A trip to the land of BNDM and VSKP Alcos

A beautiful looking BNDM WDM-3A # 16144R brought the 18310 Nizamabad-Sambalpur Nagavali Express upto its final destination(Ujjawal Kashyap)

The night drama continues!!Long exposure shot of BNDM WDM-3A # 16076R which came to detach a single Sleeper coach from PGDA-SBP Intercity Express at platform#2 of SBP Jn (Ujjawal Kashyap)

Finally comes the train for which we were waiting for the whole day, the 13351/18189 Dhanbad/Tatanagar-Allepey Link Express arrived at pF#1 at Sambalpur with the super power of Twin VSKP Alco's led by a shiny WDM-3A #16054 (Ujjawal Kashyap)

After getting bored of seeing BNDM and VSKP Alco's the whole day, comes the Raipur Ice-cream treat:)
Raipur WDM-3A # 18927 arrived at pF#3 with the Puri-Sambalpur Intercity Express and Raipur WDG-3A # 13146 was waiting for some freight duties...

Most popular train of this section!!
23 coach rake of 18451 Hatia-Puri Tapaswini Express ready for departure from SBP Jn after a reversal with a clean looking BNDM WDM-3D # 11235 in lead (Ujjawal Kashyap)

Monstrous looking Bondamunda WDM-3D # 11166 arrived at pF#1 of RGDA with the 23 coach rake of 12835 HTE-YPR Superfast in tow. Single WDM-3D did a fantastic job with the 23 coach rake on the graded Sambalpur-Titlagarh-Rayagada section of ECoR (Ujjawal Kash

On a foggy morning at Rayagada, first train to greet us was the Durg-Visakhapatnam Passenger with a VSKP WDM-2 # 18684 in charge (Ujjawal Kashyap)

At Rayagada, we found a recently transfered VSKP WDM-3A # 16347R standing next to twin VSKP WDG-3A # 14504 # 14650 while searching for tea!! (Ankit Bharaj)

17482 biweekly Tirupati-Bilaspur Express arrived before time at pF#1 of RGDA station with the power of VSKP WDM-3A # 16239R (Ujjawal Kashyap)

The eastern ghats looms large in the background, as the beautiful VSKP WDM-2 pair waits patiently with the northbound BOBYN rake infront of the army of red signals! (Ujjawal Kashyap)

VSKP WDM-2 # 18683 brought the VSKP - Raipur passenger with an additional load of an unmarked WDG-4 # 12356. It was supposed to drop us at Singapuram Road. (Ankit Bharaj)

Just few minutes before the departure of our VSKP-R passenger, from the Titlagarh side appeared MU'ed Raipur WDG-3A's # 13593 + 13181 with an empty southbound BOXN rake (Ujjawal Kashyap)

ALP says alright and here we move out of Rayagada
Green...green....green.... (Ujjawal Kashyap)

We reached Singapuram Road in no time and the train chugged off on its way to Raipur. The mountain provided a good backdrop for the picture!! (Ankit Bharaj)

Raipur bound passenger got the starter with the route indicator lit while a Raipur based WDG-3A # emerged from Titlagarh side. The line to Koraput branches-off from Singapuram Road station. (Ankit Bharaj)

Raipur WDG-3A # 13410 wearing smart coat of blue-white paint rocked the station with its chugging as it went past with a VSKP bound container train. (Ankit Bharaj)

Visakhapatnam bound passenger goes over the numerous turnouts as it joins the mainline at Singapur Road station with a beautifully painted VSKP WDM-3A # 16245 in lead (Ujjawal Kashyap)

VSKP WDM-3A # 16245 hauled Koraput - Rayagada Passenger entered the penultimate station Singapuram Road. We could hear its horn and chugging reflecting off the mountains well before it appeared!!! (Ankit Bharaj)

Surprise Visitor!!Twin GTL WDG-3A skipped Singapuram Road station with an emply BOXN rake heading towards Rayagada. The line branching off to Koraput can be seen here. (Ankit Bharaj)

Twin Alco mania continues, this time its a WDG-3A pair from Guntakal which chugged in at Singapur Road with an empty BOXN freight, i just loved these huge station boards all across ECoR territory :) (Ujjawal Kashyap)

Tiny rake of 18006 KRPU-HWH Samaleshwari Express enters the loop with a KGP WDM-3A # 16133 in charge, yesterday we met the same loco at Mahanadi Bridge near Hirakud. One unique fact about this train is that it passes through Singapur Road twice due to a r

And here starts one of the most adventurous journey of my life, our RGDA-KRPU passenger led by a clean VSKP WDM-3A # 18932 branches off the mainline at Singapur Road and starts to climb the mighty eastern ghats on the way to Koraput (Ujjawal Kashyap)

After departing from Singapuram Road onboard Koraput - Rayagada Passenger, there started a never ending tale of grades, turns, mountain and viaducts!!! (Ankit Bharaj)

Our RGDA-KRPU Passenger goes over one of the tallest viaducts of this section with a VSKP WDM-3A at its helm (Ujjawal Kashyap)

One of the most unique and beautiful station encountered on this route is "Lelligumma" which is surrounded by large mountains from all the sides, hats-off to the railway staff which works 24x7 at such remote locations for providing us better con

The only crossing of the section was a NALCO owned BTAP rake headed by twin VSKP WDG-3A waiting for us to clear the section at Lakshmipur Road station. (Ankit Bharaj)

Another shot of the same VSKP WDG-3A pair which were waiting for a crossing with our Rayagada-Koraput Passenger at a very beautiful Lakshmipur Road station (Ujjawal Kashyap)