The forgotten railways of Pune’s backyard - part II

During the first week of June 2007, Google Earth upgraded a patch of the territory, South East of Pune to high-resolution. This upgrade between Alandi and Shindawane revealed a previously unkwown section of the abandoned MG line in usable detail.
A closer look of the MG alignment in the satellite map showed a tunnel with what looked like a well or a pond located on the hill above the tunnel.
Could this be a tunnel ventilation shaft ?
The only way to find out was by a first hand investigation. Pune gang trekked to that area on the 14th June 2007 to do just that.
Hyderabad gang member PVS Praveen Kumar traveled overnight each way to Pune to join John, Ashish and me, Apurva for this trek of around 10 Kms.
Check out the report of the earlier trek on the same alignment but in a different section here.

Date: 2007-06-22
Owner: Gallery Administrator
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GTL17501A_SHIV_16june2007

Our return ride, the 1610 Up passenger heads into the Shindawane yard.

Date: 2007-07-07
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At Shindawane, the assistant driver prepares to catch the outgoing token hoop while the surrendered token is still flying in the air. Guntakal's WDM 2A # 17501 (coupled with a sleeping stablemate WDM 2 # 18917R) hauls in the 1610 Up passenger bound for Pu

Date: 2007-06-16
Owner: Gallery Administrator
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SHIV rear_2007_06_16
Date: 2007-06-16
Owner: Gallery Administrator
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Nice album, Appu and gang. Great to see remains of old P. way recorded completely. The bat episode is even more entertaining! Hope you will be able to plot the entire MG line in that area soon
Posted by Jimmy Jose on 2007 Aug 27 10:37:41 +0100
Excellent stuff. Great going guys!!
Posted by Siddhartha Ganesh on 2007 Aug 22 17:17:59 +0100
Wonderful photo essay as usual!! And Kudos to Apurva for the detailed captions for the pics. Great effort. Keep up the good work
Posted by Akshay Marathe on 2007 Aug 20 04:21:34 +0100
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