Monsoon Railway of the Western Ghats

A small collection of images from a revisited trip to the North Western Region of Karnataka and Goa during the mid-monsoon season. This album covers the principal areas of Hubli-Dharwad of SWR, Karwar, Kumta, Madgaon, and Courtalim of KR. All in all a trip of pure bliss experiencing the 'Monsoon Railway'

Date: 2013-09-05
Owner: Gallery Administrator
Size: 72 items
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Golden Rock WDG-3A coasts over laterite rich Aghanashini river near Hegde, Kumta, UK with Mangalore bound Madgaon Passenger. (Syed Zohaibullah)

54

North bound Ro-Ro at Aghanashini river in Kumta led by a GOC WDG-4. (Syed Zohaibullah)

55

Mumbai bound Matsyagandha Express comes trundling towards Aghanashini river with GOC WDP-4D running half an hour late. (Syed Zohaibullah)

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The Grand catch of the day! South bound Trivandrum Rajdhani goes rumbling over a reddish brown Aghanashini river in Kumta with Golden Rock's WDP-3A. (Syed Zohaibullah)

57

Mumbai bound Matsyagandha Express crosses Aghanashini river at Kumta with GOC WDP-4D. (Syed Zohaibullah)

58

The Red 'snake' gives a contrasting colors to the lush green fields of Kumta.
(Syed Zohaibullah)

59

This is common in KR! Mumbai bound 12134 Superfast is yet to arrive at the station, but the advance signal is already given green guarded by the starter. (Syed Zohaibullah)

60

Kohlapur bound Haripriya Express exits Hubli Junction with Gooty WDM-3D.
(Syed Zohaibullah)

61

The early morning Dharwad - Hubli passenger coasts towards its final destination at Hubli outer with KJM Beauty. Hatsoff to KJM shed for doing such brilliant paintjobs. (Syed Zohaibullah)

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Howrah bound Amravati express rolls into Dharwad with Gooty twins running 10 min late. (Syed Zohaibullah)

63

Pune rebuilt rushes to Dharwad with south bound Chalukya Express on Indepedence day. The landmark clock tower of Karnataka University is seen in the backdrop. (Syed Zohaibullah)

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PUNE WDG-4 hauls a mixed consist towards Dharwad near Karnataka University.
(Syed Zohaibullah)

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Gooty WDG-4 twins haul a loaded BOXN ore rake towards Dharwad near Kyarkoppa.
(Syed Zohaibullah)

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Pune WDG-4 moves towards Dharwad near Karnataka University on a hot day hauling a mixed consist.
(Syed Zohaibullah)

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Miraj bound passenger rolls down towards Kyarkoppa near Dharwad with Kalyan Shakti WDG-3A.
(Syed Zohaibullah)

Comments
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Excellent sets of pics!!! Great work!!!
Posted by Bhaveen Patel on 2013 Sep 25 18:25:10 +0100
Beautiful album!!
Posted by Alex P. John on 2013 Sep 25 08:51:22 +0100
Fabulous album. Kudos to your hard work and patience in reaching so many different desolate locations to get these images. Keep it up.
Posted by Abhinav Bhattacharjee on 2013 Sep 24 17:02:56 +0100