After putting in all the hard work at BNC-2009, it was time for the Bangalore gang to chill out! Armed with a WTT, GPS, cameras, beer and mineral water, eleven members of the group travelled to Bangarapet (BWT) for a memorable ride on the RailBus to Kolar (KQZ) and back. Also included are a few pictures taken while railfanning at Bytrayanahalli (BFW), a small wayside station where the gang chose to break for lunch. Also read the Trip Report.
Idle passenger at Bangarpet. (Arnab Acharya)
OHE Inspection van. Bangarpet. (Arnab Acharya)
Old markings from SBC via Yelahanka, Chintamani, Kolar. Bangarpet. (Arnab Acharya)
The railbus waits. The tracks behind go towards Yelahanka. Kolar. (Arnab Acharya)
The old alignment of NG to Yelahanka, the NG track is no more. Kolar. (Arnab Acharya)
Sanket samples tamarind. Byataranahalli. (Arnab Acharya)
L - R: Srini, Vibin, Krishnamurthi, V Anand, Pawan, Arnab, Sundar, Manish, Sanket, (sitting) Ravi, Prakash. Byataranahalli. (Arnab Acharya)
Spare, uncommisioned Garib Rath. Whitefield. (Arnab Acharya)
A longish shot at the Marikuppam passenger waiting at Bangarapet [ BWT ]. KJM WDG3A #14636 (Vibin Andrews)
The Bangarpet-Kolar-Bangarpet railbus parked at Bangarpet. This was built by BEML and runs on the line as a single-train-only service, that is only one railbus runs up and down. No other traffic is operational on the Kolar line. 2009-02-07. (Pawan Koppa)
Anand sir poses with his steamer bandana, while Ravi looks on (Vibin Andrews)
Rare Signal post accomodating Starter, Calling On Signal, Shunt Signal and Route Indicator. Calling on singnal is generally on a home signal here it is on a starter. (Kalyan Vasanth)
This was the prize for our visit. A token thats used in a 'ONE Train only section', something thats expected to be part of Heritage. (Vibin Andrews)
Bangarpet Jn-Kolar is one of the unique sections in IR - NG converted into BG few years back. This is part of “ONE TRAIN ONLY” Block section one of very few such sections in IR Only one train is allowed into this section at any given time. Kolar ...
The Rail Bus has no buffers, no screw coupler and no Air brake feed pipe. It can not haul others. Special procedures for when hauled (Kalyan Vasant)