Posing for a Group Photograph :) (Ashwin Rao )

Date: 2010-12-12
Owner: Ashwin Rao
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Banker Plating
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Make Canon Model Canon PowerShot A590 IS
Aperture Value f/4 Color Space sRGB
Flash No Flash ISO 80
Metering Mode Center Weighted Average Shutter Speed Value 1/320 sec
Digital Zoom Ratio 1 Date/Time 2010 Dec 12 13:18:15 +0000
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Great shot. Shows how difficult the life is for these folks living in the villages in the Ghats. To take this kind of a risk each day.

At this age, I would never dream of doing this bumper plating. But, looking at this photo, I wish that I ...
Posted by S. Srinivas on 2010 Dec 17 12:54:13 +0000
Correct this is a midpoint spot between Nagnath and Monkey Hill.
Posted by Ashwin Rao on 2010 Dec 14 02:48:37 +0000
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@Avishek,
The location is the Monkey Hill Side Portal of Tun 40UP, of the UP Line (Aka)Nagnath Line. Right behind Ashwin, should be Zenith Falls Viaduct (#3), Between MHC and NAG in the Bhor. Nearest Commercial Stn would be KAD, But the nearest...
Posted by Jainand Narayanan on 2010 Dec 14 01:10:19 +0000
Fantastic shot!
Posted by Bharat Vohra on 2010 Dec 13 16:14:40 +0000
Cool shot....
but I am thinking of the three lady!!!!! How did they manage to seat on the buffer and hanged from the from the side?

Please tell me the location? And the nearest station?
Posted by Avishek Basu on 2010 Dec 13 13:30:34 +0000
Nice pic:)
Posted by Alex P. John on 2010 Dec 13 12:12:06 +0000
Thanks Ashwin, I am sure the LP wont allow guys to hang in the forward direction of the loco since they could get crushed or whatever if they loose grip/balance. anyway quite a risky thing indeed.
Posted by Milind on 2010 Dec 13 06:41:03 +0000
Thanks to all :)
@Milind: The bankers are heading into the tunnel (Down the Ghats). These guys can be seen hanging at the end of the trailing banker or between the two bankers sometimes on CBC or Side buffers as seen here.
Posted by Ashwin Rao on 2010 Dec 13 03:50:35 +0000
Woww.. very nice capture...
Posted by Vijay Aravamudhan on 2010 Dec 13 03:45:25 +0000
Fantastic.....was the loco going in or coming out? were there more 'passengers' on the other side of the loco as well?
Posted by Milind on 2010 Dec 13 03:40:33 +0000
Too good a capture. Truly fantastic!
Posted by Jimmy Jose on 2010 Dec 13 03:18:24 +0000
Lovely capture!
& finally such scenes, we had seen with WCG2 are common with WAG 7 bankers now.
Posted by Anant K Singh on 2010 Dec 13 03:07:57 +0000
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Fantastic Capture, the Pantograph has been bent dangerously low due to OHE in the Tunnel, if it would have bent a little bit lower then surely tripping would have occurred, but I'm confident of of our Electrical Engineers who have taken every minute...
Posted by Kaushik Dharwadkar on 2010 Dec 13 02:48:00 +0000
Great shot ashwin!!
Posted by Bhaveen Patel on 2010 Dec 12 19:03:32 +0000
That is a superb freeze of the moment !!!

Superb
Posted by Jayasankar Madhavadas on 2010 Dec 12 18:24:36 +0000
@Deepak: Very true, but this is usual scenario in Bhor Ghats. These guys now have gained so much of confidence and perfection as they follow this trend on almost daily basis.
Posted by Ashwin Rao on 2010 Dec 12 17:23:17 +0000
OMG...this is hilariously dangerous!
Posted by Deepak Murali on 2010 Dec 12 17:12:25 +0000
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