Post card picture.

Posted by S. Srinivas on 2010 Jan 20 14:39:36 +0000

This shot deserves a gold medal !!

Other than showing the majestic loco surrounded by a tunnel made out of steel, the pic also shows that the contact wire is below the top members of the girders and the catenary wire is above the bridge.

I suppose the barbed wires on the bridge are to keep the monkies away from doing any monkey business.

Posted by S. Srinivas on 2010 Jan 20 14:33:44 +0000

Such intelligent data loggers will have plenty of memory to store events / faults / parametric readings and then relay them back to the centralised server over the GSM data link when the GSM signals are available. So, if the fault does not incapcitate the loco in the ghats, the data on such faults will surely reach the server with some delay.

Posted by S. Srinivas on 2010 Jan 20 14:13:54 +0000

Nice shot. Very cute looking.

Posted by Arzan Kotval on 2010 Jan 20 12:52:03 +0000

Semaphores !!! A rarity nowadays !!! Thanks to Kunal and Pawan for the pics !!! You guys did a great job !!!

Posted by Jayasankar Madhavadas on 2010 Jan 20 12:29:48 +0000

Thanks everyone. Anant, a shot like this was shot during a full moon night by our very own Sachin. His photo can be seen here .

Posted by Siddhartha Ganesh on 2010 Jan 20 12:08:19 +0000

Jay - It was not at all cloudy - clear sky with starts shining!

Jatin - The light I am guessing is getting reflected off Manas resort or Igatpuri outer since that's were the sodium vapor lights were gleaming.

Dinesh - It is because of the f1.8 I actually got a shot like this. When I tried to take a shot with f3.5, the whole image was in an undertone underexposed mode. The 4 and a half minutes shutter release was another major contributing factor.

Posted by Siddhartha Ganesh on 2010 Jan 20 12:04:07 +0000

Actually Dinesh, I commend CG for getting even a shot like this. He has a very basic point and shoot (Canon Powershot SX 100 IS) and it is very difficult to get proper streaks due to the limitations of the camera. I do not think there is a bulb mode in his camera so he did the best he could. I was pretty sure he was getting dejected but he never gave up. I salute him for that.
Also with point and shoots, it's a major disadvantage to use manual focus since it's completely electronic and difficult to focus on a particular point as the screen goes into a 'burst' mode. Now I can safely say proper shots in the night (streaks and long exposures) can be taken in full swing only with an SLR or a DSLR.

Posted by Siddhartha Ganesh on 2010 Jan 20 11:59:51 +0000

Wow, Awesome snap. Was it cloudy? If yes, then the light might be from the nearby town reflected from the clouds. Especially considering the color temperature of the light seems to match the sodium vapor lamps.

Posted by Jay Balakrishna on 2010 Jan 20 11:53:44 +0000

Excellent shot. The lighting enhances the lovely atmosphere. Well taken.

Posted by Dinesh Hukmani on 2010 Jan 20 11:51:02 +0000