General IR scenes Archive 2
Archive of items added between 2005 and 2007. No new material will be added to this folder.
View from below! Light but mu'ed Pune WDG-3a's 13048 & 14815 follow the twin WAG-7 hauled freight to SC. These low angle shots are challenging but real fun to take!
Twin WAG-7's rule the lines between KZJ and SC. Here a LGD pair led by #27322 trundles past a LC outside Ghatkesar with a coal laden BOXN rake in tow.
Lever Frame at the erstwhile Kosamba Jn. A Cabin. Circa 1993. - Khalid Kagzi
Block-Shelf and Train Signal Register at the Kosamba Jn. A Cabin. Circa 1993. - Khalid Kagzi
The legendary Ashram Express from Ahmedabad arrives behind a WDM2+WDM3A combination with #16818 from Abu Road in the lead. #18995R behind it is still wearing the DCW Patiala colors. The blue-white ABR livery is amongst the best in IR in my opinion.
Ratlam WDM3A is in charge of a holiday special.JP
Twin WAG-7s led by #27329 on a river bridge in AP. - Ramesh.S.
A TKD WAG-5 with a container rake begins to find its way through a complex yard exit toward the mainline under a beautiful sky as it leaves Jolarpettai junction.
The 90 year old MG rule at Chennai Egmore is just about to end. During December of 1996, the BG trains have just started making an appearence. Seen here are several BG locos waiting at Egmore. Photograph by Gary Wilson
Front view of Roha Station. Looks like a nice leafy, shady station...
The super crowded Dadar Ratnagiri passenger. All kinds of eatables are available on this train.....from dates and fresh vegetables to the vada-pav and samosas
Waiting for the overtake. A lazy morning at Gholvad station...the 2952 rajdhani is due any moment now.
WARNING : Railfanning can be Contagious!! Inspired by seeing me snapping trains, a co-passenger readies his Motorola cameraphone to shoot an oncoming train. 2006-05-05, Bizzy.
Ranchi Narrow Gauge Loco Depot.6 BS class in loco. The NG bauxite trains were double headed, hence the pairs of locos. Ranch. 1983-01.
A "tech-sadhu" on BBS platform-4 with all his paraphernalia including a cellphone and a transistor radio. 2006-05-02, Bizzy
Madras - Inspection Trolley
A Khalasi throws a box into a moving train, mid air! Jolarpet,April 2006
Look at the ancient rails, joints and inverted "Kadai" type sleepers on Naval Armament Depot siding
Tracks to Naval Armament Depot. Looks like an abandoned line, but it carries occassional traffic at night. This line carries only special explosive cargo!
The tracks to Naval Armament Depot, Cochin diverge from Ernakulam - Shoranaur line at Kalamasseri near Cochin. The line runs about 8 km east to the ammunition dump
The same train caught about half an hour later as it exits Jaipur station. At the helm was Tughlakabad based baldie #14004.
The Ajmer - New Delhi Shatabdi screams past a level crossing just before Jaipur station. The track nearer to the camera is MG running parallel to the BG track between Jaipur & Ajmer.
Aerial shot of a 12 coach EMU at a level crossing between Kasara-Kalyan.
Sunrise from the train. An ordinary scene, yet a special one for me as this was the first photo I took on the morning after my first and last overnight journey on IR in 2004. This was the last day of my 90 day IR Pass. The location is near Tiruvallur,the
View of entry to SBC from BNC side - Seen here are
Pf1 - WAP4 headed Brindavan Express
Pf2 - Obscured by Brindavan is KCG Express
Pf3 - Sheshadri Express
Pf4 - Karnataka Express
Pf5 - Prashanti Express
Pf6 - Tippu...
Lower Quadrant semophore signal and an oil lamp post. between Kalka-Shimla. 2006-04-24. Vinay
An AC1+FC Composite carriage, Allahabad Junction, Dec 2002. The date on the photograph wrongly shows '2000'. Shantanu Sen.