A set of images captured on a daylong journey across the famous spiral at Dhulghat and the ever fascinating ghats from Kalakund to Patalpani by 15 railfans. The partners in crime were Abhishek Nair, Akshay Marathe, Bhushan Kale, Binai Sankar, Bizzy Mishra, Colin Peter, Dilip Setlur, Jayasankar Madhavadas, Karan Desai, Karthik, Kaushik Dharwadkar, Nitin Master, Ramdev Gowda, Shantanu Kulkarni and Vibin Andrews. (Some images taken during these members' journey to Akola, and on their way back to their home bases are also included) The event was on the 14th of March 2009.
Another look at the fallen hero. 2009-03-14, Bizzy ()
458B AK-RTM passenger passes through the ragged landscape of Khandwa.One needs to be careful here as people sometimes throw things at passengers from outside.2009/03/14 (Abhishek Nair)
A Kachori seller goes about his business at Khandwa as a huge crowd jostles for space in the unreserved coaches ahead. See how we have smartly locked the door of our coach to avoid the crowd getting in! ;-) (Karan Desai)
The 458B Akola - Ratlam Fast Passenger enters Khandwa Jn, running 5 minutes before time. (Akshay Marathe)
The mechanism for operating semaphores at Attar. (Akshay Marathe)
Our 458B passenger to Ratlam halts at a wayside station... notice Karan peeping out of the emergency window (Ramdev Gowda)
At Nimarkheri, we have the third crossing of the day. The crossing train waits on the loop line headed by Mhow YDM-4 #6300. (Akshay Marathe)
The famed bridge across the Narmada, at Omkareshwar ()
The Akola - Ratlam Fast Passenger negotiates the sweeping curve after Omkareshwar Road, hust before the Narmada bridge. (Akshay Marathe)
Seen here is the road bridge over the river Narmada after Omkareshwar Rd.Pic taken from the AK-RTM passenger.2009/03/14 (Abhishek Nair)
The Banker loco coming in to take charge of our train at Kalakund.... ()
YDM4 #6307 comes in to bank our train at Kalakund.... ()
Finally we reach Kalakund. The loco to the right is the banker for our train. (Akshay Marathe)
MHW YDM-4 #6307 attaches itself to the 458B AK-RTM passenger for banker duties at Kalakund.2009/03/14 (Abhishek Nair)
A typical scene at Kalakund station where the AK-RTM passenger halts slightly longer as a Banker needs to be attached to it.One can also see 2 railfans in this pic.2009/03/14 (Abhishek Nair)