North India Trip - December 2004

Brand new Ajni WAG-9 #31064 hauls a looong BCNA rake. Ambala Cantt, 2004-12. By Vivek Manvi.

TKD WDP-1 #15025 arrives at Ambala Cantt with a passenger train. Ambala Cantt, 2004-12. By Vivek Manvi.

One of the numerous irrigation canals, which passes under the tracks in Haryana and Punjab. Ambala-Panipat, 2004-12. By Vivek Manvi.

Gomoh WAG-9 #31024 with a BOXN rake. Note the double collector bar pantographs on the WAG-9. Naya Azadpur, 2004-12. By Vivek Manvi.

A metallic blue & cream colored WDP-1 #15008 hauls the Delhi-Bathinda Kissan Express. Subzi Mandi, 2004-12. By Vivek Manvi.

Gomoh WAP-7 #30203 waits in the NDLS Trip shed. New Delhi, 2004-12. By Vivek Manvi.

Shakurbasti WDS-4D shunters line up at the NDLS diesel trip shed. New Delhi, 2004-12. By Vivek Manvi.

Foggy morning in New Delhi: Gomoh WAG-9 #31024 running light at Pragati Maidan. Pragati Maidan, 2004-12. By Vivek Manvi.

Look at the dense fog. The visibility was barely 15 meters. Pragati Maidan, 2004-12. By Vivek Manvi.

Here is an example of the poor visibility. A WDS-4D shunter hauls a couple of Rajdhani coaches. The railway workers had placed detonators on the tracks to warn the drivers as signal sighting was impossible in the fog. Pragati Maidan, 2004-12. By Vivek Man

Thanks to the dense fog, the loco links were thrown out of gear. Here, the Tamil Nadu Express arrives four hours late, headed by a SRC WAP-4 #22502. New Delhi, 2004-12. By Vivek Manvi.

The Prayagraj Express from Allahabad arrives behind a WAP-5 #30005. New Delhi, 2004-12. By Vivek Manvi.

The effect of fog: The trains in and out of New Delhi were either re-scheduled or cancelled. New Delhi, 2004-12. By Vivek Manvi.

Devil's loco!! TKD WDM-2A #17666 with the Dehradun-Indore Express. Smart livery from TKD. New Delhi, 2004-12. By Vivek Manvi.

Another nice livery from TKD. Here is WDM-2A #17564. New Delhi, 2004-12. By Vivek Manvi.

And another one - TKD WDM-2 #16765 was the power for the NDLS-Dehradun Jan Shatabdi Express. New Delhi, 2004-12. By Vivek Manvi.

Howrah WAP-4 #22337 with the New Delhi-Gaya Mahabodhi Superfast Express. Delhi IRFCAn Sandeep Sharma was on-board this train on his way to Kanpur. New Delhi, 2004-12. By Vivek Manvi.

A view of the NDLS Electric trip shed featuring a couple of WAP-5s, TKD WAG-5, CNB WAP-4s and an AJJ WAM-4. New Delhi, 2004-12. By Vivek Manvi.

TKD WDP-3A #15543 running light. After the electrification of the NDLS-ASR route, these beasts are hardly seen these days at New Delhi. New Delhi, 2004-12. By Vivek Manvi.

Arrakonam WAM-46PE #21307 reversing to take charge of the Chennai bound Andaman Express. New Delhi, 2004-12. By Vivek Manvi.

GZB WAP-1 #22040 in charge of the 2013 NDLS-Amritsar Shatabdi Express. New Delhi, 2004-12. By Vivek Manvi.

GZB WAP-7 #30215 heading the 2005 NDLS-Kalka Shatabdi Express. New Delhi, 2004-12. By Vivek Manvi.

Snacks on board the 2952 Mumbai Rajdhani Express consisting of an oily kachori, farsan, sweet barfi and apple juice. 2004-12. By Vivek Manvi.

After about an hour, tomato soup with broken :-( breadsticks and butter was served. 2004-12. By Vivek Manvi.

And here is the non-vegetarian continental dinner consisting of four slices of bread, boiled vegetables and a nice chicken gravy. 2004-12. By Vivek Manvi.

The non-vegetarian Indian dinner consisted of roomali rotis, spicy chicken curry, rice, rajma, yoghurt and salad. 2004-12. By Vivek Manvi.

The Mumbai Rajdhani on a curve near Vadodara. 2004-12. By Vivek Manvi.