Thanks a lot, Appu and Gang. What an astonishing coverage of the viaduct. It is like watching a National Geographic documentary. I traveled through KR the first and the only time in 1999, just after the introduction of Netravati through the route. Ever since, I desperately wanted to travel again, just to have a glimpse of this....

Posted by Jimmy Jose on 2008 Apr 29 03:09:08 +0000

Nice work. BTW is it WDG-4?? or you meant DP-4? The livery says its DP-4.

Posted by Ranjeet Ramaswamy Iyer on 2008 Apr 29 02:40:36 +0000

Nice caption and pic.

Posted by Ranjeet Ramaswamy Iyer on 2008 Apr 29 02:35:47 +0000

Nice to see young and energetic railfans. Ashutosh Hukumchand is the youngest in this group, he has just given his 10th board.

Posted by Ranjeet Ramaswamy Iyer on 2008 Apr 29 02:30:03 +0000

Nice and informative for those who have not visited Panvel viaduct. A breathe of fresh air, a feast for eyes! Thanks for Apurva et al. for getting magnificent views of top and bottom of the viaduct.

Posted by M S M Saifullah on 2008 Apr 29 02:01:33 +0000

Nice to see a young bunch of Mumbai IRFCAns

Posted by Giridhar Patnaik on 2008 Apr 28 18:01:22 +0000

one more thing this pic shows...WDG3A is longer than WDM2!!

Posted by Deepak Murali on 2008 Apr 28 16:50:24 +0000

Thats the Traction Motor cooling blower.It takes its air feed directly from the body-side panel and hence there is no air draft through the machine room(unlike in the conventional tap-changer locos).The smaller blower in the rear is the scavenge blower to the Traction Motor cooling blower intake filter.The scavenge blower removes the clogged dirt from the intake filter.

Posted by Khalid Kagzi on 2008 Apr 28 16:04:40 +0000

Have seen all the pictures.
Excellent. Congratulations for a well planned & executed trip.
Dinesh Hukmani

Posted by Gallery Administrator on 2008 Apr 28 15:06:17 +0000

Nice catch Khalid bhai!!

Posted by Kharad Zarir Variyava on 2008 Apr 28 14:38:20 +0000