Interesting you noticed! The number is so small it is normally missed incase you dont peer for it. It looked a wee bit better this way and hence I put it this way.

Posted by Rohit Mohan on 2006 Mar 10 17:07:30 +0000

Rohit, is this a mirror image? 22627 reads backwards! :-)

Posted by Gautam on 2006 Mar 10 03:19:39 +0000

Thanks Mohan. The mainline is not in a very good condition here and i believe the problem persists till Roha, the next station towards Ratnagiri. This is CR territory and the real fast runs start after Roha

Posted by Abhijit Lokre on 2006 Mar 09 14:05:37 +0000

Yes indeed, worked Kalka -Simla and similar to ZF on Kangra Valley. I guess this loco and others were displaced by diesels.The DRLR had a real collection of 'gems'including some ex Central Railway A/1 2-8-4 tanks. I heard that the railway was abandoned after a strike and the locos left where they lay.If this is true they represent a real gold mine and would be snapped up by heritage railways in the UK.

Posted by Mick Pope on 2006 Mar 08 22:43:01 +0000

Lovely picture - stood out among the thumbnails! Looks like a crossing station on some desolate branch line instead of a major route. Is the mainline really that unkempt?

Posted by Mohan Bhuyan on 2006 Mar 08 20:07:58 +0000

Dont have a clue about DRLR but looking at the loco i have a hunch that they were used on Kalka Simla Railway is my guess correct??

Posted by Vaibhav Sarin on 2006 Mar 08 13:33:39 +0000

Beautiful picture!

Posted by Vivek Manvi on 2006 Mar 07 22:50:47 +0000

yep!! the loco looks KJM.

Posted by Aseem Johri on 2006 Mar 07 19:18:35 +0000

Bachau was the worst hit town in the 2001 earthquake and suffered near to 100% damage. The station building and anciliary structures were also rebuilt after the quake. Some pre-quake elements like the tree seem to have survived..;-)

Posted by Abhijit Lokre on 2006 Mar 07 00:58:10 +0000

The sky is of a lovely hue and the platform so broad - neat!

Posted by Naren Damodaran on 2006 Mar 06 23:17:39 +0000