This was the most exciting part of our trip the Rail Bus of smaller gauge. Indara to Dohrighat is another branch line where a Rail Bus is operational for a small 30 kilometer distance. There was a Meter Gauge DMU as well but it was not operational that day. The location can be found here
3 Different types of trains in one frame but the one in the left excited us more. As we landed on Day-3 at Indara we were greeted with the MGG DMU live but in idle mode for the day. The smaller star, MG Rail Bus peeps from behind (Trayambak Ojha)
2 Brothers. YRB-10009 as a backup for YRB-10010 gets ready to depart from Indara Junction (Trayambak Ojha)
The spare coaches of the MG DMU and another surprise, a tanker wagon at the M pitlines at Indara Jn (Trayambak Ojha)
We proceeded towards Kopaganj and the MG railbus arrived soon with the train filled with people and surroundings filled with greenery (Trayambak Ojha)
As the train stopped for closing the Level Crossing manually the locals started to alight from the train (Trayambak Ojha)
After manually closing and the opening of the level crossing the train moved to it's destination. The greenery was the highlight of all the sections we travelled (Trayambak Ojha)
Domestic fouls and donkeys were grazing freely as the train arrived at Kopaganj and a chunk of the crowd got down here (Trayambak Ojha)
The reflection of past and the shadows of future looms large over this section with gauge conversion imminent (Trayambak Ojha)
The train in these sections were punctual unlike the earlier ones. We had to directly head to Dohrighat and the exit and entry of crowds signalled popularity of the service (Trayambak Ojha)
The great banyan tree and the meter gauge train. Interestingly how the people of this great country are adept to adjusting. A while ago it seemed there was hardly any space for so many people but within minutes the entire crowd adjusted themselves inside
The lonely goats and busy in their own meals while the people suffocating inside the train come out for some much needed air (Trayambak Ojha)
After its scheduled halt the YRB 10010 departs from Dohrighat. (Trayambak Ojha)
And negotiating through multiple snake like tracks the train disappears through the villages (Trayambak Ojha)
A typical MG station. Kopaganj (Trayambak Ojha)
Unable to find space inside this father son duo adjust on the couplers and cowcatcher of the Rail Bus (Trayambak Ojha)