Roni's India Trip Pt - 9: Goa

Betalbatim: Sunrise over misty fields, 2012-02-18 (Roni Kappel)

Majorda Jn. station: Level crossing guard, 2012-02-18 (Roni Kappel)

Majorda Jn. station: At the level crossing north of Majorda Junction, spanning Konkan Railway and the branch to Vasco, 2012-02-18 (Roni Kappel)

Majorda Jn. station: Level crossing detail, 2012-02-18 (Roni Kappel)

Majorda Jn. station: Old level crossing duty roster - who needs paper? 2012-02-18 (Roni Kappel)

Majorda Jn. station: Schoolchildren crossing the tracks, the line to Vasco is branching off left a little further north, 2012-02-18 (Roni Kappel)

Majorda Jn. station: 16335 "Nagercoil Express" approaching, 2012-02-18 (Roni Kappel)

Majorda Jn. station: Ernakulam WDM-3A #14055 pulled 16335 "Nagercoil Express" towards its destination at the southern tip of the subcontinent, 2012-02-18 (Roni Kappel)

Majorda Jn. station: View along the freight rake, 2012-02-18 (Roni Kappel)

Majorda Jn. station: I moved to platform 1 of Majorda Junction, finally 56961 Kulem - Vasco Passenger came, about 20 minutes late, 2012-02-18 (Roni Kappel)

Majorda Jn. station: Like on the day before a tractionless freight rake stood on the middle track, 2012-02-18 (Roni Kappel)

Majorda Jn. station: The locos of both local trains remained the same during my stay, here once more Gooty WDG-3A #14586, 2012-02-18 (Roni Kappel)

Majorda Jn. station: Loco crew portrait, 2012-02-18 (Roni Kappel)

Majorda Jn. station: Due to the delay of 56961 I could take an unscheduled crossing picture at Majorda: to the left 56962 Vasco - Kulem Passenger, which I had taken the day before, rolled into the station behind Gooty WDG-3A #14625, 2012-02-18 (Roni Kappe

Madgaon Jn. station: At Madgaon a northbound RoRo hauled by Pune WDG-3A #14565 was waiting, at the doors commuters were ready to get off the local train, 2012-02-18 (Roni Kappel)

Madgaon Jn. station: Konkan RoRos differed from their European cousins by absence of a separate passenger coach, so drivers had to stay inside their truck cabins. This led to morning toilette inside stations with truck drivers alleviating themselves off t

Chandor station: My little neighbour sitting opposite at Chandor, 2012-02-18 (Roni Kappel)

Chandor station: I calculated on a train crossing, but nothing came along, 2012-02-18 (Roni Kappel)

Sanvordem station: At Sanvordem, the largest intermediate station of Madgaon - Kulem section, we were once again greeted by empty mainline tracks. Only the platform proved to be far from empty with obviously a whole school going on a Saturday excursion, 2

Vasco - Kulem passenger: Now we continued on a more curvy routing under constant ALCO-chugging towards Kulem, 2012-02-18 (Roni Kappel)

Vasco - Kulem passenger: Not that I had been alone since Sanvordem, but it was only a short way to go... 2012-02-18 (Roni Kappel)

Kalem station, 2012-02-18 (Roni Kappel)

Kulem station: Arrived at Kulem - with U - , and yes, the image is straight! The school now left the passenger train, it had finished its journey on a dead-end track which obviously had partly subsided into the ground, 2012-02-18 (Roni Kappel)

Dudhsagar Falls: Shortly before reaching Dudhsagar Waterfalls viewpoint I heard a train whistle above me, legged it and caught South Western Railway star loco KJM WDM-3A #14024 plus a Gooty WDG-3A pair with leading #14630 hauled 17311 MAS VASCO Express op

Dudhsagar Falls: A blue snake passing above the falls, 2012-02-18 (Roni Kappel)

Dudhsagar Falls: The panorama - spot the jumping monkey! 2012-02-18 (Roni Kappel)

Dudhsagar Falls, 2012-02-18 (Roni Kappel)