Three of Pune's budding Railfans - Jattin Bhavsar , Raj Bhavsar and Chaitanya Gokhale went on an indefatigable journey of the prevalent meter gauge trains in Rajasthan and Gujarat covering the overnight Ahmedabad-Udaipur Meter gauge and the old and dusty Mavli-Marwar MG Section en route to the NRM 2010 Convention. The trip began from Mumbai with the Shatabdi Express to Ahmedabad and continued with Ahmedabad-Udaipur MG, Udaipur to Mavli via road transport and then then again on very backward and unconnected Mavli-Marwar Meter gauge train. The journey of rails was continued by 6210 Mysore-Ajmer Exp to Ajmer from Marwar and then the Ajmer-New Delhi Shatabdi Express to Delhi. The album contains pictures taken in the above order of journey from Ahemedabad to Delhi.Images taken with due permission from CPRO-NWR.
At phulad some extra MG Tanker wagons are attached to our train. (Raj Bhavsar)
YDM-4 # 6651 reverses to haul the train in the other direction towards marwar at Phulad after coming down the ghats. (Jatinn Bhavsar)
The MG inspection carraige at Phulad. (Jatinn Bhavsar)
I wonder what this sign means. Maybe the sign indicates down gradient. between Phulad and marwar. (Raj Bhavsar)
Finally after 6 odd hours of a breathtaking journey from Mavli to Marwar , finally the train enters Marwar junction. (Raj Bhavsar)
Oh look , what do we spot after 6 hours of an MG ride , a double stack container moving towards Ahemedabad at Marwar junction. (Raj Bhavsar)
Another shot of the unique and rare of the rarest double stack container. (Raj Bhavsar)
After silent 7 hours in MG. The Action starts at Marwar. A container proceeds towards Ajmer as a BCNA and another container wait patiently. (Chaitanya Gokhale)
Old MG Marwar station. (Jatinn Bhavsar)
If we look at it normally the picture wont seem to contain railway property but the small building infront was the old MG Cabin for Marwar. (Raj Bhavsar)
Vatwa WDM-3A # 18658 leads an unknown train at 20 kmph as the LP of 6210 MYS-Ajmer Express exchanges flag. (Raj Bhavsar)
Shakurbasti Twins chugg hard and lead the Delhi Sarai Rohilla-BDTS Gareeb Rath between Ajmer and Marwar. A lone TKD WDM-3A rebuilt looks on. (Raj Bhavsar)
The picture to be treasured :- The Meter Guage section at jaipur station which will soon be converted into Broad Guage. (Raj Bhavsar)
Ajmer Shatabdi gets the starter on a cold night at Gurgaon. The train was led by a TKD WDM-3D. (Chaitanya Gokhale)
Typical night scene on a cold wintry night. A man wraps himself in a white chaddar and sleeps on the platform as Ajmer Shatabdi waits for a move ahead towards Delhi. (Chaitanya Gokhale)