With the monsoon at peak, its right time to head to the magnanimous Dudhsagar falls, when it would showcase its glorious best. Three railfans from Chennai and Hyderabad, Benher, Raghupathy and Harish Kumar decided to trek to Dudhsagar waterfalls. Day 1: The three of us met at Hubli and from where we took Haripriya Express to Londa and a Autorickshaw to Castle Rock, from where we trekked to Caranzol. With the conditions really bad, the station master suggested us to head back to Castle rock or Londa for the night. Day 2: We took 7311 directly to DDS and spent the whole day at the falls, before Ben left back home by Goa Express, while the other two of us decided to head to Panjim for the overnight stay. Day 3: For the return journey we took Amaravathi Express to Guntakal and split from there.
Sequence 2 of 4: Pulls the lever down to switch the line. Photo by Harish Kumar (Harish Kumar)
Sequence 3 of 4: Signals the loco to proceed. Photo by Harish Kumar (Harish Kumar)
WDG-3A #14702 acknowledges! By this time our train started moving out and I board the train. Photo by Harish Kumar (Harish Kumar)
Dudhsagar falls in full glory! One this day there was lesser mist and more clouds. Photo by Raghupathy (Harish Kumar)
Gooty Baldie twins swings along the curve as it pushes ahead towards Dudhsagar Station. Photo by Harish Kumar (Harish Kumar)
We get a “proceed” at Caranzol. The visibility was as bad as it was couple of days earlier. Photo by Harish Kumar (Harish Kumar)
The final push up the Ghats and we would soon be at Castle Rock, winding up the magical 3 days here! Photo by Raghupathy (Harish Kumar)
We sign-off with BIG thanks! 3 days of pure fun, bliss, adventure, surprises, and thrills. Plenty of pleasent memories to carry with! Thank you all for sharing the fun! Photo by Benher (Harish Kumar)