IRFCA Meet at Guntakal/Gooty

Date: 2006-09-11
Owner: Gallery Administrator
Size: 94 items
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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)

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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)

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

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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)

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

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

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

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

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The 12017 with its subjects in Gooty - Vrijilesh

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The North Control Cabin in Gooty - Vrijilesh

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

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

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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

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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

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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