Spectacular shot. The tiny boat is in brilliant contrast to the mighty bridge.

Posted by Manish on 2009 Feb 23 05:07:37 +0000

Lovely pic. What is the water body below the bridge?

Posted by Manish on 2009 Feb 23 05:04:59 +0000

Loveky image Ankit.

Posted by Arzan Kotval on 2009 Feb 23 04:36:28 +0000

171: It was NOT possible to book BCT-NDLS by 171 [no bookings allowed to stations short of Ambala Cantt)!
137/138: While I have travelled only once, in 1978 southbound all the way from NZM to Durg, and have no writen records, from memory the only trains to skip AGC were 121/123/125.

Posted by Shirish Paranjape on 2009 Feb 22 21:34:26 +0000

Hi Milind, Leftmost (Road) bridge is post-independence, probably early 1960s. The middle (Rail, northbound) is the oldest of the lot, early 1900s (my guess). The rightmost (Rail, southbound) is the most recent, built after 1982. I travelled on this regularly upto 1982 - there was only 1 bridge then, with signal cabins at both ends to control.

Posted by Shirish Paranjape on 2009 Feb 22 21:22:47 +0000

It's amazing to note the 171/172 Bombay-JAT superfast's times at New Delhi. 171 - 1:24/1:36, 172 - 2:52/3:04. Just 12 minutes at New Delhi and that too in the middle of the night. No other train has ever belittled Delhi in this manner.

Posted by Mani Vijay on 2009 Feb 22 14:31:07 +0000

Sagar, when the Panchavati was introduced, it had just two halts - Dadar and Nasik Road. Seems hard to believe, right? Igatpuri and Lasalgaon came later.

Posted by Mani Vijay on 2009 Feb 22 14:27:48 +0000

All the three bridges seem to be built many years ago....nice capture...

Posted by Milind on 2009 Feb 22 14:18:10 +0000

Superb.

Posted by Lalam on 2009 Feb 22 11:53:26 +0000

Hmmm... amazing to see how the trains get inundated with halts... Chhatisgarh seems to be a prime example... A train that used to skip AGC now is almost like a passenger

Posted by Sagar J. Tipnis on 2009 Feb 22 06:22:31 +0000