Railfanning @ Palasdhari
Railfanning @ Palashdari - Pictures provided by Sagar Patil (Mumbai), Karan Desai (Mumbai) & Raj Bhavsar (Pune).
Day & Date: Saturday - January 10, 2009.
Kanyakumar express hauled by #20133 WCG-2 ready for Up gradient. (Sagar)
Kazipet #18911 WDM-3A effortlessly pulls Konark Express with the help of twin WCG-2 bankers. (Sagar)
Sinharh express arrives on gradient next to Palasdari Stn, with the help of three brothers. (Sagar)
Ahimsa Express curves nicely on 3rd line of ghat near Palasdari on Karjat - Lonavala Section. (Sagar)
Bankers returning from there duty in Ghat section of Karjat-Lonavala.
Konark Express is at background. (Sagar)
A new borne #13513 WDG-3A arrives Mumbai from DLW with Rajendra Nagar-LTT exp, #21887 WCAM-3 helps it to reach here. (sagar)
KOP bound 1029 Koyna Express with offlink UHF WDG3A # 13488. Our loco database shows it as ABR but it did not had any shed markings. (Raj Bhavsar)
1019 Konark Express started climbing ghat with Pune WDM3A # 18737R leading and cg2 duo as banking. (Raj Bhavsar)
Bhubaneshwar bound Konark Express cruises behind PUNE WDM-3A #18737. The train came so silently (inspite of being diesel hauled) that it took all three of us by surprise! (Karan)
A Mumbai local train amidst the woods! How often do you get to see that?? [Location is Palasdhari] (Karan Desai)
The Three Musketeers!!!
L to R: Sagar Patil (Mumbai), Karan Desai (Mumbai) & Raj Bhavsar (Pune) were at work near palasdhari on saturday 10-01-09. (Raj Bhavsar)
The Mumbai-Kanyakumari Express led by WCG-2 #20133 curves into Palasdhari just before starting its climb up the ghats. (Karan Desai)
End of day's Play: KJM WDP-4 #20059 running LHF takes a breather at Dadar after bringing in the Koyna Express from Kolhapur. (Karan Desai)
Surprise! The Pune-Mumbai Deccan Express gets a WCAM-3 instead of its usual WCG-2. (Karan Desai)
A WCG-2 pair led by 20120 returns to Karjat after the hard work of banking an express train up the Bhor Ghats. (Karan Desai)
Shelu sees its probably first-ever express train halt! The Hyderabad Express was made to stop at all suburban stations from Badlapur to Karjat as EMUs were cancelled due to a maintainence block. (Karan Desai)
The Mumbai-Chennai Express starts the climb up the Bhor Ghats at Palasdhari led by Kazipet WDM-3A #18911, surprisingly without much smoke! (Karan Desai)
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