Nilgiri Mountain Railway - Mettupalayam to Conoor

Date: 2007-05-20
Owner: Zubin J Dotivala
Size: 39 items
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cutting

We pass through a cut out.

Date: 2007-05-10
Owner: Zubin J Dotivala
Views: 873
smoke out water in.

We take in water

Date: 2007-05-10
Owner: Zubin J Dotivala
Views: 930
A Pinion discarded midway.

A pinion discarded midway.

Date: 2007-05-10
Owner: Zubin J Dotivala
Views: 912
PIN

A pinion displayed.

Date: 2007-05-10
Owner: Zubin J Dotivala
Views: 859
unesco

More details about this here. http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/944/

Date: 2007-05-10
Owner: Zubin J Dotivala
Views: 942
aderly

The SM office at Aderly is no longer in use. But if you zoom in to the walls you will find usefull info.

Date: 2007-05-10
Owner: Zubin J Dotivala
Views: 925
calamity

Details of a calamity

Date: 2007-05-10
Owner: Zubin J Dotivala
Views: 954
solid rock

A tunnel that is solid rock.No walls

Date: 2007-05-10
Owner: Zubin J Dotivala
Views: 1194
Inside Rock tunnel

Inside the solid rock tunnel

Date: 2007-05-10
Owner: Zubin J Dotivala
Views: 943
bridge

It was green all along but cant expect too much water flow in May.

Date: 2007-05-10
Owner: Zubin J Dotivala
Views: 936
PWI

The PWI incharge of this section. A friendly man.

Date: 2007-05-10
Owner: Zubin J Dotivala
Views: 952
Starter and home share same mast

The down home and the up starter again share the same mast.

Date: 2007-05-10
Owner: Zubin J Dotivala
Views: 999
Tunnel No. 3

A tunnel on the way.

Date: 2007-05-10
Owner: Zubin J Dotivala
Views: 862
coonoor

We reached coonoor right time. The Steam was coupled to the train which had been brought in by the YDM4 from ooty, which in turn wuld now push the Metuplayam Connor train to Ooty.

Date: 2007-05-10
Owner: Zubin J Dotivala
Views: 1088
Bye Bye Steam

Time to bid frewell to Steam.

Date: 2007-05-10
Owner: Zubin J Dotivala
Views: 940
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Dear Zubin,

A few of the locos are coal-fired and a few are oil-fired.

It is understood action is being taken to convert the "coal-fired" locos into "oil-fired" ones which job has been entrusted to GOC.

Dear VSP
Posted by V. Srinavasa Prasad on 2007 May 21 14:07:22 +0100
Brilliant album Zubin. Keep up the good work.
Posted by Siddhartha Ganesh on 2007 May 21 05:42:06 +0100
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