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!
Monkey Hill: Triple headed freight, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)
Monkey Hill: From the other direction 16339 Mumbai CST - Nagercoil Express thundered upwards at the same time, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)
Monkey Hill: Erode WDM-3D #11222 rushing past. Some of the details you could capture while it was passing by: for example the speedometer needle at just above 50 kph, or the fact the it had been built in November 2007 by Diesel Loco Works at Varanasi, 201
Monkey Hill: Some were less impressed by the express, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)
Monkey Hill: WAG-5 #23547 and #23490 banking, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)
Monkey Hill: WAG-5 #23490 at speed, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)
Monkey Hill: To the left the third line branched off. As you can see a difference in distance compared to the mainline of 118 to 120 kms resulted from the diversion, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)
Monkey Hill: WCAM-3 #21944 hauling 11026 Pune - Manmad Express which we already had spotted going into the other direction earlier that day, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)
Monkey Hill: Pune - Manmad Express taking the mainline, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)
Monkey Hill: Airy travelling pan shot, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)
Monkey Hill: Back to Monkey Hill Cabin, definitely a more convenient post than humid, sweltering Mumbai, even if it had more than 30 degrees C here. More bankers were approaching, but we had to leave, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)
Kamshet: We moved to our evening location Kamshet, the second local station from Lonavla towards Pune. A slice of Austria almost everywhere in the world: Plasser India Duomatic 08-32 tamping machine #8049 matched Apurva's Nano well in terms of colour, 201
Kamshet: Washing clothes between riverside and railway, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)
Kamshet: Kalyan WCAM-3 #21959 hauled 11008 Pune - Mumbai CST "Deccan Express" along Indrayani River which had been dammed up here, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)
Kamshet: Past the laundry, 2012-02-15 (Roni Kappel)