Sun, Dust & Diesels
This album contains pictures taken from hills around Adarki - famous for its horse-shoe curve, on Pune-Miraj line. Pictures by Kharad Variyava, Hrishikesh Moghe, Chaitanya Gokhale, Raj & Jatin Bhavsar on October 10, 2009
After 2.5 Hrs journey including a tyre burst we finally reach ADARKI Hill. From L to R: Raj Bhavsar, Chaitanya Gokhale, Jattin Bhavsar & Hrishikesh Moghe. Clicked By Kharad Variyava. (Jattin Bhavsar)
Gangmen's Hut at the hillock exactly on top of Adarki Station. (Jattin Bhavsar)
Passenger goes home bound to pune hauled by a PUNE WDG3a Shakti. (Jattin Bhavsar)
Route diverted Secuderabad Rajkot Express whizzles through ADARKI Hills powered by GTL rebuilt WDM3a. (Jattin Bhavsar)
Another shot of the same train. (Jattin Bhavsar)
Secunderabad Rajkot Express coming out of rock cutting. (Jattin Bhavsar)
Full Wide view of the whole rake SC RJT Express on curve. (Jattin Bhavsar)
Route Diverted very late running 6530 Udyan Express. (Jattin Bhavsar)
WDP4 # 20058 with 6530 Udyan Express initiating a curve with heavy banking which is a trademark of Pune Miraj Line. (Jattin Bhavsar)
Udyan Express rolling down the ramp in to adarki station. (Jattin Bhavsar)
Wide shot of late udyan. (Jattin Bhavsar)
Finally the sound of DP4 ends as Udyan executes a curve towards Walha. (Jattin Bhavsar)
Adarki Stn board. (Jattin Bhavsar)
We tried to cross entire tunnel but came back after nere 10 to 15 mtrs as we were not having torches. (Jattin Bhavsar)
We were hearing chugging of these big guys from past 5 minutes and we found a STAR of the day. These are KZJ WDG3a's pulling a loaded BTPN banked by a Pune WDM3a (Jattin Bhavsar)
Pune WDM-3A banking the loaded BTPN. Observe the gradient. (Jattin Bhavsar)
The big guys from different angle executing a down gradient. (Jattin Bhavsar)
The BTPN coming down banked by a WDM-3A. (Jattin Bhavsar)
A beautiful shot of Koyna Express towards moving towards Pune. (Jattin Bhavsar)
Pune-KOP Passenger going towards Kolhapur. (Jattin Bhavsar)
The bi-weekly Karnataka Sampark Kranti Express moving towards Miraj hauled by a WDP-4 from KJM. (Jattin Bhavsar)
Another shot of the shorthood WDP-4 which showed up with KSK. (Jattin Bhavsar)
The 2782 MYS-NZM Swarnajayanthi Express comes immediately after KSK hauled by a Krishnarajapuran WDG-3A. (Jattin Bhavsar)
The four diesels take a baby 11 to 12 coach Parcel Van load towards Pune. (Jattin Bhavsar)
Surprise Surprise !! 1028 Chennai Mail late by nearly a day shows up with an offlink WDG-4 # 12048. (Jattin Bhavsar)
Finally our patience turns to gold , under the rusty evening sunlight as the weekly kolhapur-Ahmedabad Express races towards Pune with a Pune WDM-3A. (Jattin Bhavsar)
The day ends with the last train Kolhapur-Ahemdabad Express with a Panned WDM-3A of Pune. The train was doing high speed. (Jattin Bhavsar)
Recent comments
excellent album...
Posted by Pramit Mitra on 2013 Aug 06 13:24:06 +0000
Excellent set of pics.. kudos
Posted by Vivek Pillay (Oldman) on 2009 Dec 05 08:09:48 +0000
Great set of pictures from a fantastic location. All your efforts have paid off!
Posted by Pawan Koppa on 2009 Dec 01 10:01:13 +0000