From the Oceans to the Sky

DAY-1: (Prelude) 12633 MS-CAPE Express makes her way through the catenary jungle at NCJ, bringing Naveen too with her (BenHur)

DAY-1: A small tribute to Himsagar Express... (Naveen)

DAY-1: The Kanniyakumari station building (Naveen)

DAY-1: Lies ahead over 60,000 kilometers of the vast IR network we adore! (Naveen)

DAY-1: An ED deemer brings in the 16381 Jayanti Janata Express into CAPE. (Naveen)

DAY-1: ED WDM-2 18554 hurries back to the front to take the rake of 16381 to NCJ (Naveen)

DAY-1: The trio at CAPE... (Raghu Jayaraman)

DAY-1: GOC WDP-3A 15332 - a kutty dippy - brings in the rake of 16317 Himsagar Express from NCJ into CAPE. (Naveen)

DAY-1: The loco briskly goes ahead to take charge of our Himsagar Express. She will be in charge till Trivandrum Central (TVC) (Naveen)

DAY-1: Two monsters in their own rights (Location: TVC) (BenHur)

DAY-1: Old warhorse AJJ WAM-4 20581 cruises through Mavelikara station with Gurudev Express as her load. (Naveen)

DAY-1: It's all green for SHM-NCJ Gurudev Express at Mavelikara, as she rushes towards her destination (BenHur)

DAY-2: After Katpadi Junction, Himsagar takes more than a 90 degree turn to enter the KPD-RU single line territory... (BenHur)

DAY-2: The mainline signal turns green, announcing the impending crossing of a train. (Location: Ramapuram) (Naveen)

DAY-2: Seshadri, headed by AJJ WAP-1 22031, glides past us at Ramapuram. (BenHur)

DAY-2: We rush past KJM WDP-4 20067 hauled Venkatadri Express, having waited for Panapakam home for about 15 minutes. (BenHur)

DAY-2: The picture says it all... we are at Tirupati. (BenHur)

DAY-2: 12656 Navajeevan Express hauled by ED WAP-4 22570 waits patiently at Gudur, as we make further progress towards our destination. (Naveen)

As the Janshatabdi towards Chennai Central negotiates a TSR, these enthusiastic workers take a minute of their work to wave at us (Location: Near Ongole) (BenHur)

DAY-2: No marks for guessing this landmark.... we cross River Krishna to enter Vijayawada (BZA) (Raghu Jayaraman)

DAY-2: With Jayakar Sir at BZA. (Raghu Jayaraman)

DAY-2: BZA WDM-2 017398 sporting a new livery doing some shunting job at BZA. (Naveen)

DAY-3: Then the new kid on the block... We spotted 30298 without shed markings at Itarsi, when she was on the way to her new house.. (BenHur)

DAY-3: With Shan at Bhopal. (Shan H Fernandes)

DAY-3: From the woods emerge the up line (Location: Between BPL & JHS) (BenHur)

DAY-3: India's longest running train greets India's fastest running train... (Location: BPL & JHS) (BenHur)

DAY-3: One of the impromptu stops we had in our journey... This is at Karonda (KAO), which lies between Bina & Jhansi. (Naveen)