The less explored Meter Gauge lines of Gujarat
Day 1 - We cover the single line meter gauge section of Adraj Moti - Vijapur - Ambilyasan Jn. Adraj Moti falls on the Kalol - Gandhinagar section, about 20 KM from Ahmedabad. The Adraj Moti - Vijapur line sees 2 railbus services daily, while there ae 3 services between Vijapur and Ambilyasan Jn. Vijapur is a railbus hub and has no less than 5 railbuses. Ambilyasan Jn. falls on the Mahesana - Ahmedabad mainline.
Day 2 - Meter gauge and broad gauge lines run parallel for most of the distance between Ahmedabad and Mahesana. We spent a sunday morning at Saij Sertha Road, one stop before Kalol to catch some diesel action.
Pictures by Ashwin and Abhijit Lokre
A light WDG4 #12243 with no shed markings moves towards Kalol. The IRFCA database says that this loco. belongs to SGUJ. 21st February, 2009. Nikon D5000. Picture by Abhijit Lokre. (S Ashwin)
The royal miss. We were waiting on the platform to board this train but much to our surprise, the Ranuj - Ahmedabad passenger did not halt, forcing us to use the road instead. 21st February, 2009. Nikon D5000. Picture by Abhijit Lokre.
(S Ashwin)
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Wonderful collection. Thanks a lot for sharing...
Posted by Shirish Paranjape on 2010 Apr 19 03:11:40 +0000
Very nice album , thanks for sharing !!!!
Posted by Ashwin Rao on 2010 Apr 18 04:21:15 +0000
Superb ! The quality of pictures in this album is amazing. Each and every photo is clear and particular. n1
Posted by Chaitanya Gokhale on 2010 Apr 16 06:52:24 +0000