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.

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

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

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.

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?

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??

Beautiful picture!

yep!! the loco looks KJM.

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..;-)

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