Golden Rock & Gopuram Roll

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

The famous viaduct - name unknown

The steep descent into Tenmalai necessitates a permanent speed restriction

Approaching Tenmalai

Tenmalai is a typical example of the stations on this ghat section

750 Passenger emerges from a narrow cutting into Tenmalai yard

Two Golden Rockers prepare to greet each other

Passing through forests near Ottakkal

The Pass opens up after Tenmalai to provide a splendid vista

Looking south from the Sengottai Gap

Range after range of hills stretch southward, a view that even the pesky telegraph wires can't detract from

The permanent way is just discernible on the opposite hill

Quilon's shabby MG section

363 Passenger passes the Parar Lagoon south of Quilon