Satpura Farewell

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.

Date: 2015-10-11
Owner: Gallery Administrator
Size: 151 items
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Waving in unison, the guard and some passengers are still excited about being clicked as the NG train towards Jabalpur slides to a down gradient after a Level Crossing. (Parth Jha)

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Jabalpur-Balaghat Passenger at viaduct before halting at Kaladehi. This is screenshot from the video.

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These smaller viaducts make an interesting picture witht eh NG train has the clouds have just poured a bucketful and are still in transit. (Parth Jha)

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10002 SATPURA Express skipping Kaladehi. ZDM 4A 224 in lead
22 August 2015 (SRIRAM SRINIVASAN)

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The Jhabua Power Limited - Power station, one of the many in this area abuts the railway line near Binaiki (Rajit Kumar)

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1/4 . BG version of TEMUR River Bridge 1 (SRIRAM SRINIVASAN)

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2/4 . BG version of TEMUR River Bridge 2. (SRIRAM SRINIVASAN)

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3/4 . BG version of TEMUR River Bridge 3. (Under Construction). (SRIRAM SRINIVASAN)

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4/4 . NG version of TEMUR River Bridge. (SRIRAM SRINIVASAN)

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The end of the line for NG! Broad Gauge has made an invasion and will soon displace Narrow Gauge completely in the Satpura region. The Satpura Express having arrived from Jabalpur will head back after half an hour. Many of her passengers will connect to t

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Approaching Padriganj. Warner proceed,since it is a skipping station. (SRIRAM SRINIVASAN)

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The gang relishing the last couple of minutes in the First Class coach of the Satpura Express after arriving at Balaghat Jn. (Vivek Manvi)

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The end of the line at Balaghat. These scissor points - consigned to history. (Rajit Kumar)

Comments
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Fantastic coverage..
good to see so many legends together in action after a long time.. :)
Posted by Avishek Basu on 2015 Nov 18 15:44:38 +0000
Superb work. Thanks for taking the pains and for sharing. Due to the work by IRFCA members, such gems are being preserved for ever, even though only electronically.
Posted by Shirish Paranjape on 2015 Nov 01 23:31:30 +0000
A 5* collection!! Hats off to all of your efforts!
Posted by Adithya V on 2015 Oct 26 06:57:17 +0000