Braganza Darshan
Gowri Sankar, PoochiVenkat and Ramdev Gowda were on an official trip to the formidable Braganza Ghats in October 2008. All photographs taken with permission from concerned authorities. Images shot by GS, PV and RG. Image processing by PV.
Hubli Station at 22:33 hours
GS and PV start their work at Castle Rock.
Gooty WDG3A pair 14626 and 14700 heads up to couple itself to another WDG3A pair.
The heroine's of the ghats head out for their scheduled duty at Castle Rock.
Its diesels galore at Castle Rock.
The sand for the sanders are dried in this way..
SWR takes good care of its diesel locomotives... They are fed very well in Castle Rock... Here is a pair rushing for its morning breakfast... 1200 litres of diesel!
The hose is fixed for filling!
Some manual filling is done prior to automatic filling. Is this some kind of additive to the fuel?
The fuel meter. The value is set by pressing the respective switches. The valve on the right controls the re-fuelling speed.
A khalasi puts his equipment on to the catwalk of the loco and hops on for a ride!
This is the loco pilot's view of the track ahead
Welcome to the Ghats... its a free ride going down.. controlled safely by the Dynamic Braking and AEB takesover if speed is exceeded.
From this bridge, there was a caution of 20 kmph. The sleepers from this location were being replaced.
There was a battalion of workers to replace the damaged sleepers.
The damaged sleepers.. thanks to a set of wheels of the loco that derailed and damaged the sleepers.. I heard that about 3000 sleepers were being replaced.
The Karnataka Goa border in the Ghats.. The sign Welcome to Goa says so.
Nature and its beauty personified.
The Castle Rock!
One of the major tunnels in the ghat.
This route has double aspect signalling. Refer IRFCA FAQs.
The home signal at Caranzol.
A bridge, the tunnel, and a bridge ahead.
Coming out from the tunnel onto the bridge... there were travellers in the catwalk of the locos to enjoy the beauty of Braganza ghats.
We had a crossing.. A fully loaded rake waits at Dudhsagar for our locos to cross.
Dudhsagar waterfalls. Travellers to the falls request for a ride to Kulem.
Recent comments
Beautiful. Great shots of magnificient beasts amidst the spectacular scenery. Keep up the good work!!!
Posted by Manish on 2008 Oct 21 12:47:56 +0000
Superb detailed coverage of the Braganza region by all three of you. Gowri & Poochi,nice to see you back in action after a long time.
Posted by Arzan Kotval on 2008 Oct 16 07:31:20 +0000
Simply AWESSUMMM! Whatta route.. whatta beast.. whatta series!
Posted by Sriram P on 2008 Oct 14 10:58:37 +0000