Run - The inaugural run of the CBP - KQZ train.
The big day was 8th November 2013 and little did we realize that we would get a chance to witness history! Pictures taken during the Inaugural ceremony and run of the first ever BG Kolar-Chikballapur train. The flagoff was done by the RM and we hitched a ride all the way upto Kolar. What an experience it was!
Brilliant views in and around Shidlaghatta from the FOB! (Pawan Koppa)
We race ahead from Shidlaghatta - the lovely views never end! (Pawan Koppa)
Next stop - Chintamani and its action replay! Kids run along to welcome our train! (Pawan Koppa)
The crowd gets even bigger! (Pawan Koppa)
Look behind and this is what you see! (Pawan Koppa)
Look ahead and this is what you see...a stupendous turnout! (Pawan Koppa)
Nope, this is not an image of us leaving Chintamani - this is us coming back again. In a scene straight from the movies, our DEMU which had headed 5-6 kms out of Chintamani was forced to come back by an irate crowd which had started destroying property si
Finally the RM Special arrives - and this time it overtook us instead of following after a brief halt. Look at the crowd - almost falling over to welcome Mr. Kharge! (Pawan Koppa)
We make a hurried entry to Srinivasapur. The crowd was not heavy thanks to the RM Special which had gone ahead of us! (Pawan Koppa)
A picturesque halt station - Dalasanuru just after Srinivasapura. (Pawan Koppa)
We exit pretty Dalasanuru Halt! (Pawan Koppa)
The unnamed station still does not have a name! (Pawan Koppa)
Hardly any crowd at this unnamed station. Kids run on the empty platform in glee! (Pawan Koppa)
The next Halt - another quiet location called Janaghatta. (Pawan Koppa)
We pull out of Janaghatta! (Pawan Koppa)
Our destination on the horizon - we slowly enter the outskirts of Kolar. (Pawan Koppa)
At Kolar outer, the crowd is surprised and happy at the same time! (Sant Kulk)
After a longish halt outside Kolar station while the dignitaries who had raced ahead us got ready to receive the same train they flagged off - the DEMU is finally allowed into Kolar! The MR Special's WDM-2 twin pair had disappeared - presumably gone towar
The just arrived DEMU on the right and the MR Special at the left! That was the end of a 4 hour journey to cover 86 kms :-) (Pawan Koppa)