Roni's India Trip Pt - 4: Jaisalmer
February 8 - 9 2012: Second part of the Jodhpur - Jaisalmer train ride
from Pokaran with freight meeting in Thar desert. Evening train action
at Jaisalmer with express to Delhi, desert evening and visiting the
impressive fort the next day.
Pokaran: Reversal of Jodhpur - Jaisalmer Passenger, February 8 2012 (Roni Kappel)
Pokaran: Abu Road WDM-2 16799 reversing, February 8 2012 (Roni Kappel)
Pokaran: Terminal station, February 8 2012 (Roni Kappel)
Ashapura Gomat: Waiting an hour for a freight crossing, February 8 2012 (Roni Kappel)
Ashapura Gomat: freight approaching, February 8 2012 (Roni Kappel)
Ashapura Gomat: Katni WDG-3A 14594 passing the array of semaphores, February 8 2012 (Roni Kappel)
Ashapura Gomat: Katni WDG-3A 14594 pulling the ultimate desert freight, February 8 2012 (Roni Kappel)
Odhaniya Chacha: Token exchange, February 8 2012 (Roni Kappel)
Shribhadriya Lathi: Meeting single eastbound Abu Road WDM-2 16840, February 8 2012 (Roni Kappel)
Shribhadriya Lathi: Abu Road WDM-2 crossing the Jodhpur - Jaisalmer passenger, February 8 2012 (Roni Kappel)
Jaisalmer station: The semaphore was already set to clear for the 14660 JSM - Delhi Junction express with scheduled departure at 17:15, February 8 2012 (Roni Kappel)
Jaisalmer station: The fortified old city on the right, the terminal station in the desert close to the Pakistan border on the left, February 8 2012 (Roni Kappel)
Jaisalmer station: The final curve of the Jodhpur - Jaisalmer line, February 8 2012 (Roni Kappel)
Jaisalmer station: A picturebook ALCO departure followed, February 8 2012 (Roni Kappel)
Jaisalmer station: Even the quadruple signal gantry had survived regauging, February 8 2012 (Roni Kappel)
Jaisalmer station: 14660 Jaisalmer - Delhi Junction express between semaphores, February 8 2012 (Roni Kappel)
Jaisalmer station: Bhagat-Ki-Kothi WDM-2 16871 provided a proper smoking spectacle. The crew notched up right in front of me, as they passed we both showed thumbs up, February 8 2012 (Roni Kappel)
Jaisalmer station: The train disappeared into the distance smoking heavily, February 8 2012 (Roni Kappel)
Jaisalmer station: The desert plant Calotropis procera, February 8 2012 (Roni Kappel)
Jaisalmer station: Now the path for the rake of my passenger train was clear to shunt to its stabling position, February 8 2012 (Roni Kappel)
Jaisalmer station: Desert shunting, February 8 2012 (Roni Kappel)
Jaisalmer station: Changing the switch, February 8 2012 (Roni Kappel)
Jaisalmer station: More hard work, February 8 2012 (Roni Kappel)
Jaisalmer station: Rake of Jodhpur - Jaisalmer passenger shunting to its stabling position, February 8 2012 (Roni Kappel)
Jaisalmer station: A proper Rajasthani Thar Desert shunting worker, February 8 2012 (Roni Kappel)
Jaisalmer station: In front of the "Trolly Hut", February 8 2012 (Roni Kappel)
Jaisalmer station: Into the setting sun, February 8 2012 (Roni Kappel)
Recent comments
Lovely pictures !!
Posted by Abhinav Bhattacharjee on 2012 Apr 23 18:00:52 +0000
nice photographs
Posted by Nirav Gala on 2012 Apr 18 12:00:07 +0000
Wow! The Wonderful Journey continues with even more wonderful pictures.
Posted by Vivek Mishra on 2012 Apr 16 13:50:10 +0000