View of the Panval Viaduct.

A view towards the Ratnagiri end.

Hrishikesh against one of the piers.

Sachin lies down for a vertical shot.

Sachin'w view of the pier.

After a long gap, the northbound 2617 ERS-NZM Mangala express arrives at the viaduct.

Mangala over the Panval viaduct.

View of the Mangala from a different location.

From the left: Apurva, Lalam, Sachin and Hrishikesh at a stupendous railfanning location - any idea where this place is ? 18th April 2008

The look up and above - Panval viaduct near Ratnagiri. This is a picture merged from many other images, so the perspective is somewhat distorted.

The massive piers are hollow from inside - and it is possible to go inside them via the door. Fantastic echo and reverberation inside.

Sachin lies down once again to get a shot vertically upwards. The pier is pitch dark inside, and it can claustrophobic inside - and also very noisy when a train goes on the viaduct with you inside. We did have a train go over our head (most probably the 1

The view inside the pier, looking vertically upward. This is a time exposure of 15 seconds - with normal eyesight you can only see the light from the opening at the top of the pier.

We climb up again. This is the western portal of the 4.1 Km long Tike Tunnel. See the tunnel at the end of viaduct the satellite map - place your mouse o

Looking towards Ratnagiri, the portal of the 1.1 Km long Banewadi tunnel. The tunnel opens onto the Pomendi viaduct and then to another tunnel whose portal can be seen from this end.