Roni's India Trip Pt-7: Ankai
February 14 2012: A morning excursion from Manmad with sunrise panoramas of Ankai Killa and a visit to Ankai station being electrified. Thanks a lot to Sachin and Anish for taking me on the tour!
Ankai Killa: The first train coming from Manmad before sunrise at 6:50. The headlights can be seen in the distance, "Thums Up"-hill to the left, 2012-02-14 (Roni Kappel)
Ankai Killa: Pulled by a "Jumbo", 2012-02-14 (Roni Kappel)
Ankai Killa: The panorama including the distinctive silhouette of Ankai Killa, 2012-02-14 (Roni Kappel)
Ankai Killa: One of the top trains of the day was approaching, 2012-02-14 (Roni Kappel)
Ankai Killa: 12072 "Janshatabdi Express" passing Ankai Killa station, 2012-02-14 (Roni Kappel)
Ankai Killa: Janshatabdi in front of the fort, 2012-02-14 (Roni Kappel)
Ankai Killa: Going on the eastern loop into Manmad, 2012-02-14 (Roni Kappel)
Ankai Killa, 2012-02-14 (Roni Kappel)
Ankai Killa: Sunrise, 2012-02-14 (Roni Kappel)
Ankai Killa: One railfan on the lookout, the other gathering information, 2012-02-14 (Roni Kappel)
Ankai Killa: The next spectacle was provided by ALCO twins with proper freight thundering up the grade from Manmad, 2012-02-14 (Roni Kappel)
Ankai Killa: "Thums Up" and freight, 2012-02-14 (Roni Kappel)
Ankai Killa: Freight traffic by rail and road, 2012-02-14 (Roni Kappel)
Ankai Killa: Sunrise panorama with freight, 2012-02-14 (Roni Kappel)
Ankai Killa: Bottleneck, 2012-02-14 (Roni Kappel)
Ankai Killa: Long freight between the mountains, 2012-02-14 (Roni Kappel)
Ankai Killa: A few wild dogs passing by, 2012-02-14 (Roni Kappel)
Ankai Killa: Freight train through Ankai Killa station, 2012-02-14 (Roni Kappel)
Ankai Killa: The next express, 2012-02-14 (Roni Kappel)
Ankai Killa: Passenger traffic by rail and road, 2012-02-14 (Roni Kappel)
Ankai Killa: Overtaking on the state highway, the huge pillar was part of a wind turbine, 2012-02-14 (Roni Kappel)
Ankai Killa: A final view at the train on the eastern line, 2012-02-14 (Roni Kappel)
Ankai Killa: Southbound Guntakal WDG-3A #14656, 2012-02-14 (Roni Kappel)
Ankai Killa: Catenary mast impressions, the wires were not up yet, 2012-02-14 (Roni Kappel)
Ankai station: The Guard entering the stage, 2012-02-14 (Roni Kappel)
Ankai station: We covinced the guard to pose as model and soon Guntakal WDG-3A #13068 named "Shakti" flew towards us hauling the long "Jhelum Express" rake, 2012-02-14 (Roni Kappel)
Ankai station: 11078 "Jhelum Express" Jammu Tawi - Pune in front of Ankai Killa broad side, 2012-02-14 (Roni Kappel)
Recent comments
Hi,
Thanks a lot, guys! :-)
Yes, the trip is not over yet... ;-)
Cheers,
Roni
Posted by Roni Kappel on 2012 May 25 10:43:14 +0000
Roni - Just lovely and enjoyable. Some of the photos should appear in National Geographic Magazine. Thanks for sharing your experience and albums.
ARE THERE ANY MORE ALBUMS COMING IN THE NEAR FUTURE ?
Posted by S. Srinivas on 2012 May 18 04:03:28 +0000
Amazing, magnificent, stunning ... <ran out of superlatives> ... esp the wide-angle silhouettes! All the wallpapers on my computers have, in recent weeks, been your photographs :-)
Posted by Gautam on 2012 May 14 19:23:06 +0000