Roni's India Trip Pt - 3: Jodhpur

February 7 - 8 2012: Visiting the famous "Blue City" with scenes in the morning at the main station as well as Raika Bagh Palace Junction and evening sightseeing at mighty Mehrangarh Fort. First part of a passenger train ride on the Jodhpur - Jaisalmer line up to Phalodi.

Date: 2012-03-25
Owner: Roni Kappel
Size: 60 items
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Good morning, Jodhpur: Several newly refurbished metre gauge coaches were transported on BG, February 8 2012 (Roni Kappel)

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Good morning, Jodhpur: Classic station sign, February 8 2012 (Roni Kappel)

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Good morning, Jodhpur: The express is gone, the vendors move on, February 8 2012 (Roni Kappel)

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Good morning, Jodhpur: Overbridge silhouettes, February 8 2012 (Roni Kappel)

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Good morning, Jodhpur: Colourful platform life, February 8 2012 (Roni Kappel)

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Good morning, Jodhpur: Coaches from 1990 still being repainted for the dying MG, February 8 2012 (Roni Kappel)

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Good morning, Jodhpur: Brushing teeth, February 8 2012 (Roni Kappel)

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Indian Railway window views: Leaving by Jaisalmer passenger, February 8 2012 (Roni Kappel)

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Indian Railway window views: Behind bars, February 8 2012 (Roni Kappel)

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Leaving Jodhpur station: Bhagat Ki Kothi WDM-3A 16003 marked as "WDM-3", February 8 2012 (Roni Kappel)

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Indian Railway window views: The sweet youngest of the family sitting next to me, February 8 2012 (Roni Kappel)

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Phalodi Jn.: Brand new WDP-4B 40074 still without shed markings hauling 54819 Jaisalmer - Jodhpur passenger into the opposite direction, February 8 2012 (Roni Kappel)

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Phalodi Jn.: Lavishly clothed Rajasthani gangmen, February 8 2012 (Roni Kappel)

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Phalodi Jn.: View back at the only modernized station of the Jodhpur - Jaisalmer line, February 8 2012 (Roni Kappel)

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Indian Railway window views: Staring into Thar Desert, February 8 2012 (Roni Kappel)

Comments
Nice pictures! :)
Posted by Abhinav Bhattacharjee on 2012 Apr 13 16:36:31 +0100