One of the most beautiful sections of india and once a part of the erstwhile North South Meter gauge corridor, the Mhow- Patalpani- Kalakund section is a sight to behold. This monsoon we set out to explore the breathtaking beauty of this section not from the ease of a train travel or the comfort of a car chase but on foot trekking the section. The results were more than fruitful as we got some rare freight action and a part of history.
This was a ride of a lifetime as the tunnels, mountains, valleys and hills make it impeccable experience (Trayambak Ojha)
As we arrive at Patalpani another passenger service towards khandwa arrives packed on the eve of Raksha Bandhan as we patiently wait to head back to base at Mhow. We had to further return to Indore as we were planning to cover the Mhow yard and adjoining
Day-2 and we begin our campaign at Mhow. This place is a heaven for MG as it unravelled later and needed atleast half a day dedicated to it. The Passengers services are gearing up to depart towards Indore with Mhow beauties at helm (Trayambak Ojha)
The transferred loco tok rest today after a hectic day yesterday. Mhow's busy and engaging platform atmosphere is hard to forget (Trayambak Ojha)
After a long halt the passenger service to Indore MG Jn depart negotiating the point and curving out of Mhow (Trayambak Ojha)
The semaphore Gantry is a great attraction here (Trayambak Ojha)
As the train bids farewell to Mhow we gear up for the next action (Trayambak Ojha)
Next up the Gantry which has seen so much over the years treats with the Mhow YDM4 heading the passenger from Indore to Khandwa (Trayambak Ojha)
As the starter bows down in salute the train is ready to depart acknowledging with mild smoke (Trayambak Ojha)
And while this service departs through Mhow yard it meets anther service back to indore (Trayambak Ojha)
The MG BTPN Tanker rake overlooks the train curving and shunting to the platform. Seen behind is the MG C&W workshop active even on Sunday (Trayambak Ojha)
And then the icing on the cake with a cherry on top moment for the trip..A Battery of old dilapidated steam loco greeted is and who else poses first but 2622 YP (Trayambak Ojha)
Next up on the ramp was 2102, they still had the charm even at this pitiable condition (Trayambak Ojha)
While some locos looked to be hiding from view disappointed at the treatment dished out to them- 2323 YP (Trayambak Ojha)
And this one still looked hunky and raring togo if maintained well 2803 YP (Trayambak Ojha)