Just before Gauge Conversion closed services on the Satpura Narrow Gauge Railway, a diverse team of railfans travelled the length and breadth of the system to document it for posterity.
NG Passenger at Bithli Ghat approaching from Seoni
NG Passenger hauling towards Bithli Ghat, Seoni (Parth Jha)
NG Passenger crossing a viaduct at Bithli ghat, Seoni
These S Curves help the NG train to climb up as the NG loco is working hard to enter the Seoni Ghat (Trayambak Ojha)
NG Passenger in Bithli Ghat, Seoni (Parth Jha)
This semaphore's vigil over the lines at Bhoma is soon coming to an end. The NG will give way to BG and the semaphore to a more modern color lamp signal.
At Keolari, there is this huge viaduct over the river Wainganga and the NG train towards Nainpur gingerly crosses it while the sun and cloud play hide and seek. (Trayambak Ojha)
By the time larger coaches with larger windows ply on this line, the kids would have grown a little larger as well.
The men who make it happen (Trayambak Ojha)
The Khalasi was one of the smartest guy at this job-grade in total terms and was very efficient as we met him multiple times this day since this place was so peaceful. (Trayambak Ojha)
The Station Master was also pretty relaxed and was prepared to be transferred to another location once the section gets closed (Trayambak Ojha)
Very soon the train from Chhindwara arrives with another gang of Railfans who were on the same mission. Seen here is Mohan Bhuyan, Jay Balakrishna and Bharat Moro who managed to remain pretty discrete. (Trayambak Ojha)