Crossing Pic 8 of 8: At a crossing, the latecomer is always the first to go! The station staff walks up to the loco of 7605 to hand over the key token dropped by the BCNA rake loco pilot. Dr Akash Bang

A palash tree (Common English name- Flame of the Forest) stands out due to its green leaves and red orange flowers in the dry uninhabited surroundings between Kayar and Wani. It’s the evergreen trees like Palash, Neem, Mango etc which stay green and bri

Work going on! WDM3A slows down in consideration to the workers working at a curve on Kayar-Wani stretch. Dr Akash Bang

The workers waving bye bye at my cam and green flag at the train on a curve on Kayar-Wani stretch. Dr Akash Bang

Appearance of the wires! Just 1 km short of Wani (Wani is 856 Km) the Single electrified Rajur-Wani line (which imparts junction status to Wani Jn) comes to run parallel to our line. Dr Akash Bang

Coal loading of BOXN rake going on at Wani Jn which is the 3rd station on the Pimpalkhuti-MJRI section. Dr Akash Bang

The bridge on the Wardha river, just before Majri Khadan- the 4th station on Pimpalkhuti-MJRI stretch. Dr Akash Bang

Majri Khadan- The only station on the ADB-MJRI stretch where 7605 did not stop. Dr Akash Bang

At last! The MUE-KNVT-ADB-MJRI single non-electrified line joining the BPQ-SEGM double electrified main line with a sharp left turn at a speed restriction of 10 after waiting for green signal for some 10 minutes at the turn. Dr Akash Bang

At Majri Jn, a high speed BCNA rake hauled by twin WAG5A from BZA reminded us that now we are back to the mainline! Dr Akash Bang

At MJRI, we are delayed for favoring a LGD WAG7 hauled BOXN rake. Note the dwarf platform. MJRI has gained importance from passenger traffic viewpoint only after the opening of MUE-MJRI section. Dr Akash Bang

A handwritten notice at Majri Jn depicting the details of the newly started 7605/7606 and 7609/7610 trains. Note that 1. There is no mention of stops beyond Nanded. 2. Even in the new extended route, important stops like MUE, HEM, KNVT are not mentioned,

Train timings board at MJRI! Nandigram exp is shown as 1401/1402 NED-NGP exp. Could the things ever get more confusing? How do they expect the train to get more patronage when they aren’t advertising it correctly? Why would anyone even try to get in a N

GT express crosses us at Majri Jn with a HCPV at its tail end! Dr Akash Bang

An unidentified train with LGD WAP4 speeds past us to keep us waiting even for a longer time at MJRI. Dr Akash Bang