Photos by Bizzy Mishra, Colin Peter and Ramdev Gowda
Part - 1: The Amravati makes it's first apeparance at DDS. The MG-era station building of DDS can be seen in the background. 16th Sep 2007, Colin Peter.
Part - 2: Gooty beauty 14013 brings the Amravati into DDS. Note the refrigerator van in tow. 16th Sep 2007, Colin Peter.
Part - 3: The bankers of the Amravati Exp pass by us. 16th Sep 2007, Colin Peter
The last of the bankers, 14656, literally erupts like a volcano, sending a pillar of smoke into the sky as the Amravati departs DDS. A topless Ramdev can be seen shooting the spectacle. 16th Sep 2007, Colin Peter
Twin DG-4s led by 12038 hauling a coal freight rake appear around the corner at Dudhsagar. 2007-09-16, Bizzy Mishra.
I mean business....Looking into the eyes of the devil! 2007-09-16, Bizzy Mishra.
After an unscheduled halt and a great deal of effort from the bankers, the rake finally gets moving with a spectacular display of dust, smoke and raw power! 2007-09-16, Bizzy Mishra.
Can you feel it? I can feel it coming even now! 2007-09-16, Bizzy Mishra.
The three monsters banking the rake literally baked us inside the tunnel with their heat waves! 2007-09-16, Bizzy Mishra.
The monsters finally disappear into a cloud of steam, dust and smoke...water falling from the top of the tunnels can be seen here. 2007-09-16, Bizzy Mishra.
The WDG-4's powering a coal rake are fuming for all their worth as they wind up on this slow rollercoaster of a ride up the ghats. 16th Sep 2007, Colin Peter.
The twin WDG-3a's from Gooty look on from the loop line as the freight led by quad WDG-4 crawls past them. Camera: Sony Ericsson K750i, Date: 16 Sep 2007, Colin Peter.