The chassis looks fine to me. As long as the frame on which the superstructure sits is not bent or twisted, the loco shed should be able to get the loco running after building a new rear cab. The loco can be easily lifted and placed on a flat bed wagon as its not below a bridge or culvert. Decommissioning of a loco is a very long process as the Railway Board should consider it 'beyond repair' before the shed can even decommission the loco. The KJM loco at Sribagilu station was yet to be decommissioned when I last inquired about its status in August 2009. Its been lying below a bridge on the Subramanya ghat section since 2007.

Posted by Ramdev Gowda on 2010 Jul 15 00:17:23 +0000

This picture was taken in August 1995. Concrete sleepers were not very common in this area but are installed here because of leakage of diesel fuel.

Posted by Harsh Vardhan on 2010 Jul 14 19:33:47 +0000

... Sabarmati ke sant tune kar diya kamaal!!!

One of my favorite too... Thanks for uploading this!!!

Posted by Tushar Dhake on 2010 Jul 14 17:38:14 +0000

Oh! How did I miss seeing this gem for so long! Great shot - thanks a lot for sharing...

Posted by Binai Sankar on 2010 Jul 14 16:23:34 +0000

Is this mega block for bridge repair, or is it for gauge conversion?

Posted by Nimish Goray on 2010 Jul 14 14:55:43 +0000

nice one!!!

Posted by Bhaveen Patel on 2010 Jul 14 13:25:20 +0000

wow!!! great shot..

Posted by Bhaveen Patel on 2010 Jul 14 13:24:35 +0000

you can see six rails on bridge . Three of them are running rails & other three are Guard rails

Posted by Rajendra Saxena on 2010 Jul 14 13:03:51 +0000

its MG & BG combined line on sabarmati river...
thaks to share with us...
for their rebuild work, WR ADI division declared MEGA block on MG line ADI to SBI, from 1st June to 10 june.

Posted by Bhaveen Patel on 2010 Jul 14 12:58:11 +0000

18018 had hauled Howrah Rajdhani. Picture of this loco is a real treasure!

Posted by Anamitra Ghatak on 2010 Jul 14 11:36:19 +0000