Koyna arriving from Kolhapur (Satish Gune)

Date: 2008-08-02
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Great snap. The LHF of WDP4 looks awesome from this angle. Like the location too.
Posted by Arzan Kotval on 2008 Aug 09 05:10:46 +0100
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Until 1994, Miraj used to have all 3 gauges and 2 zones:
1. NG: Miraj -Kurduvadi under CR.
2. MG: Miraj-Hubli under SCR.
3. BG: Miraj-Pune and Miraj-Kolhapur both under SCR.
Post May,2003, entire Miraj Jn is in CR and only NG...
Posted by Kunal Doddanavar on 2008 Aug 04 23:15:09 +0100
Somehow I am loving the long hood of WDP-4 from this angle. Excellent Picture!!
Posted by Ankit Bharaj on 2008 Aug 03 13:24:59 +0100
One of the most amazing photos on the server! Everything else seems so tiny in front of the giant WDP-4!
Posted by Karan Desai on 2008 Aug 03 09:09:54 +0100
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Thanks for the pic Satish. Brings back memories from the late 70s up to the mid 80s when I used to have my face pasted to the coach window (after a fight to claim the window seat) to catch the train taking this sharp to go to Kolhapur. Those were the...
Posted by S.V. Sriram on 2008 Aug 03 07:23:49 +0100
Lovely.
Posted by Kharad Zarir Variyava on 2008 Aug 03 07:21:56 +0100
Very Nice Pic & Very Rare Shot Great Job
Posted by Raj Bhavsar on 2008 Aug 03 05:41:26 +0100
awesome pic...feels like a snake emerging from its pit...awesome!!
Posted by Deepak Murali on 2008 Aug 03 05:11:39 +0100
No, Harsh, The Loco is facing Pune, the line to the left is the
Banglore-Hubli-Miraj-Pune main line, the train is joining the main line from the Kohlapur branch line at Miraj. hope this helps.
Posted by Jainand Narayanan on 2008 Aug 02 18:22:02 +0100
Very nice. Is the line which the Koyna is joining on to the one heading to Hubli??
Posted by Harsh Dinesh on 2008 Aug 02 17:09:25 +0100
The train is entering Miraj from Kolhapur. The line converging from left is Hubli - Miraj line. The hutments like structures on right side are staff quarters. The pic is taken from ROB.
Posted by Shantanu Kulkarni on 2008 Aug 02 16:44:42 +0100
Which place is this?
Posted by Dinesh Hukmani on 2008 Aug 02 16:04:46 +0100
Somehow, the pic and the surroundings make the loco look so awesome!
Posted by Sriram P on 2008 Aug 02 15:24:55 +0100