The Quaint Narrow Gauge of the Central Plateaus
A Narrow Gauge section travelled less and covered less. Taking advantage of a pleasant weather, we decided to cover the triage of Raipur/Telibandha-Rajim- Dhamtari sections via Bhanpur junction where probably the only place in IR, 3 train stand together after Nainpur.
After switching tracks the Khalasi(not visible) has to again change the tracks. (Trayambak Ojha)
Loco Less train, filling up with passengers. (Trayambak Ojha)
The loco reverses and returns to the rake to be attached, ready for the service. (Trayambak Ojha)
The Ng loco despite of being small still has an imposing presence in comparison to its tar road machines. (Trayambak Ojha)
Rajim Station (Trayambak Ojha)
Through the wild flowers and bushes, the train is ready to depart from Rajim back to Abhanpur and onwards to Raipur. (Trayambak Ojha)
We rush in time to capture the departure of the same train from Abhanpur again after a brief halt for breakfast. (Trayambak Ojha)
The Guard seems happy to see us, (Trayambak Ojha)
We head to Dhamtari to complete the triage of this section. Not much action or excitement here though as the precincts were calm and very dirty. (Trayambak Ojha)
As we returned to Telibancha/Raipur where we were put up nearby for a rest there was another rake arrived from Raipur side attached to the rake standing there and we wrapped up a fruitful day in a section talked little about, with less dramatics but very
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Amazing set of images. Thanks for the planning, efforts and sharing these with all of us.
Posted by Apurva Bahadur on 2015 Oct 24 10:09:30 +0000
Great Album!! Nice sets of pics!!! I had visited Rajim in year 2005 and it is very section for railfans...
Posted by Bhaveen Patel on 2015 Oct 10 14:22:03 +0000
Wonderful album, from a section rarely get covered.
Posted by Benhur on 2015 Oct 06 15:09:01 +0000