Bus, Beer, and Bytrayanahalli
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.
Rail Fans at KQZ (Kalyan Vasant)
Lonely Planet - Lonely Railbus - Lonely Railfan (Kalyan Vasant)
The railbus at the quaint and picturesque Kolar station. This station still retains its old NG era charm. 2009-02-07. (Pawan Koppa)
High speed turn out at a low speed section. Normally 1 in 12 Thick Webbed Switches are provided in high speed sections. Capable of allowing 45 km.h on turnouts but CRS has cleared only 30 km/h. (Kalyan Vasant)
The simple and quaint Kolar station building. 2009-02-07. (Pawan Koppa)
You can not change the points and its routing. Mechanical interlocking key is with SM KQZ
(Kalyan Vasant)
Another view of Mechanical interlocking. This is slowly getting replaced by modern electro mechanical systems (Kalyan Vasant)
Thats says it all - Ecstatic moment !!! (Vibin Andrews)
The fare list at Kolar. Tickets can be bought directly to other destinations apart from Bangarpet, the end point of the Kolar-Bangarpet line. 2009-02-07. (Pawan Koppa)
A view of the Kolar station from the outside. The railbus can be seen parked inside. 2009-02-07. (Pawan Koppa)
Huge trees act as a canopy in and around the Kolar station. 2009-02-07. (Pawan Koppa)
Old Style Route indicator on Mechanical (manual) Turnouts. (Kalyan Vasant)
2) Rail Bus calling Chief Rail fan “Darling Do leave me alone” @ KQZ (Kalyan Vasant)
Are you ok? You need some support from me. (Kalyan Vasant)
Who is taming who (Kalyan Vasant)
An abandoned NG weigh bridge which reminds one of an era gone by. 2009-02-07. (Pawan Koppa)
Old "Mile Stone". 4 Miles to BWT. No one is botherd to change into metric system. Long live legecy (Kalyan Vasant)
Hey Get in fast… I can not wait for you. (Kalyan Vasant)
Driver initiating “Calling On” Process (Kalyan Vasant)
Driver getting Private Number from SM BWT from Calling On Signal. (Kalyan Vasant)
30) Goodbye Rail Bus. We will see you soon. (Kalyan Vasant)
V Anand sir poses for us at Bangarpet. 2009-02-07. (Pawan Koppa)
Can anyone guess where this train is headed to? 2009-02-07. (Pawan Koppa)
Arrakonam WAM-4 6PD #20663 brings in the Bangalore City-Bangarpet Passenger into Bangarpet. 2009-02-07. (Pawan Koppa)
Erode WDM-3D #11183 brings in the Nagercoil-Mumbai Express into Bangarpet. 2009-02-07. (Pawan Koppa)
The Brindavan Express has been spotted running with this Sapthagiri liveried ACC coach for some time now. 2009-02-07. (Pawan Koppa)
Ravi and Srinivas discuss a point regarding the AJJ WAM-4 power which was to haul the Bangarpet-Bangalore Passenger at Bangarpet. 2009-02-07. (Pawan Koppa)
Recent comments
A very nice and different album. Liked the coverage of railbus and kudos to all young and veteran railfans teaming up and giving it a superb end result.
Posted by Arzan Kotval on 2009 Feb 14 09:27:38 +0000
Nice album, guys. The BWT-KGQ-YLK NG line is a historic one. The Mysore State Railways operated the Bangalore-Mysore railway line and other lines into the hinterlands of Mysore state. These railway lines connected all the major towns of Mysore state....
Posted by Jimmy Jose on 2009 Feb 14 09:09:28 +0000
Great set of pics from one of the least explored regions. Nice to see IR still retaining such precious, lovely vehicle inspite of advancing a lot in technology!
Posted by Ranjeet Ramaswamy Iyer on 2009 Feb 14 01:14:36 +0000