Landscapes

JHANSI WDM 2 # 16362 crawls over the massive Tawa river bridge near Bagratawa with Itarsi-Allahabad Passenger in tow. (Ujjawal Kashyap) (Raj Bhavsar)

Curve through the beautiful countryside..how I wish that I make this place my home ()

ED WDM2 hauls an unknown passenger across the beautiful pamban bridge(Pic courtesy Rohit.D) (Shishir Jairam)

The only remnant from Ankai Killa pictures , which I had by mistake kept with myself. The Tapovan Express bound for Mumbai races through the feet of the Killa at its MPS hauled by a Pune WDM-3A. (Chaitanya)

WDP4 #20042 with Mumbai bound Koyna Express at Vadgaon outer. Pic taken from old Mumbai Pune Highway. (Ashwin Rao)

Distant shot of Vasco-Howrah Amaravati Exp in front of Dudhsagar Falls on its way up to Castle Rock in Braganza Ghats. ()

WDP4 #20023 with Udyan Express begins the ascent of the Bhore Ghats ()

KZJ WDMx working on dynamic brakes brings down 1042 Chennai-Mumbai Express on MID line ()

The Koyna Express at Shindawane. (Dinesh Hukmani)

Dadar bound Chalukya Express being hauled by GY WDG3A triplets..All live and all smokers.. The ride was amazing. Actually the lead and first trailing loco were being taken to ASK.After ASK we came on a single GY WDG3A.. ()

The Garib Nawaz express making its way thru the Shindawane rock cutting en-route to Pune. ()

The Garib Nawaz Express overtakes a departmental rake at Shindawane on its way towards Pune. (Dinesh Hukmani)

A lot of action in one shot: Sheep grazing, a motorcyclist moves on a dirt track and of course a strange looking rake heads towards Shindawane station. (Dinesh Hukmani)

Twin Diesels hauling a long and fully loaded BCNA rake towards Miraj. (Ashwin Rao)

Two DC EMUs races each other towards Parsik Hill. The curved one is on the Slow Track approaching Mumbra Station and the straight one on the Fast Track towards Thane via Parsik Tunnel on the Mumbai Suburban Route. (Tushar Dhake)

On the Zuari bridge in KR, a WDG 4 hauls a Ro-Ro rake (or so it's called?) towards MAO! Apologies for the poor snap. Uploaded for aesthetic values (Sid)

Penta Header WDG4s roll down the Braganza ghats with a freighter against the backdrop of the mighty Doodhsagar Falls (Trayambak Ojha)

11071 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Varanasi Kamayani Express crosses the Ganga river bridge between Phaphamau and Prayag behind Jumbo WDM-2 17799.To the right of the picture you can notice the Curzon river bridge. (Vishal Khare)

Monsoon time, as the dark clouds gather all around giving signs of heavy thunderstorms, Pune WDG3a in Qrange livery does honors of hauling one of my favourite train 11045 Kolhapur Dhanbad Dikshabhoomi Express with a interesting route to Dhanbad (via Auran

Bang on time running 12222 Howrah Pune Duronto cruises over the Godavari river bridge in a cloudy morning behind Pune WDM3a near Puntamba. (Ashwin Rao)

As the dark clouds gather around, the King of Konkan Railway 12431 Trivandrum Hazrat Nizamuddin Rajdhani in colourful avatar, with all possible coaches cruises over the long Kali river bridge at Karwar, hauled by ED WDM3d instead of its customery WDP3a li

The newly introduced LTT-Sultanpur Express makes its way through the evergreen Diva-Parsik region while going towards Sultanpur on the down fast line on a slightly cloudy Sunday afternoon. (CG)

A light trail of the Kolhapur bound Mahalaxmi express taken on a full moon night at Shindawane.One can also see the star trails. ()

Fresh looking WCAM3 #21881 with 11025 down Manmad Pune Express (via Panvel) cruises beautifully through the tunnel on Panvel Karjat Line and thus breaks the silence of the Zone with a powerful honking. (Ashwin Rao )

KYN WCAM3 #21948 hauled 11025 down Pune Manmad Express cruises beautifully through the rock cuttings on Karjat Panvel Line. (Ashwin Rao )

Darjeeling Himalaya JOY RIDE TOURIST Train departed from Batasia loop after short halt. Loco 782 B "Moutaineer" shows hard smoking here. (Bhaveen Patel)

Chugging Chugging all the way!!! Twin KZJ WDG 3A's (14573 and 14775) banked by Pune WDM2 #18346 (loco unfit for mainline hauling) find it difficult to haul the empty freighter up the famous RNJD 'S' curve. (Abhishek Waykole)