An ART Rake ( Accident releif Train ) stationed at Purna JN. Photo by Hrishikesh Moghe

These trucks were found near Kollam Juction, as part of the Guage conversion works on the Kollam-Shencottai line.Biju Bhasker

The winch car service at Palani temple hill. Just check out the gradient that this 2 coach cable car covers.it takes around 15 mins to travel from the bottom to the top of the hill which just might be half a kilometer long

A Tata Sumo modified to run on tracks. Picture taken during a trek on the Sakleshpur Subramanya Road ghat section. Photo by Sanjeev Sharma (http://www.designjaunt.com) (Sanjeev Sharma)

A tractor modified to run on tracks. Picture taken during a trek on the Sakleshpur Subramanya Road ghat section. Photo by Sanjeev Sharma (http://www.designjaunt.com) (Sanjeev Sharma)

Howrah bound 7226 Amaravati Express climbs out of Hubli parallel to the second track being laid in the Hubli-Hospet section - this doubling extends only for a few stations beyond Hubli. The section between Hospet and Guntakal is already doubled. Note the

Can anybody guess the purpose of this strange vehicle?

Palani haulage winch with a capacity of 36 seats, is hauled up over a railway line running to a length at 290 meters. (Biju Bhasker)

ELTC 120. The Training Loco for IR. Spotted this outside the Uslapur Loco Training School of SECR. This training facility has also got a simulator. Uslapur is a local station for BSP in the line towards KTE. (Abhishek Gopal)

Another pic of the training loco. (Abhishek Gopal)