the railfan in me says 'what a waste of the Emergency exit window and the angles it offers '...Superb shot

Posted by Shikhar Parjan on 2010 Apr 11 03:36:57 +0000

very nice !

Posted by Shikhar Parjan on 2010 Apr 11 02:06:09 +0000

@Jainand: The threshold for passenger trains is 21 coaches, not 18. Bhor Ghat didn't see any 21+ coach passenger trains and hence no brakers were employed, but on this particular day, 1014 came up with 22 coaches, and hence this need.

Posted by Karan Desai on 2010 Apr 10 23:58:07 +0000

I guess the same rule of heavy rake's (18 or more Coaches)would be accompanied by Pilot's applies here as in the Thull.

Posted by Jainand Narayanan on 2010 Apr 10 20:37:36 +0000

A rare scene indeed, good catch, Chaitanya.

Posted by Jainand Narayanan on 2010 Apr 10 20:14:50 +0000

Actually, the correct terminology would be "Pilot's". Assisting Loco's ahead of the main power would be a pilot, the same at the other end would be "Banker's. In this perticular situation the term "Braker's" would also be appropriate

Posted by Jainand Narayanan on 2010 Apr 10 20:12:35 +0000

Wonderful! WCG-2's working as brakers too on passenger trains before retirement. Nice photo! :-)

Posted by Aamod on 2010 Apr 10 18:46:00 +0000

The correct word should be 'brakers' - these locos help to 'brake' the heavy trains and not 'break' them into pieces. Excellent photograph.

Posted by Apurva Bahadur on 2010 Apr 10 18:05:23 +0000

It should be breakers or brakers?

Posted by Samar on 2010 Apr 10 18:04:56 +0000

Great pic and the video was amazing as well!

Posted by Abhishek Risbud on 2010 Apr 10 17:54:36 +0000