Tenkasi's magnificent trees. The BG train is the superfast Pothigai Exp from Chennai. Note the different platform surface for BG and MG!

Sengottai enjoys its last days of tranquillity before BG arrives

The beginning of the Sengottai Gap

The first ascent after Bhagavathipuram

A view of the Tenkasi Plain after the first ascent

Another view of the Plain

Climbing up the steep grade to the Aryankavu Pass

The Aryankavu Tunnel. The Tamil Nadu-Kerala boundary line is inside it.

Golden Rocker

The magnificent setting of Aryankavu station. The lamp post at right is 180 m from the SM's office and serves as a visibility range marker during rain and fog.

744 Passenger from Quilon struggles up the grade to Aryankavu

The tree covered hills of the Sengottai Gap

Picturesque Edapalayam Halt

Road and railway have to thread their way through the same narrow pass

This kind of sheer, narrow cutting makes life difficult for would be gauge converters