Landscapes

Date: 2004-02-09
Owner: Gallery Administrator
Size: 417 items
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Monsoon in Delhi :o). Delhi Cantt., 2005-07-17. Shanx.

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Let bygones be bygones? These remains of metre gauge steam engines still haunt the Tinsukia yard. Tinsukia, Assam, 2005-07-15. Samit Roychoudhury.

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The sun sets across the Saraighat bridge, spanning teh Brahmaputra river in Guwahati. You can barely make out as a train crosses, on the bridge's lower deck. The upper deck carries the road. Guwahati, Assam, 2005-07-14. Samit Roychoudhury.

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View from Kamakhya hill of a oil rake passing near Guwahati. In the froeground, the red buildings comprise the Maligaon headquarters of the Northeast Frontier Railway. Guwahati, Assam, 2005-07-14. Samit Roychoudhury.

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A YL hauls the afternoon Fast Passenger from Tiruchendur towards Tirunelveli. Near Adaikalapuram, 1985-01-. John Lacey.

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Unknown YDM-4 climbs to the first tunnel on the ghat section of the Sengottai-Aryankavu section of the MG line to Quilon. From the road beyond Sengottai, 1984-12-31. John Lacey.

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WDM-2 #18436 on a north-bound goods passes by a prawn culture. Chilka lake, 1986-12-31. John Lacey.

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This picture is a fusion of 5 seperate shots taken from the stationary 1013 LTT-CBE Exp (visible in the right hand corner) outside Mantralayam Rd. (MALM) station. The green color is of the Paddy fields and is a complete contrast to the otherwise barren la

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Train# 1013 LTT-CBE Exp. departs Nalwar station and is caught on film travelling on three tracks at the same time. The furthermost left loop line(station), the centre main line (UP) onto the extreme right hand side main line (DN). Nalwar (b/w Wadi Jn. &a

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A view of our train as we cross lush rice fields , and just after the monsoons it is Mindblowing!! Nothing beats INDIA!! Mera Bharath Mahaan, and yes it was shot on Independance day :-). Rohit Mohan.

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The terrain between Dharmavaram Jn. and Hindupur is rocky and barren. One such view is captured @ the 166/800 marker, from the speeding 1013 @ around 1750 hrs. Also seen in the frame is the pile of ballast probably for future track maintainence. Outskirts

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This is where the MG line, that joins the BG line @ Kalluru and runs alongside until Dharmavaram Jn., splits. Dharmavaram Jn. (SBC end), February 7, 2005. Nikhil Ganu.

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It's 1635 hrs. Train # 1013 LTT-CBE Exp. reaches the outskirts of Anantpur (ATP). It witnesses a GTL YDM powered MG rake blast away over the via-duct raising dust along it's path. This image was uploaded before, but It seems to have gone missing from the

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Double WDM-1 head a southbound goods. Chilka Lake, 1986-12-30. John Lacey.

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MG-BG Diamond Crossing. Mudkhed, 20 Aug 05. Shailesh Jasani.