General IR scenes Archive 2
Archive of items added between 2005 and 2007. No new material will be added to this folder.
Part 1: Sunrise
Does this loco look familiar? Hiding beneath the Dehri-Rohtas Light Railway livery of Rust&Grime is ex IR'K' class #536 sold out of mainline service in 1967 to become #27 in tne DRLR fleet.Some rough welding has taken place to leaky tanks. Surely one
IRFCAn Saurab Basu posing in front of the old "Sleepery Mountain".
ZRB #10610 crawling through a typical village near Katwa Jn.
Mumbai-Pune Deccan Express approaching Kamshet. 2005-10-06, Lalam
Hyderabad-Mumbai Express crossing Harris bridge near Pune. 2005-09-08. Lalam
A train(Mostly Bangalore-Mumbao Udyan Exp) on Harris bridge near Pune. 2005-09-27, Lalam
Bhachau station: Typical small IR station with the ubiqutous large tree, a solitary green bench, waterless taps and an unusable toilet with a sintex tank! 03-03-2006
9031 Kutch Express waits at Samakhiali Jn. on a cold and desolate morning. For people who like deserts and isolation, the Dhrangadhra-New Bhuj line is the place to go. Also note in the far distance, dismantled semaphores of the MG lines that ran from Gand
Under the shade: The khalasi at SBI takes a breather after some hectic work on a blazing afternoon. 2006-02-28.
MG BCN's lie on top of flat BG wagons at the entrance of Sabarmati yard. Although MG traffic has diminished substantially in these parts, I still saw three MG freight movements! 2006-02-28.
The Western Ghats provide the backdrop as the Mangala express and the Ratnagiri-Dadar passenger halt at Nagothane
Nice clean stations in New Mumbai.
Another rare sighting. Twin Kalyan WDM2 crawl through the slums at Wadala road. Check the activities happening along the train. A tea stall, sundry vendors seem to suggest that the freight is a rare visitor
KJM WDP4,20025, hauling Mandovi Exp exiting Ratnagiti Station. 5rd March 2006, 3:27pm. - Venkata Satish
Ratnagiri Station, 5rd March 2006, 1:27pm. - Venkata Satish
Life is so peaceful!! The man is immersed in his book as the freight rumbles by
Level Crossing cabin. Taken from Janshatabdi, 4th March 2006, 8:44am. - Venkata Satish
an areal view of the Madgaon-canacona KR line emerging out from below one mountain only to be engulfed by another- a peculiar feature of KR. taken from the National Highway on way from canacona to madgaon. note the lights visible inside the tunnel. 6.26 p
The edge of the platforms at Pune Jn now host a water line with quick disconnect couplings at regular intervals. The cleaning crew couple a hose to this line to clean the toilets with rather than use the diesel engined water pump which was used previously
Into the unknown you go! A khalasi lets a twin WDM-2 hauled freight into dense fog. Bhachau Station.
Blocking the main line...A BRC WAG5HA waits on the main line as the Surat-Jamnagar IC crawls through on the loop at Sabarmati
Take off...The twins notch up
Gotcha!! Twin WDM2 and 24 coaches in one shot! If only, the lead loco too was in the blue and white livery
IRFCAn Bharath Moro in a pensive mood as he watches the Ashram come to a halt at Sabarmati.
Definitely not my train....says the man on the platform. The Rajdhani accelerates through