Udhampur-Jammu Tawi Trip

The route now seems to be like a giant roller coaster!!! Ankit Bharaj.

The mickey indicated that we would enter the loop at Baljata. Ankit Bharaj.

Surprise!!! LKO WDM-3D # 11154 is incharge of the NDLS-UHP spl. Is this a case of off-link?? Ankit Bharaj.

Even Bigger Surprise!!!! LDH WDM-2 # 16663 banks the train!!! It is comfirmed that bankers are requried on the JAT-UHP section. Ankit Bharaj.

BGKT WDM-3A # 17372 brings the Barmer-NDLS-Udhampur intercity and waits for the banker loco to be attached. Ankit Bharaj.

This guy demands rest and moves to the trip shed after hauling the 413 Varanasi-Jammu Tawi Exp. The raj rake in the background is of Jammu Rajdhani. Ankit Bharaj.

Double headed Swaraj Exp makes way for my 8102 Muri Exp at Ghagwal. Cheak-out the spelling on the name plate of the train!! Ankit Bharaj.

LDH WDG-3A # 14241 waits with a BCNA rake while the main-line is occupied by our counterpart 8101 at Kathua. My train was 8102 Muri Exp. Ankit Bharaj.

I believe this curve can compete with the famous Wardha curve!! This curve leads to Sujanpur stn. Ankit Bharaj.

See what happens when a train passes over small bump like projection!! Ankit Bharaj.

my 8102 enters Bharoli Jn. Here I noticed that a TKD WDM-xx was hauling out train. Ankit Bharaj.

This is the view of the LC from my grandparent's place!!! The LC caters the Jalandhar-Chakki Bank-Pathankot main-line. Ankit Bharaj.

Pathankot-Jalandhar DMU prepares to enter Chakki Bank rly stn. Ankit Bharaj.

Wanna somke like him?? TKD WDM-2 # 16416 departs from Chakki Bank with the PNBE-JAT Archana Exp. Ankit Bharaj.

BGKT WDM-2 heads the Somnath Exp to Ahemdabad. This train has got a really interesting route, which is JAT-Jalandhar-Kapurthala-Firozpur-Bhatinda-Jodhpur-ADI. Ankit Bharaj.

2332 HWH-JAT Himgiri Exp comes to a halt at Chakki Bank with a unique livered HWH WDM-2A # 18996. This train avoids Delhi and diverts to LKO after MGS taking the Moradabad-Saharanpur-Ambala route to JUC. Ankit Bharaj.

The last leg of my journey is about to start, as I see my 2478 JAT-Jamnagar Exp snaking into pf-1 of Chakki Bank. Ankit Bharaj.

Double line section starts after crossing Chaki Khad and continues till Dasuya. Ankit Bharaj.

Aerodynamic DMU shuttling between Pathankot - Jalandhar halts at Dasuya. Ankit Bharaj.

The section between Dasuya and Tanda Urmar is single line section. The lines double again around a km before Tanda Urmar. Also notice that the trailing loco is a jumbo. Ankit Bharaj.

This one should be added to the series of wonderfully named stations!!! Ankit Bharaj.

The double electrified line from Amritsar meets my line just before entering Jalandhar Cantt. Ankit Bharaj.

BSL WAG-7 # 27835 deattaches itself from the BCNA rake, most probably to reverse it. Ankit Bharaj.

Arriving at Ludhiana before time; kudos to our dazzaling dou WDMs!! Here the twins made way for an electric loco, which turned out to be 22540 Rajhansa!! Sadly, I could not click it. Ankit Bharaj.

A treat for all livery freaks out there!! A complete rajdhani livered train, which happens to be the 0952 ASR-BDTS holiday spl powered by BRC WAM-4E # 20497. Ankit Bharaj.

Amritsar-Katihar Exp snakes into Ludhiana with its regular CNB power characterized by its extra-large font of road no. Ankit Bharaj.

RTM WDM-3A # 18729 is ready to haul a BCNA load from Rajpura Jn. Ankit Bharaj.