February 15-16 & 21 2012: A full day excursion with Apurva, Ashish and Lalam to Bhor Ghat at Lonavla, Monkey Hill and evening at Kamshet, as well as next morning at Pune and a day trip with IS Anand from Mumbai to Pune. Thanks a lot to Anand, Apurva, Ashish, Lalam, Rahul, Ranjit and all the others for their great hospitality!
Lonavla Station: Hip track walker, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)
Lonavla Station: "Rock 'n' Roll" - GM approaching! 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)
Lonavla Station: Crossing the tracks in front of "Udyan Express", 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)
Lonavla Station: Krishnarajapuram (KJM) WDP-4 #20025 hauled 16529 Mumbai - Bangalore "Udyan Express" uphill, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)
Lonavla Station: A free rider ready to jump off "tigerface" WAG-7 #27408 which had helped "Udyan Express" uphill with two colleagues, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)
Lonavla Station: The Mumbai end of Lonavla station, where there already had accumulated a jam of two WAG-7 banker trios, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)
Lonavla Station: Dual current WCAM-3 #21891 approaching on the last uphill metres with 11025 Manmad - Pune Express, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)
Lonavla Station: If you look at the state of the footbridge you can see why that many people crossed the rails here, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)
Lonavla Station: Enough time for joking until such an express had passed, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)
Lonavla Station: This train was helped by two class WAG-5s. WAG-5A 23206, built in the 80s, had a similar body to a class WAM-4, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)
Lonavla Station: Some sidings still consisted of antique rails with bullhead profile, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)
Lonavla Station: A unit of WAG-7s started its descent to Karjat, only the front loco had lifted its pantograph, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)
Lonavla Station: Bankers on the way to Karjat, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)
Lonavla Station: Cleaning on the roof of the disabled toilet, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)
Lonavla Station: Caught in mid-jump! - in the meantime the express continued to Pune, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)