Images from a journey from Panvel to Shimla - May 30 to June 5. Includes the diverted TVC Raj getting massacred on the Bhusawal-Itarsi route and the twists and turns on the Kalka Shimla rail line. Photographs by Abhijit Lokre
One of the few container rakes seen at Panvel that day. WAG7 27779 enters panvel. The Pune expressway is seen in the background (Abhijit Lokre)
Panvel EMU platforms in the late evening. (Abhijit Lokre)
The Airtel TVC Raj to NZM waits outside Bhusawal for an overtake (Abhijit Lokre)
And guess who is overtaking the Rajdhani? This is the Gorakhpur bound Kushinagar express led by WAP4 22680 from Bhusawal. (Abhijit Lokre)
Savda is just after Bhusawal on the Bhusawal-Khandwa line. The Kushinagar express was the first of four trains that overtook the Raj. (Abhijit Lokre)
From the heat of the plains to the cool environs of the hills. The morning service from Kalka to Shimla makes a halt in the hills (Abhijit Lokre)
A solitary ZDM3 is parked at Kandaghat station on the Kalka-Shimla line (Abhijit Lokre)
View of Kandaghat station, late evening (Abhijit Lokre)
The Kalka Simla mail emerges out of tunnel 77. (Abhijit Lokre)
...And chugs its way to Shimla. ZDM3 157 is in charge (Abhijit Lokre)
The signal is down. The next train expected is the Kalka-Shimla holiday special (Abhijit Lokre)
Kaithli Ghat station. The morning mixed service to Kalka awaits a crossing (Abhijit Lokre)
Another view of Kaithli Ghat station. (Abhijit Lokre)
Height from Sea level. 1700m at Kaithli Ghat (Abhijit Lokre)
The holiday special makes it way through a rock cutting on its approach to Kaithli Ghat (Abhijit Lokre)