IRFCA's Two Day outing at Regional Rail Museum (RRM) Chennai

Set of relays and electronics.

This fan was inside the cab - rear to the pilot's seat.

Interiors of the YAM1. The compressors can be seen here.

View from the door - to the front.

View from the door - now to the rear of the loco.

The model railway at the Musuem. This is designed and built by SR for the musuem.

This father and son duo were covering the run of the MRVC model train by walking with it. The little boy "Balaji" did not let his eyes move out of the model train. I was so pleased to see lot of railfans in making.

The starter at Platform 1 of Chennai Central. A WAPX loco waits with a single Garib Rath coach for the starter to turn off.

It was a green and here we go.

The MRVC waits at the starter.

I was impressed with this gate signal. The gate was open for traffic and the MRVC stopped perfectly - respecting the signal. All the train movements and signals are interlocked and automatic. This does not require human intervention (except when derailmen

The gate was closed and the train proceeds after the green signal.

The Garib Rath is now on the elevated MRTS section in Indira Nagar station.

The approach to the MAS platforms has this X crossing. The PF1 Home has the "Caution" aspect and the MAS Home has the "Caution with Crossing" aspect. I loved the sight of this.

Slowly the Loco and the Coach negotiate the points.

Entry into the PF1 of Chennai Central.

Green and Green everywhere...

A bird's eye view of the entire MAS complex. Impressive is the word I remembered.

This is yet another beauty still fresh in my memory. You can see the MRVC rake was just clearing the PF1. Meanwhile, the GR waits at the distant home signal.

What a respect this "Red" aspect commands. It makes the tonnes of steel to wait until it changes to green.

The aspect changes and the GR enters the PF1.

"Thrisoolam" - the suburban station opposite to the Chennai Airport is modelled here.

Another crossing. This time the Jan Shatabdi with a loco 22208 moves into PF2 while the MRVC waits at the home. See the signals showing the Crossing aspect in tandem.

The signals are individual LED's that glow in sync.

The Janshatabdi has crossed the points and entered the PF2.

The aspects changed and the MRVC starts.

Two More Railfans in Making. These two brothers were keen on looking at the MRVC rake. See their focus.