EOG car and the guard's cabin. 2007-01-30 Basin Bridge Ranganath Eunny

Garib Rath : SR's own Garib Rath rake. Green and gold. The gold band glistened in the sun and was a metallic finish. 2007-01-30 Basin Bridge Ranganath Eunny

One more view of the oil soaked 359 down passenger at Wadi. 2007-01-28

This train, the 359 down Solapur - Falaknuma passenger crossed our 6010 Up at Wadi. For some reason, almost all the coaches of the 359 were soaked with oil. Was the rake shunted slowly under a oil filling galley ? Did a failing WDM 2 spray oil all over th