General IR Scenes Archive - 3

Long journey... 2008-10-13, Bizzy Mishra (Bizzy)

BL WCAM 1 hauls the NZM bound CYG Special out of Shivajinagar station. The departure was late by one hour. (Hrishikesh Moghe)

WDM-2 #16861 of GOC shed takes a sharp bend, as it enters Tiruchchirapalli Junction from Karur side, with the #2084 Coimbatore-Mayiladuthurai Janshatabdi express. (Manohar Natarajan)

Face off! The loco pilot of the just arrived Konkankanya Exp seems to be ready to unleash his 4000 horses on the onrushing 6000 horses of the twin WDG-3A led Ro-Ro service. Madgaon, Dec 2009. (Suyash Bire)

As another work week draws to a close, the Chennai - Bangalore Shatabdi thunders through a level crossing near Ambattur, the setting sun keeping good company. (Manohar Natarajan)

A father introduces his child to the WAP4 and its loco pilots as the NED-CDG holiday special rolls in to Delhi Safdarjung station. (Vivek Mathur)

A northbound BOXN freight crosses the Pennar river at Nellore. Loco in charge is #23442 from Arrakonam shed. ()

WDS-4 is busy shunting a WAP-1 headed rake while New Delhi bound Kerala Express slowly enters the loop at Agra Cantt. (Ankit Bharaj)

Under the light of the morning sun, the AP Express to Delhi threads its way through the roller coaster track section near Ghatkesar. ()

Manmad bound Godavari express takes a sharp turn as it negotiates the 1 in 37 gradient of Thull ghats. ()

Aurangabad Janshatabdi bends around a turn on its way to CSTM. ()

The 2123 dn CSTM Pune Deccan Queen waiting for the proceed signal at Diva mean while was greeted by a beautiful Rainbow at the sunset time. (Abhishek Waykole)

Triple WAG7 Tigerface bankers toil hard to push the Nagpur bound Sewagram Express up the Thull Ghats. (Karan Desai)

Fact: The Godavari has 2 banks... IR seems to agree with this fact by putting up 2 bankers for the Godavari! ;-) ()

Arzan, Sachin and Amruta cool their heels after a 1.5km long walk on the Thull. The next train to turn up on this line was Godavari ()

Same container rake banked by 3 WAG5s, 1 from Bhusaval and 2 from Kalyan. (Sandeep Bhate)

Another pair of diesels hauling an Igatpuri bound container rake, passing over the viaduct on the down line. This freighter had left Kasara just after Mangala and just before Aurangabad JS. (Sandeep Bhate)

Kamayani express bound for Varanasi tackling the grades of the Green Thull. Lights on, The Gangman giving it the all clear and the ALP jutting his hand out to wave (Vivek)

Twin WAG5s, banking the Kamayani going towards Igatpuri, on the viaduct in Thul ghats. (Sandeep Bhate)

The container rake hauled by twin KYN WDM2’s and triple KYN WAG5’s as bankers snake their way towards Igatpuri station. (Arzan Kotval)

Triple KYN WAG5’s bankers give a helping hand to the twin KYN WDM2 hauled container rake. (Arzan Kotval)

WAP4 hauled Rajendra Nagar - CST just before Igatpuri. She was made to halt near Ghoti as an OHE was blocking it's way. (Sandeep Bhate)

The Rajendranagar-LTT Superfast makes its way through lush green grasslands at Padli near Igatpuri. (Karan Desai)

Is that Shinkansen passing thru Mt. Fuji?.... naah its our own Pushpak thru the small rolling hills and the Lotus pond near Ghoti. (Vivek)

WAG7 # 27318 from TKD hauling a container rake, just left Igatpuri, location between Ghoti and Padli. (Sandeep Bhate)

2 men enjoy the beauty of nature as a KYN-WDG3A #14754 takes a flat bed wagon rake up the ghats. (Sachin Buddhisagar)

Very auspicious moment, a sacred puja is carried out by the IR employees inside an accident relief van. May God bless IR. ()