Route diverted in Gujarat!

"Arre train Udaipur nahi jaaegi"
"Ab? Aur kahaan jaa sakte hai?"
"Himmatnagar, Mahesana and... Taranga Hill"
"OK, lets go there then!"
"Udhar kya hai?"
"Kuch pata nahi. Lets go!!!"
The Mumbai gang's original plan was to cover ADI - Udaipur MG section, but the MG express was short terminated at Himmatnagar. Finally, the sections covered were ADI - Himmatnagar by MG 2AC, ADI - Mahesana by MG passenger, Mahesana - Taranga hill by MG DMU. A long standing wish of travelling by LHB shatabdi too was fulfilled in this trip. Date: 2010-07-16 to 2010-07-18.

Date: 2010-07-29
Owner: Gallery Administrator
Size: 58 items
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Please stop the train. A passenger is waiting to board!
(Karan Desai)

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Vatva velociti WDM-3a #14098 at the head of 2957 ADI-NDLS Swarna Jayanti Rajdhani express. (Apoorva Karlekar)

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2915 ADI-delhi ashram exp enters sabarmati pf.2 headed by BGKT WDP-4 #20095. (Apoorva Karlekar)

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"At the crossroads" - A man ponders sitting at the BG-MG Diamond Crossing outside Sabarmati Jn. (Karan Desai)

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Haridwar-Ahmedabad Mail curves gracefully over the BG-MG Diamond Crossing, led by WDM-3A #14029 in ABR livery. (Karan Desai)

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[Non IR] This narrow gauge train hauled by a diesel locomotive designed to look like a steam loco takes tourists on a joyride around the Kankariya Lake in Ahmedabad. (Karan Desai)

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The beautifully designed name board of MG Ahmedabad-Udaipur Express.
(Karan Desai)

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Well maintained interiors of the 2AC coach of 9944 ADI-UDZ MG Express. (Karan Desai)

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The panel for lights & fan in the MG 2A coach. Note the centre switch, which controls the speed of the fan! The mechanism for tubelights (referred to as flourescent light in the panel) too is unique. To switch on the tubelight, the upper button has to

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The 2A coach of ADI-UDZ MG Express. That night the train ran as "chartered special for IRFCA" with us railfans being the only passengers onboard!
(Karan Desai)

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Into the semaphore era!!! (Apoorva Karlekar)

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Our counterpart waits at Jhulsan with SBI YDM-4 #6560 incharge. (Apoorva Karlekar)

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The semaphore & MACL signals represent the two different eras of IR. (Apoorva Karlekar)

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A sole passenger waits at a small station on Ahmedabad-Mahesana section as monkeys play around on the beautifully designed station building. (Karan Desai)

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An album of this trip would be incomplete without this pic! Apoorva upto his usual routine - sleeping at emergency window! Taken on board ADI - Mahesana passenger. (Akshay Marathe)

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What an excellent set of picture! Really enjoyed.
Posted by Harish Kumar on 2010 Aug 04 07:22:19 +0100
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Pushkar Joshi .....great to see you with the gang. Perhaps next time I come to India we can all do a trip. Why am I so excited to see him? He was my class mate and we were the only guys in the entire class who shared a passion for the railways! Did he...
Posted by Arunkumar Viswanathan on 2010 Aug 04 03:07:35 +0100
Nice package of photos !
Posted by Chaitanya Gokhale on 2010 Aug 03 13:07:22 +0100