an absolute super stuff

Posted by Anuj Misra on 2010 Jul 13 05:45:17 +0000

My God! That's Athirapally waterfalls in Kerala!! WR decided to have an outpost in Kerala??

Posted by Jimmy Jose on 2010 Jul 13 02:01:14 +0000

Thanks Harsh, this is indeed a 4-8-2+2-8-4 Garratt! You will also be glad to know that I had the opportunity to meet the authorities there, who are very keen in restoring this loco to it's former shape and glory. Within a day or two I shall send them a picture of a similar war department Garratt loco from Burma, showing them the original fittings.

Posted by Rahul on 2010 Jul 12 18:18:34 +0000

This is Bengal Assam Railway's metre gauge Bayer Garratt locomotive GX 32086 (BP 7144). For years (decades) it has been spotted rusting away at Guwahati and it has been recently moved to Tinsukia for preservation. It is the only known metre gauge Garratt locomotve in existence. Great work Rahul! Perhaps you can ask the powers to be to scrape, clean and paint the works plate in a different colour. Also, they should research and paint the locomotive in its original colour which this one seems unlikely to be.

Posted by Harsh Vardhan on 2010 Jul 12 17:07:50 +0000

It certainly looks like a Beyer Garrett but it looks as if it is standing on narrow gauge tracks so my guess is one of the two Nepal Government Railway locomotives 'Mahabir' or 'Sitaram' on the Jaynagar line.

Posted by Mick Pope on 2010 Jul 12 16:09:56 +0000

This is the Bayer- Garratt articulated locomotive of the B and N Railway.

Posted by Ramdev Gowda on 2010 Jul 12 16:01:16 +0000

Could be Ajanta caves http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/South%20India/Ajanta/Ajanta14.jpg

As for the falls, could be anywhere, hard to make an educated guess.

Posted by Dr.Jitendra Mulky on 2010 Jul 12 15:07:31 +0000

@Dr Mulky: True! Could you please help in identifying the location of the caves at the right and the waterfall at the bottom?

Posted by Karan Desai on 2010 Jul 12 13:16:42 +0000

Cool. Which location?

Posted by Satish Gune on 2010 Jul 12 12:50:00 +0000

The Kailash temple at Ellora does not come under Western Zone at all. The closest station is at Khuldabad (South Central Railway).

Posted by Dr.Jitendra Mulky on 2010 Jul 12 12:28:55 +0000