Lonavala-Pune

A view of the Bankers which were going towards Karjat while i was raining very heavily and was very very cold which made Alok and myself shiver... Though Alok was enjoying to get wet in the rain. Lonavala, 8/2004. By |||Swaran|||.

Pune end view showing the extra heavy rain and also the cloudy due to which visibility ahead becomes poor. Lonavala, 8/2004. By |||Swaran|||.

I took this shot from a standing EMU of a mountain which is not visible at all due to clouds. The rain drops can be seen clearly here. Lonavala, 8/2004. By |||Swaran|||.

It was still raining while i took this shot of the Mumbai--Hyderabad exp which Alok n myself Footplated. Lonavala, 8/2004. By |||Swaran|||.

A shot taken while incab the wcam3 #21934 doing 105 kph. It was raining heavily while the entire FP. (Between Kamshet--Kanhe), 8/2004. By |||Swaran|||.

The Speedometer showing 106 kph while the overspeeding alarm starts on with the red light blinking. The max we overspeeded was 108 kph. The MPS was 105. 8/2004. By |||Swaran|||.

A view at the Notch indicator reading at the 39th notch. 8/2004. By |||Swaran|||.

Took this shot while we got of the loco at Pune completing our FP... Pune, 8/2004. By |||Swaran|||.

I bent down to the max i could and took a pic of this wcam1 #21848. This loco was standing dead near the Electric trip shed. Later i opened the Cab door and hopped in to take pix of the cab... Pune, 12-08-2004. By |||Swaran|||.

A view of the Controls of the wcam1. A very horrible loco considering the comfort for Drivers. Just look at the Seating provided for the Driver which is just like a stool with no back rest. Pune, 12-08-2004. By |||Swaran|||.

The Amp meters and the volt meter reading all zero as the loco was dead. I was alone incab taking pix as much as i wanted. Pune, 12-08-2004. By |||Swaran|||.

View of the Pune Electric loco trip shed towards the right in this pic taken from incab wcam1 showing a few wcam3's. Pune, 12-08-2004. By |||Swaran|||.

A beautiful scene of the tracks ahead taken by me peeping out of the window from the cab. 8/2004. By |||Swaran|||.

Dam!!! This time on the 40th Notch with 4 shunts... This is the max a wcam3 can do. The load was merely 17 coaches. 8/2004. By |||Swaran|||.

This is the Max permitted Amps u can take on a wcam3... 8/2004. By |||Swaran|||.

We slowed down to around 40 kph as we didnt hav clearence to this station due to an EMU running ahead of us. A view of an EMU coming in from the opp direction, public crossing the tracks and also Heavy rains... 8/2004. By |||Swaran|||.

This time the Driver taking rapid notches to accelerate faster reading us on the 6th Notch so far... 8/2004. By |||Swaran|||.

Both the trains on the same track... We took the left while the train coming from opp took a right... This was the Kolhapur--Mumbai Koyna exp. Pune, 8/2004. By |||Swaran|||.

We Footplated an EMU from Pune to Lonavala as there was no Mail/Express during that time. Took this shot while we were passing a Caution signal somewhere before Lonavala. The MPS for an EMU is printed 80Kph which we touched a few times. The journey was co

Alok admiring the weather as it was raining real heavy with clouds down and foggy. Though he enjoyed getting wet in the rains due to no umbrella or rain jacket, he felt the chilly air biting him later which we all came over after having veg puff and nice

A pic taken of wcam3 #21943 near the Pune Electric loco trip shed. One thing i really liked abt these locos is that even while doing 105 kph the loco runs very smooth even on turnouts. No viberations felt... Pune, 8/2004. By |||Swaran|||.

A shot of the Signal showing the Proceed Aspect while we thunder at 105 kph. Approaching Lonavala, 2004. By |||Swaran|||.

This is the Notch Indicator... The Left one shows from Notch 1 to 32 and 32 onwards till 39 is shown in another Analog indicator. But here there is a Digital Notch indicator which shows only from Notch 33 to 39. If this had to change it from Analog to Dig

Tracks seen ahead. Immediately follows a down Gradient as u can make out... 2004. By |||Swaran|||.

The Over speeding alarm started sounding as we touched 107 Kph... Incab wcam3 #21956, 2004. By |||Swaran|||.

The Driver exchanging the Flag with the Station master while doing 100 kph... 2004. By |||Swaran|||.

Footplated the Deccan exp from Pune to Lonavala incab wcam3 #21956... This is a scene while we are passing a station at MPS 105 kph (Main line next to the Platform) blasting short horns continuous. Can even see the Green Flag exchange between the Driver a