The famous turn table at Kollam Jn maybe removed once BG takes over

Do you feel that this part of station is going to close in 10 days? The MG part is very active in it's own right. A YDM 4 busy shunting, someone cleaning tracks, coaches shunted everywhere...

YP's and YG's may have gone forever from Kollam, but this ladder used to supply coal to these locomotives lives to see the present day!

Prof. Venugopal (first from left) takes Antony, Sriram and Vibin on a conducted tour of the station so dear to him

YDM 4 6312 with the Kollam-Tirunelveli Express. What a beautiful loco she is! She has the old single beam headlights too. And she is going to haul us on th dream journey.

The coaches of our train came from different zones, like South Central and South Western, and of course, Southern

This is all that is left of the old Quilon Metre Gauge steam shed, home to 81 YG locos! The decoration is to welcome some senior railway official visiting the shed today

Another YDM 4 6211 taking breather after shunting duties. We understand that it is a spare loco stationed at Kollam

The other side of steam shed. Steam locos and steam shed maybe gone forever, but the temple built by employees of the shed before proceeding to work lives forever. Man's mortality and god's eternity is demonstrated to the fullest possible way

Two historic beasts and a historic shed look face to face at each other

The old water tank at Kollam still stands as a memorabilia of the steam era. Wonder she ever watered a YDM 4?

One final look at the MG establishment before we leave on the historic journey. By the time this album is made, all the MG artifacts have been removed forever from this historic town

Though the time table says the Kollam-Tirunelveli Exp has a FC, SL and II accommodation, there was just SL, II on the day we traveled. We preferred the SL coach and this is interior of MG SL coach. The first class had gone for service and will never ret

We are off in a blast. YDM 4 6312 starts it's drama with its smoke and music. We have two BG lines and OHE for company

Kalyan's 16367 thunders past with a holiday special