On 31/01/2008, two mad railfans of Kolkata, Shubhabrata and Saurab went on a 5128 Kms Circular journey to reach the grand meet at CNB 2008. We covered Neral, Pratapnagar, Ahmedabad, Gwalior and of course, Kanpur with the surrounding routes. All the photographs are shot with official permission from the respective authorities. By Shubhabrata Chatterjee.
Workers Room. Neral Diesel Shed.
MLR Coach position Neral.
Italian BG Crane resting at Neral .The builders plate says “OFFICINE MECCANICHE E FOUNDEI , NAVAL MECCANICA , NAPLES ITALY”
Key interlocking instruments at SM office.According to the Station Master Gandhigram, this is one of the oldest switching system of IR.
YDM4 #6299 Sabarmati getting ready for its journey to Botad Jn.
At Sarkhej we get an opportunity to meet our friend YDM4 #6220.
At Notch 3 we are @60 KMPH, the max. permissible speed is 80 (Notch 8 ). Throught the journey the driver maintained an average 70-75 KMPH.
Elevated Signal frames at Lothal Bhurkhi.
Close up of the levers.
Solar energized Semaphore signals at Lothal Bhurkhi.
Real Heroes of IR .
Golden Jubilee of service. Still young and on duty.
Both the ALPs are so delighted to see a camera pointed towards them .
That is between Guard and ALP.
Welcome to Diesel Loco Shed Pratapnagar. Soon to become history.