Tilting at an odd angle, this DEMU, from VRI to SA, gently negotiates the bend from pf1 to the mainline. July 2008. Headlights "on" at our request! (poochivenkat)

After Poochi's turn comes mine! While some of the school kids are enthusiastic with the task assigned to them (to wave at the LP of the DMU), others try to sneak a glance at the camera! Vriddhachalam. Shot with Poochi's camera. (Sid Ganesh)

Horns Blaring, the 830SR Karaikkudi- Trichy Passenger crosses a LC between Kottaiyur and Chettinad (Krishnakumar Kannan)

A 7-Coach DEMU rake slows down as she approaches the Krishnarajapuram Loco Shed halt working a schedule to Marikuppam from Bangalore City.... (Binai K Sankar)

A DMU crosses over from Byapanahalli loop line to main line towards Krishnarajapuram on a grey afternoon. (Aravind)

Amritsar - Pathankot - Jallandhar DMU with a fresh coat of paint switches the track to enter pf 2 of Chakki Bank. (Ankit Bharaj)

Delhi's only DMU running on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), and hence the green colour, was parked on the mainline at Dayabasti. This train serves the Shakurbasti - Delhi Cantt - Rewri route. (Ankit Bharaj)

Sleek looking driving cab of a Push - Pull Train operating between Dahod & Indore via Bhopal. A Ratlam WDM2 in the middle of the rake provided motive power. Ratlam Jn, 4/1/2005. By Shashanka.

Here is a pic of the interiors of the 1400 HP HHPDEMU that was being tested between Chennai and Gummidipundi around 2 years back. The coaches are loaded to 200% of the design limits using sand bags (loaded the previous day at Doravarichatram near Naidupet

Equipment used by the RDSO for the HHPDEMU testing. Looks nothing more sophisticated than a strip chart recorder and a digital multimeter. The real joy must be in the transducers measuring the parameters. Photo by Apurva, 2001.

The other end of the intercom. View inside the HHPDEMU cab - the "other" loudspeaker... The satisfaction of having completed a successful trial is obvious. Photo by Apurva, 2001.

Exterior view of the HHPDEMU at MAS. At this time, the sweating ASM wanted the rake out of the station as the same platform was to receive hotshot trains in a few tens of minutes. Photo by Apurva Bahadur, 2001.

DHMU from Secunderabad enters Ammuguda station. (Apoorva)

A new DEMU was spotted in the siding adjacent to the MLY shed. This is probably for the Miryalaguda shuttle from the SC region (Pic taken by Tejender Reddy). (R Viswa Chandra)

The SCR DEMU rake. Experts may please add info on its source and destination runs. (Vivek Mathur)