Really nice. Next time please take the loco a few feet into the curve.

Posted by Jimmy Jose on 2009 Oct 25 12:45:26 +0000

Awe !! Lovely !

Posted by Chaitanya Gokhale on 2009 Oct 25 12:22:32 +0000

Nice crisp pic!

Posted by Ranjeet Ramaswamy Iyer on 2009 Oct 25 09:42:07 +0000

Gr88 shot!!

Posted by Ankit Bharaj on 2009 Oct 25 09:09:56 +0000

Excellent capture , nice gradient!!!

Posted by Ashwin Rao on 2009 Oct 25 08:42:36 +0000

In addition to over 3 hours taken to rescue the Motorman I wonder how many more hours The Thane Muncipal corporation needs to turn off the water mains !

Posted by Dilip Setlur on 2009 Oct 24 18:32:30 +0000

Hmm. You seem to be right, Gowri sir.

Posted by Akshay Marathe on 2009 Oct 24 11:49:06 +0000

My doubt is... if the slab has fallen before the train could pass, it would have snapped the OHE and the power would have been cutoff. The motorman would have sensed something wrong. I believe that the slab fell just a few fraction of seconds before the train could cross the spot.

Posted by Gowri Sankar R on 2009 Oct 24 11:39:34 +0000

Yes, the train went and hit the slab which had already fallen. But articles in papers mention that the train, which was travelling at 40 kph could not stop short of the slab! I find this very surprising considering the powerful braking of MRVC rakes.

Posted by Akshay Marathe on 2009 Oct 24 09:33:33 +0000

Very true Binai, Even I am also concluding this only.. DNA mentions that Mman upon seeing a slab lying on the tracks, slammed on the brakes.. Going by that, our conclusion matches.

Posted by Vijay Aravamudhan on 2009 Oct 24 07:30:27 +0000