794 Passenger creeps on to the Pamban Viaduct

794 on the Pamban Viaduct with Rameshwaram Island in the background

794 Pass slows down to 15 kph for the drawbridge. This must be one of the bridges with 2 posted speed limits.

It was worth going all the way for just this scene

Approaching the mainland. Mandapam is at the end of a cape.

Victor & Vanquished - no prizes for guessing which is the more important of the two bridges

The West Gopuram of the Meenakshi Temple, Madurai

The Guruvayur Express halts for a crossing with the Nellai Express at Naraikkinar

Tirunelveli Jn - the MG side. Most south indian stations are neat and because of the trees, even picturesque

Twin signals for gauntleted track outside Tirunelveli, shouldn't one signal have sufficed for both gauges?

The lush Tambrapani Valley with the Ashambu Hills in the distance

The Tambrapani - the only perennial river in the deep south

Golden Rock YDM-4's are by far the best looking and best kept MG locos. 742 Pass arrives at Ambasamudram

With trees like these who needs a platform canopy? Kilakkadaiyam

Bougainvillea bedecked station house at Kilakkadaiyam