YDM-4 #6310 prepares to start with the last ever trip of train #744, from Punalur. The passenger rush on this train was so high, that many people (me included) had to return dejected. A couple of media persons said that there were passengers even on top of the coaches the previous evening. Curtains have been drawn on the 110-year old line. ()

Date: 2010-09-19
Owner: Binai Sankar
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Make Canon Model Canon EOS 1000D
Aperture Value f/9.9 Color Space sRGB
Exposure Program Program Flash No Flash
ISO 200 Metering Mode Center Weighted Average
Shutter Speed Value 1/200 sec Date/Time 2010 Sep 19 08:28:44 +0100
Comments
Nice picture, and sad to see another lovely MG line go. But just look at all that trash - goes to show that high levels of literacy & education need not lead to greater civic sense!
Posted by Mohan Bhuyan on 2010 Sep 24 12:08:32 +0100
I traveled in the route which was my first trip and enjoyed its final run. The loco was 6401. I traveled on 19th afternoon.
Posted by Satya Narayan on 2010 Sep 23 19:27:20 +0100
We can all thank the great Jaffer Sharieff for mass-launching the unigauge program and robbing us MG lovers of great sections one-by-one.
Posted by Mani Vijay on 2010 Sep 23 15:13:41 +0100
Befitting farewell to MG ....Will miss it badly
Posted by Jayasankar Madhavadas on 2010 Sep 22 08:47:20 +0100
Nice shot.
Posted by Alex P. John on 2010 Sep 21 08:44:40 +0100
But glad to see the public give a respectful farewell to the system
Posted by Milind on 2010 Sep 21 06:19:34 +0100
There must have been similar rush at Punalur on the inauguration of this line, on 4 July 1904. The first train ran from Quilon to Punalur only
Posted by Jimmy Jose on 2010 Sep 20 19:42:57 +0100
End of an era. Everything in this pic is nostalgic. Look at the single headlamp on YDM 4
Posted by Jimmy Jose on 2010 Sep 20 19:41:51 +0100
:( Boo hoo...but will the new rack run on Aryankavu viaduct?
Posted by Dr. Himagirish Rao on 2010 Sep 20 18:03:28 +0100
MAS member Satyanarayanan was on this train from Punalur to SCT.
Posted by Vimalakar N C on 2010 Sep 20 16:47:34 +0100
Well, at least one thing is BG ready - the garbage on the tracks!
Posted by Bharat Vohra on 2010 Sep 20 16:07:11 +0100
the most sad sight for me as a railfan....
Posted by Deepak Murali on 2010 Sep 20 14:45:07 +0100
what a great goodbye to MG train!!!
Posted by Bhaveen Patel on 2010 Sep 20 12:19:07 +0100
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