Trip to Nilambur

The station even has a loop. And an FCI godown

And a heritage cabin too.

Finally, the promised land - Nilambur Road

Sandep takes rest with te station in the background. Look at the covered walkway from Station to the platform

That's the station. The station has a strange code - NIL. Only 3 arrivals and departurs from here everyday

The semaphores are operated even to allow the solitary loco to reverse. So much does the SM rever the railway rules. If a stray loco comes along??

This is all that remains of the goods shed here. This line was originally laid to carry timber from the forests around here to the rest of the world

"Jimmy, where are you, be carefull, dont lean out, dont stand near the doors...." a list of precautions passed over the mobile by my wife. I am sure all railfans get such instruction from thier wives when railfanning. BTW, the loco has backed

Train no. 644, Nilambur-Palghat Town Passenger is now ready to depart. Some locals show off thier strength ny hanging on the roots of a Banyan tree

Keep Walkin.. Roberto Baggio's walk. Sandep returns to the first coach as the train is ready to depart

Finally, we start off from Nilambur Road

Nilambur trip video 1: Leaving Nilambur Road station. Note the heritage cabin and the semaphore. Our loco, 18598 from Erode had very nice beats, as can be heard from these videos

Nilambur trip video 2: Forests and rubber plantations so very typical of this route. Nature and mankind laced with each other

Nilambur trip video 3: 18598 beats echo through the countryside as she passes through a small village with some Muslim priests looking curiously. The train then passes over a scenic bridge

Nilambur trip video 4: Our train start from a small station, Vaniambalam, only to stop after a few metres when someone pulled the chain. You can hear the initial beats of the loco and the breaking sound very clearly in this video. I think this is a ver

Nilambur trip video 4: Our train start from a small station, Vaniambalam, only to stop after a few metres when someone pulled the chain. You can hear the initial beats of the loco and the breaking sound very clearly in this video. I think this is a ver

Nilambur trip video 3: 18598 beats echo through the countryside as she passes through a small village with some Muslim priests looking curiously. The train then passes over a scenic bridge

Nilambur trip video 2: Forests and rubber plantations so very typical of this route. Nature and mankind laced with each other

Nilambur trip video 1: Leaving Nilambur Road station. Note the heritage cabin and the semaphore. Our loco, 18598 from Erode had very nice beats, as can be heard from these videos

Nilambur trip video 5: The Ernakulam-Shoranaur line is full of curves. There is not a kilometre which is fully straight. A high speed action on Sabari Exp on a typical curves in this section

Nilambur trip video 6: High speed action on the ghats between Trichur and Shoranaur as WAP 4 22259 effortlessly handles the gradient and curves. This WAP 4 strangely has a diesel loco horn