Feb 3, 21-23 2012, gratefully invited at IS Anand's home, I departed for my India trip on Feb 3 in the evening by Punjab Mail, returned on Feb 21 followed by an excursion to Pune, Feb 22 was my last day along the tracks with a great early morning excursion to Vaitarna River bridge with young railfans Karthik, Mohit and Raj. At noon I returned to Mumbai for a final stroll through the city centre from Churchgate to C.S.T.
Vaitarna: The Mumbai Rajdhani 360° sunrise panorama, 2012-02-22 (Roni)
Vaitarna: Mohit filmed the exactly timed meeting of Ghaziabad WAP-5 30019 with Kalyan WDM-2 18560. In other words: a Swiss SBB class Re 460 "Loco 2000" met an ALCO based on blueprints from the 50s! 2012-02-22 (Roni)
Vaitarna: No, the generator car did not blow up into smoke, these still were ALCO-fumes left from the DMU departure, 2012-02-22 (Roni)
Vaitarna: The passenger disappeared into the fog accelerating, 2012-02-22 (Roni)
Vaitarna: The Rajdhani sped away as well, on its soon ending journey from the capital to the metropolis Mumbai, 2012-02-22 (Roni)
Vaitarna: The river got more and more busy, 2012-02-22 (Roni)
Vaitarna: Shortly afterwards a railway employee came and called us back to the station. On the way down I managed to quickly capture Ludhiana WAG-5 #23465 with freight, 2012-02-22 (Roni)
Vaitarna: After a break of 2 1/2 hours due to negotiations with the staff about valid photo permits we could resume photography at 10 a.m., 2012-02-22 (Roni)
Vaitarna: These buckets for firefighting can be found exactly like this at every British heritage railway, 2012-02-22 (Roni)
Vaitarna: The next Mumbai-bound express already announced itself on the other side of the bridge, 2012-02-22 (Roni)
Vaitarna: WCAM-1 #21845 rushing past people walking on the brigde, 2012-02-22 (Roni)
Vaitarna: Indian rural life in the vicinity of the big city, 2012-02-22 (Roni)
Vaitarna: Only five minutes later, again from the hill: southbound 12479 "Suryanagari Super Fast Express" from well-known Jodhpur to Bandra, 2012-02-22 (Roni)
Vaitarna: WCAM-1 #21848 accelerated after crossing the bridge, you can clearly discern the two types of pantograph, 2012-02-22 (Roni)
Vaitarna: Only three minutes behind it: Pune WDG-4 12381 hauling 06512 Jaipur - Yesvantpur Garib Rath - seems familiar? Oh yes, I had caught it on Monkey Hill, also hauled by a GM freight class, 2012-02-22 (Roni)