To Kerala

A crow perched on the catenary grooms himself as Vadodara's WAP4 #22560 brings in the TVC Rajdhani rake from the yard.

The Rajdhani passes over the famous viaduct at Dara Pass, under the empty gaze of a watch tower from the years gone by

At Dara station, a container train waits for clearance to head towards Delhi

The last images of 2006 - a motley crowd waits at Vadodara for the inter-city to Mumbai

The first images of 2007 - work goes on as usual as parcels are unloaded from the luggage cum generator van of the TVC Rajdhani

The first images of 2007 - work goes on as usual as commuters wait for the morning local to Mumbai in the wee hours of Jan 1

The Rajdhani halts at Kolad for Konkan Railway employees to fix the Anti Collision Device transponder on the rear gen-car.

Curving in to Diwankhawati as the smartly dressed ASM gives the all clear.

Thundering out of one of the interminable KR tunnels

The Accident Relief Train at Ratnagiri is based on the shell of an old EMU.

WDP3A #15515 had taken over from the WAP4 at Vadodara. Here it waits at Ratnagiri for the starter after a change of crew.

The Mandovi Express to CSTM enters Kudal behind KJM WDP4 #20022.

As we halt at Sawantwadi Road, a KR track maintenance vehicle pulls in right behind us.

Climbing a grade out of Karmali

At Majorda Jn. a Gooty WDM3A baldie #14045 reverses to take charge of a rake, while an ED WDG3A waits with a freight train.

At Karwar, imposing mountains seem to block our way as we wait for the starter

Kalyan WDG3A #13060 waits with a BCNA rake as the Rajdhani pulls out of Udupi.

Nearing the end of Konkan Railway territory, the ACD equipment is removed at Kankanadi

The Jan Shatabdi Express to Ernakulam, seen at a curve near Alleppey

The TVC-NDLS Kerala Express pulls into ERS with AJJ WAP1 #22026. The WAP1 was recently transferred from GZB and being used to haul heavy trains on TVC-ERS sector. The voltage on this recently electrified sector is not yet stable enough to allow operation

Erode's WAP4 #22660 takes over at the other end for the looooong haul to New Delhi.