A view of the national flag being hoisted at Adarki. The tiny station building has been electrified only in Jan 2005 and some of that juice was used to play patriotic music from a sound system hidden in the green plastic bag. Adarki, 2005-08-15. Apurva Ba

The old station board stands guard over the valley. Adarki, 2005-08-15. Apurva Bahadur.

The station building cum station master’s office. Adarki, 2005-08-15. Apurva Bahadur.

Boxes holding the track material stores. Adarki, 2005-08-15. Apurva Bahadur.

Janata waiting for the 1610 Up passenger being gently caressed by the fine wind from the valley. Adarki, 2005-08-15. Apurva Bahadur.

The token hoops hanging outside the station master’s office. One of these has the ball token meant for the 1610 Up passenger that we were to take back for Pune. Adarki, 2005-08-15. Apurva Bahadur.

The 1610 Up passenger arrives with the Pune WDM 2 # 17966. Adarki, 2005-08-15. Apurva Bahadur.

A subset of the upper quadrant signals – a shunting disk that rotates to show either the horizontal (stop) or angled red bar (shunt) by the day or a red or a white lamp by the night. Salpa, 2005-08-15. Apurva Bahadur.

The 1610 Up passenger diverts on the platform loop while a BCN rake with double Gooty shed WDG 3As wait on the main line. This is Daundaj – a very charming station set in a grass field amongst the hills. Daundaj, 2005-08-15. Apurva Bahadur.

The advanced starter semaphores for platform line and main line are located on the hillocks quite a distance from the railway line. Daundaj, 2005-08-15. Apurva Bahadur.

The old MG alignment runs alongside the BG line at Daundaj – here is an old culvert on the MG alignment, one can see many tens of these culverts along the route. Daundaj, 2005-08-15. Apurva Bahadur.

The ‘WT’ mark on the BCN indicates that the wagon has been ‘Water Tested’ i.e. water sprayed on the top would not leak inside – thus making the BCN suitable for hauling goods that are sensitive to moisture. The wagons that have

It was nice to see the 1029 Koyna Express running right time . This run is after cancellations of many days due to the extreme rains in Mumbai. This is the Sasvad Road station where our 1610 Up (waiting on the leftmost tracks) has surrendered the last tok