Whistles through the rocks of Yeliyur
A trip undertaken by four Railfans from Bangalore - Shishir Jairam, Kunal S Doddanavar, Pawan Koppa and Santosh Kulkarni to unravel yet another paradise on the Bangalore-Mysore line - Yeliyur (Y). A unique location, one among the very, very few in SWR where the line passes through a deep rock cutting between Mandya and Pandavapura. The chirping of birds, occasional mooing from distant cows are the only sounds at this serene place when the mighty Alcos and EMDs don't attack it with their whistles, whines and chugs. Presenting to IRFCA - I know Y :-D
(Note: All photos taken with due permission from SWR officials.)
The light of the early morning is yet to brighten up a sleepy Yeliyur as we arrive as this little railway heaven! (Pawan Koppa)
The station board of Yeliyur(Y) (Sant Kulk)
Yeliur - "Y" - a very quiet village near Mysore / Mandya, but the railway station is very active with numerous SBC-MYS section trains passing it at high speed. (Kunal S Doddannavar)
Starter Proceed - LSS Proceed for Kaveri Express to MYS. (Kunal S Doddannavar)
A rarely captured train, MAS - MYS Kaveri Exp is the foremost of the many trains that we had set out to capture that day. Taken @ Yeliyur (Sant Kulk)
A closer look at UBL WDP-4B #40054 with the new UBL shed logo as it cruises through Yeliyur with the Kaveri Express bound to Mysore. (Pawan Koppa)
The aspect in the advance starter is all proceed as the MYS bound Kaveri Express belts past Yeliyur with UBL WDP4B 40054 (Shishir Jairam)
An entire section of hillock is excavated and the BG line has been laid. (Kunal S Doddannavar)
16215 Chamundi Exp bound to SBC emerges out of the curve in the rock cuttings with its regular link WDG3A 13512. (Sant Kulk)
The red snake appears! The prestigious Chamundi Express with its "Mysore Sandal" coaches bound to Bangalore absolutely blasts through the rock cuttings near Yeliyur led by its regular link for weeks now, KJM WDG-3A #13512. The same loco works th
The "Mysore Sandal Red rake of Chamundi Express" glows in early morning sunlight. (Kunal S Doddannavar)
Green loco from GOC appears with the Tiruvenaveli Sp to MYS. This alco was struggling to keep up the pace in this section. (Kunal S Doddannavar)
The Tirunelveli-Mysore Weekly Special Express passes through the rock cuttings at Yeliyur hauled by Golden Rock WDM-2 #17676. (Pawan Koppa)
Another look at the rake as it rounds a curve and disappears into another cutting. (Pawan Koppa)
One of the numerous passenger services betweeb SBC and MYS with a dedicated kJM alco. (Kunal S Doddannavar)
The passenger bound to Bangalore from Mysore led by KJM WDM-2 #17477 passes through serene villages between Yeliyur and Byadarahalli with its regular quota of PoHed coaches. Today's load is an AC and Sleeper coach. This passenger usually carries a colorfu
Round the track - here I come -- ED-3D takes a sharp curve with the Exp to MYS. (Kunal S Doddannavar)
The Tuticorin-Mysore Express led by its usual link, Erode's WDM-3D banks on the curve at Yeliyur's rock cuttings. (Pawan Koppa)
As the last coach of the TN-MYS Express passes through one can clearly get to know the way tracks are laid carving through the rocks. (Shishir Jairam)
a KJM DM3A leads the TPTY - CMNR passenger thru the rock cuttings. The other three railfans can be seen in action here. (Sant Kulk)
MAS-TPTY-MYS-CMNR - Fast Passenger chugs in... (Kunal S Doddannavar)
Rajya-Rani Express to MYS sprints to make the most of lost time with an UBL dippy in lead. (Kunal S Doddannavar)
Hubli's WDP-4 #20035 belts through the rock cuttings of Yeliyur with the RajyaRani Express bound to Mysore. (Pawan Koppa)
A Stone marked as "SR" shows the end of railway territory. Ironical it is, the line was transferred to SWR nearly 10 years ago, but the original markings still remain. We could find a dozen of such stones with "SR" markings. (Sant Kulk
Twin MLY locos lead an on time MYS JP exp towards SBC. (Sant Kulk)
Another color contrast. Mysore-Jaipur Express led by its regular link of Maula Ali twins, the leading one being WDM-3A #116579R wafts through the cuttings and heads towards Yeliyur. (Pawan Koppa)
UBL WDP4B 40054 picks up speed as it carves through with the MYS-SBC Tippu Express. (Shishir Jairam)
Recent comments
Nice album! :-)
Posted by Roni Kappel on 2012 May 31 02:03:00 +0000
nice coverage!!!
Posted by Bhaveen Patel on 2012 May 29 07:30:40 +0000
Lovely coverage and a great album too.
Posted by Arzan Kotval on 2012 May 27 05:00:17 +0000