Conceived as a motor-cycle trip ended in pursuing these mountain trains by road and by foot, clicking them in different moods and set up. Presenting here a collection of pictures on the evergreen Nilgiri Mountain Railways taken during our trip to this beautiful hill destination in November 2012.
...and disappears into the foggy jungle (Raghu Jayaraman)
As we trek further down the line with the scenic Ketti Valley to the right, we catch the 56136 Metupalayam - Udagamandalam Passenger coming out of the "Dil Se..." fame tunnel. (Harish Kumar)
With the valley fully envoloped by fog, the passenger train to Udagai, slowly negotiates a sharp curve on its way to Lovedale. (Raghu Jayaraman)
The lower quadrant signal arm greets the passenger train into Lovedale. (Naveen M)
An hour later, it was time to catch another down hill bound train... The noon passenger service (56142) led by YDM-4 #6414 is about to enter a tunnel between Lovedale and Ketti (Naveen M)
We capture the same train from various vantage points. Sequence 1 of 7: Across spectacular landscape... (Naveen M)
Sequence 2 of 7: Through deep rock cuts... (Raghu Jayaraman)
Sequence 3 of 7: Across roads and fields (Benhur)
Sequence 4 of 7: Past tea gardens and villages... (Harish Kumar)
Sequence 5 of 7: among shepherd and cattle... (Raghu Jayaraman)
Sequence 6 of 7: through rolling green meadow... (Benhur)
Sequence 7 of 7: And the train slowly chugs across the spectacular Ketti valley (Raghu Jayaraman)
Light drizzle prompts the guard to get ready with his umbrella (Harish Kumar)
This time, the train is pushed up the ghat by YDM-4 #6401 (Naveen M)
No one in a hurry as YDM-4 #6401 takes the Mettupalayam bound passenger across the level crossing just outside Ketti Railway Station (Naveen M)