A time slot exists between the passage of 6529 Down Udyan Express and 1029 Koyna Express – one that is utilized by a climbing freighter. This is the first view of a WCG 2 as it arrives through the tunnel 25C onto the Khandala pf 1. Unfortunately this loco has switched off the headlamp as soon as he was out of the tunnel, depriving us of the magic of watching a pair of bright lamps rising from below the ground to the full loco height. In the foreground, the track gauge being verified by using a ‘key’.