IRFCA Meet at Guntakal/Gooty

The granny looks rather suspiciously at the camera man while the simian is the least bothered!. After the departure of the PAK passenger, life resumes its normal pace in small-town Garladinne.

On our way to Kalluru, with the sun shining rather brightly. That is the antannae of Ravi's GPS unit.

WDG4 - LHF hauling a BCNA approaching GTL

Puny it maybe but a lot of smoke it does. The GTL YDM4 accelerates out of GTL with the GTL-Pakal passenger - Vivek (Old Man)

Hanuman Circle: A Plethora of crowd awaits to board the already crowded Pakala passenger. BTW which all stations have the suffix of 'Circle' - Vivek (Old Man)

The Pakala passenger takes a spectacular curve - Vivek (Old Man)

Khaderpeta: 6298 with the Pakala passenger awaits a crossing with the DMM-GTL passenger while the LP try to fix the small monster - Vivek (Old Man)

Guntakal station by night! Ain't it beautiful? No not because of the night but because of the absence of Catenaries - Vrijilesh

And the DMM-GTL comes in with 6228 - Vivek (Old Man)

Garladinne becomes empty as soon as the passenger leaves - Vivek (Old Man)

WDG-4 12017 rests at GY for clearance with a long rake - Vivek (Old Man)

The 12017 with its subjects in Gooty - Vrijilesh

The North Control Cabin in Gooty - Vrijilesh

The setting sun bathes the Guntakal outer (GY side) with its gold - Vivek (Old Man)

17782 and 12044 wait with their respective loads to take off from Guntakal - Vrijilesh

This is the WDM 2A # 18554 from Erode seen at Guntakal Junction (GTL) during pre-dawn hours on the 9th September 2006. This loco hauled our 6339 down Mumbai – Nagarcoil express from Pune. Through the overnight journey, the loco enthralled us with the cl

As dawn breaks over Guntakal, the 6011 Mumbai – Chennai express departs with the WDM 3A baldie # 14023 recently transferred from Gooty to Guntakal shed. While with the Gooty shed, these locos had worked on the steeply graded Braganza ghat. Now at their

Guntakal has Meter Gauge! On the MG side of the GTL, their own YDM 4 # 6298 is ready to start the 0700 hrs departure to Pakala Jn., the 248 down. Standing next to the 6298 is one of Gooty shed’s newest WDM 3D, the # 11123. Guntakal, 2006-09-09

The GTL shed YDM # 6298’s headlamps and flasher being tested. Although this loco runs on a neglected rural service, it is equipped with goodies such as a VHF radio. This is something that is not found often on the IR, even on main line locos. The pipe l

IRFCA members admire the YDM 4 – from left, Kamesh, Ravi, and Praveen. Note the lit flasher lamp. Guntakal, 2006-09-09

A running shot from the 248 down, showing irrigated farms, native date palm trees, rock formations, the distant hills and a twisty rural road through an unmanned level crossing. Near Venkatampalle, 2006-09-09

A distant view of the 287 Up Dharmavaram – Guntakal passenger that crosses us at Khadarpet with the GTL shed YDM 4 # 6228 in charge. Khadarpet station. 2006-09-09

A detailed view of the 287 Up Dharmavaram – Guntakal passenger that crossed us at Khadarpet, 2006-09-09

The rear of the 287 Up passenger poses with the Khadarpet station and the basic signal box. Khadarpet, 2006-09-09

The station master’s hut at Khadarpet, 2006-09-09

The 6298 was having problems - the air drain valve that would not close after the assistant loco pilot purged the reservoir of condensed water. The crew fixed this problem after many attempts with some ingenuity and a lot of hammering! Khadarpet, 2006-09-

One more view of the YDM 4 # 6298’s woes being attended to. Khadarpet, 2006-09-09