General IR scenes Archive 2
Archive of items added between 2005 and 2007. No new material will be added to this folder.
This is a Gang Hut. The rocks in the background are covered using metal wire nets. THe nets have been overgrown by the lush vegetation. A tunnel can be seen at a distance. On KRCL, 2005-08-23. Binai K. Sankar.
A BZA WDP-1 hauling a passenger train crossing Krishna River. Krishna River, July 2005. M S M Saifullah.
This is the pier of a temporary bridge erected at Kasu as the original one had been washed away during the recent deluge. Kasu, 2005-08-19. Binai K. Sankar.
Complete rake shot of Narayanadri Express headed by WDP4 20001 negotiating curve out of Moula Ali. Moula Ali, 2005 08 18. Pavan Kumar.
Last shot of the Mued Gooty Shakthi locos. Half of the BOXN is still on the other side of the gradient. Moula Ali 'C' Cabin, 2005 08 18. Pavan Kumar.
Another set of Mued WAG5's from BZA slowly making its way onto Pf#1 of Sanathnagar after a long haul of Coal from Ramagundam. Sanathnagar, 2005 08 17. Pavan Kumar.
Freshly painted Guntakal WDMx 16603 with empty space for shed insignia heading Rayalaseema Express. Sanathnagar, 2005 08 17. Pavan Kumar.
Another shot of the ABR twins with the Ashram express. The rail fan in the river must have had an even better view than me!. Sabarmati, 2005-08-17. Abhijit Lokre.
A long shot of the Rajdhani as it crosses the Sabarmati. The rake composition looks like EOG, HA, two 2AC, pantry and rest 3AC. I counted ten bogies in all, which means there were four 3ACs. Sabarmati, 2005-08-17. Abhijit Lokre.
The 2957 Swarna Jayanti Rajdhani moves slowly across the Sabarmati bridge. Sabarmati, 2005-08-17. Abhijit Lokre.
MLY WDM2A 18978 heading Dronachallem - Secunderabad Passenger entering Mahabubnagar. Mahabubnagar, 2005 08 15. Pavan Kumar.
Ajni WAG-7 #27316 hauling a goods train at Nandurbar Yard (Surat-Bhusawal section). August 2005. Khalid Kagzi.
A smoky view of the Manmad-bound Sachkand Express with the Gooty WDM #14023 at the helm. Ankai, 2005-08-12. Sachin Buddhisagar.
a wdm2#16333 with the MMR-AWB passenger...the same train from AWB-MMR is known as the "Highcourt express"..correct me if i'm mistaken...also i cannot remember the name of the shed to which the loco belongs to...i can only make out is the picture
a pune wdm#17154 hauling freight train towards manmad...one can see anish waving hand and shankar flabbergasted by the enormous size of the beast....shankar aland a mechanical engr. with HAL is a new addition to the IRFCA club. On the way to ankai stn, 20
this is a good combo with two different aspects...the marathwada express scorching through at a good speed and the crow in his flight of fantasy. On the way to ankai stn, 2005-08-12. Sachin Buddhisagar.
The empty BOXN rake trundles over the Diamond Crossing at a cautious 10 kph. The complexity of the crossing makes such a speed limit neccesary. This rake also consists of some BOXN HS wagons. Nagpur - Diamond Crossing, 2005-08-08. Alok Patel.
WAG7 27586 from Lallaguda crawls towards the goods yard with an empty BOXN rake in tow. Looking at all the trees, one wouldn't believe we are bang in the centre of the city! Nagpur - Diamond Crossing, 2005-08-08. Alok Patel.
Bhillai Shed has come up with an interesting way of lashing up WAG5s. As you can see in the photo, in both the sets, one of the locos is brown/black livery and the other is gaudy yellow/blue. Same pattern is followed for the other sets also. I haven't bee
GZB WAP 1 #22024 bringing in the shortest train i've ever seen- a 3 coach train. NDLS, 07-08-2005. Siddhartha Ganesh.
TKD s WDP 3A 15537 leaves with the Bareilly Intercity as an EMU enters. NDLS, 7/8. Sriskandh Subramanian.
CNB WAP4 22591 Yugantar seen near the Trip shed. NDLS, 7/8. Sriskandh Subramanian.
VATVA WDM2 16841 was to haul the Bhatinda intercit. NDLS, 7/8. Sriskandh Subramanian.
"pushpak express" which will now run as a special train between nk & lko stands at a siding on the outskirts of nasik road rly stn.the train will arrive at 1530 pm and will leave the same evening for lko at 1950pm. Nasik road, 2005-08-01. Sa
GZB WAP-7 30220 leads the SDAH rajdhani into platform 10. NDLS, March 2005. Akshay.
GZB WAP-4 22619 waits for its next assignment at the trip shed. NDLS, June 2005. Akshay.
KJM WDM2 14742 heading morning Marikuppam Passenger. Person walking on other track is dwarfed by might looking train. Also note change in livery of this loco, older livery can be seen at this