Jaipur and Delhi

The final stops on my trip were to visit my grandparents in Jaipur and then Delhi before flying out. My grandmother on my father’s side lives within sight of the Jaipur to Agra mainline and this is where I developed my love of trains. While most of the time was spent with family I was able to sneak out trackside for an hour in the evening to photograph a couple trains. The next morning I took the early Jaipur to Delhi double-decker, by far the fastest train on the trip, reaching near 70 mph, quite the feat for a single WDM3A pulling such a heavy train! Upon arrival in Delhi Cantt I was dismayed to find that the semaphore signals that I had been hoping to photograph were gone. However I photographed two ALCO hauled trains anyways before heading to my grandparents place house my first Indian Railway adventure, but it certainly won’t be the last!

Date: 2016-07-15
Owner: Nikos Kavoori
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Date: 2016-02-13
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When looking at India Rail info earlier I noticed an oddity, a 09703 Jaipur to Alwar special fare train. I figured an odd working like this would probably get older ALCO power but the ALCO was almost an afterthought when this train rolled around the corne

Date: 2016-02-13
Owner: Nikos Kavoori
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Later in the evening the Pooja Superfast Express blasts west with a hammerhead style WDP4 in the lead, to me these look much better long hood forward.

Date: 2016-02-13
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The fare on this special fare train must have been really good to attract this many passengers!

Date: 2016-02-13
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Shortly after the overcrowded 09703 had cleared the 14311 Ala Hazrat Express chugged around the corner with a IZN WDM3 in charge running LHF.

Date: 2016-02-13
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Everyone has a spot where they became a railfan, this curve is it for me. My grandmothers house is a short walk from this crossing and the sights of fast moving ALCO's on passenger trains clearly made a lasting impression on me. Alot has changed from the

Date: 2016-02-13
Owner: Nikos Kavoori
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Passengers swarm the platform as a delayed 22452 Chandigarh - Mumbai Bandra express arrives at Delhi Cantt.

Date: 2016-02-14
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After embarking the massive crowd 22452 Chandigarh - Mumbai Bandra express departs Delhi Cantt station behind a LDH WDM3A. Sadly the semaphores that I was expecting to find here had in reality been gone for several months.

Date: 2016-02-14
Owner: Nikos Kavoori
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54412/Meerut Cantt. - Rewari Passenger arrives at Delhi Cantt while an auto carrier train departs on the far track.An offlink TKD WDM3A is substituting for the normal WDP1.

Date: 2016-02-14
Owner: Nikos Kavoori
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16274 smokes it up as it departs Delhi Cantt towards Rewari. This would be my last train photo of the trip, after this it was on to my mothers grandparents house to visit them before flying back to Atlanta.

Date: 2016-02-14
Owner: Nikos Kavoori
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