A Narrow Gauge from the Greener patch of Rajasthan
A news item in local newspaper induced some panic in us as another Narrow Gauge section was going to shut down. We decided to make sure this section does not go undocumented and captured some images from a greener patch of Rajasthan where life is still unhurried.
The first action of the day. A completely loaded passenger service from Dholpur makes way into Mohari junction (Trayambak Ojha)
The Khalasi cum Gang Man cum Station Manager boards the train as it was still in motion after flagging all green to the train (Trayambak Ojha)
There are always over enthusiastic people around wanting know our purpose of clicking a train they value the least (Trayambak Ojha)
Ready to depart from the Mohari Junction. This was a very serene station with hardly anything to call it a station. It is from here one line goes to Sirmuttra and another to Tantpur (Trayambak Ojha)
An isolated NG freight wagon lying at the Mohari Jn loop (Trayambak Ojha)
After this the action shifted to Bari since there was a long wait in between. There we were greeted by garbage and loads of people along with very difficult and tight frames (Trayambak Ojha)
People with wares, ladies with children and a fully loaded passenger train was a common sight at Bari (Trayambak Ojha)
As we began our chase for the day this train towards Tantpur crossed some typical rural areas surrounded by a lot of cattle (Trayambak Ojha)
Our focus was to capture the train at numerous viaducts enroute and this was one of them (Trayambak Ojha)
While there were also stray water bodies where the train made a headway (Trayambak Ojha)
The only passenger to Tantpur in the day trudges on this long Narrow Gauge viaduct as the cattle ruins the reflections of the trains by making ripples in the water (Trayambak Ojha)
A newly made building in the village was a perfect backdrop to this tiny train (Trayambak Ojha)
This viaduct was too enticing and we spent quite sometime here. Seen here making reflections in the water the service from Tantpur to Bari (Trayambak Ojha)
These dry and thorny bushes were found in abundance across the landscape (Trayambak Ojha)
The train passed through some exotic wheat grain field. This regon is actually the part of the MP-Sharbati Wheat belt (Trayambak Ojha)
The return service from Sirmuttra enters the small town of Baari (Trayambak Ojha)
The man who is the most hardworking in this section. The gangman generally do everything from managing station to looking after the tracks (Trayambak Ojha)
Time for reversal as the service will head back to Sirmuttra from Baaru (Trayambak Ojha)
People are always in a hurry they cant wait even for this tiny loco to pass (Trayambak Ojha)
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Recent comments
Fantastic album! :-)
Cheers,
Roni
Posted by Roni Kappel on 2013 May 21 23:19:34 +0000
i need perhaps some other dictionary to describe my pleasure and appreciation for this great album..salute for work..
i really loved it.as this is one of my fav NG section with purple ZDMs.
Posted by Abhishek Kashyap trainman on 2013 May 03 18:41:50 +0000
Nice album Trayambak!!!! Liked the snaps. Thanks for sharing.
Posted by Sandeep Bhate on 2013 Apr 30 03:24:53 +0000