Egmore - Chennai Central Round Trip

MS-MAS Round Trip: MS- Pondy Passenger starts of in the early morning mist and fog. Chennai 2007-12-22 Ranga Eunny

MS-MAS Round Trip: Sridhar Joshi tracjing speed, acceleratopn and braking using a GPS system. Chennai 2007-12-22 Ranga Eunny

MS-MAS Round Trip: Tambaram at 7:30 AM is still foggy. Chennai 2007-12-22 Ranga Eunny

MS-MAS Round Trip: A designer water dispenser? Must be a result of corporate sponsorship by the nearby Ford plant or Mahindra Infocity. Paranur 2007-12-22 Ranga Eunny

MS-MAS Round Trip: Face Off. WDM7 11001 (heading the CGL-AJJ pass.) has a face-off with the Tirumalpur-Chennai Beach EMU. Chengalpattu 2007-12-22 Ranga Eunny

MS-MAS Round Trip: Crossing at Walajabad. The TPTY-PDY passenger awaits us to clear the line. 2007-12-22 Ranga Eunny

MS-MAS Round Trip: A halt at Kanchipuram East. This one is prettier than the new Kanchipuram station, though it has no amenities. Kanchipuram 2007-12-22 Ranga Eunny

MS-MAS Round Trip: Approaching Kanchipuram 2007-12-22 Ranga Eunny

MS-MAS Round Trip: Temple town! Kanchipuram 2007-12-22 Ranga Eunny

MS-MAS Round Trip: Post Kanchi, the Arakkonam road gave us company all along at a close range. note the pre-cast concrete catenary mast. Kanchipuram 2007-12-22 Ranga Eunny

MS-MAS Round Trip: Tirumalpur where the EMU terminates. The electrification howevber continues further up until Takkolam. Tirumalpuram 2007-12-22 Ranga Eunny

MS-MAS Round Trip: With the road on one side and a green countryside on the other, it was an exciting early morning dash to Arakkonam. Tirumalpuram 2007-12-22 Ranga Eunny

MS-MAS Round Trip: One of the many curves between Kanchipuram and Arakkonam. Note the road's faithful companionship. Takkolam 2007-12-22 Ranga Eunny

MS-MAS Round Trip: So how close is this INS Rajali to the railway anyway? Well...this close!!! Arakkonam 2007-12-22 Ranga Eunny

MS-MAS Round Trip: Arakkonam Jn. The couple on the left are standing on what is the CGL-side platform of AJJ Jn. Seen far away is the mainline station where the MYS-MAS Shatabdi is passing through. Arakkonam 2007-12-22 Ranga Eunny

MS-MAS Round Trip: Arakkonam Jn and the preferred platform for detraining. Those small dark objects on the ground are the worst 'man-made' nightmare you could encounter at a railway station! Arakkonam Jn. 2007-12-22 Ranga Eunny

MS-MAS Round Trip: The second platform that also serves as a pit lane. It has a proper cover and a foot overbridge. But only a few people got off here. Arakkonam Jn. 2007-12-22 Ranga Eunny

MS-MAS Round Trip: Adwait eagerly awaiting the Hubli Express and its WDP4. Arakkonam Jn 2007-12-22 Ranga Eunny

MS-MAS Round Trip: For a change Ponpadi station seems to be fighting a losing battle with nature. Ponpadi 2007-12-22 Ranga Eunny

MS-MAS Round Trip: A nice curve after Ponpadi. The train is the 1041 Chennai-MumbaiExpress 2007-12-22 Ranga Eunny

MS-MAS Round Trip: Generous water bodies all over! Note the peak far away that seems to deify diesel power! The peak looks like a WDM2 haluled passenger train. Somewhere between Ponpadi and Taduku 2007-12-22 Ranga Eunny

MS-MAS Round Trip: Steep curves like these are aplenty on the RU-AJJ Section. 2007-12-22 Ranga Eunny

MS-MAS Round Trip: I hereby christen this natural formation "Dadar Express" after the favourite train of this line. Somewhere between Ponpadi and Taduku 2007-12-22 Ranga Eunny

MS-MAS Round Trip: A closer look at "Dadar Express" Somewhere between Ponpadi and Taduku 2007-12-22 Ranga Eunny

MS-MAS Round Trip: Renigunta, home for some great freight action. An Asansol WAG5HA with a container rake in the loop lines. 2007-12-22 Ranga Eunny

MS-MAS Round Trip: Lanco Industries' steel works at Rachagunneri (RU-Gudur section)is right next to the station divided just by a boundary wall. Rachagunneri 2007-12-22 Ranga Eunny

MS-MAS Round Trip: Bilaspur - Tirupati Express the successor of the slowpoke Howrah-Tirupati has only 3 SL coaches and an AC 3tier coach. rest are all GS. Sri Kalahasti 2007-12-22 Ranga Eunny