Kids doing some railfanning perhaps?

Posted by M S M Saifullah on 2007 Aug 02 04:30:14 +0000

Nice crisp picture with brilliant colours.

Posted by M S M Saifullah on 2007 Aug 02 04:27:14 +0000

My guess is that the BOXNs in question are not empty. I think there are iron ore movements from somewhere up from Kulem (forget the name of the place) that go over the ghats and these BOXNs are laden with that. Such wagons look like they are empty since the weight of the ore does not allow complete filling of the wagons. That may be the case they are covered though I really don't think it makes much of a difference where iron ore is concerned. And for all that I've said, these may well be some other dense material. The other BOXN seems to be laden with coal since that will permit piled-high loading. Great snap anyway!

Posted by Gautam on 2007 Aug 01 19:30:17 +0000

Yeah I am checking more pictures now. I think it was an observational error on part of me.

Posted by Samar on 2007 Aug 01 16:57:18 +0000

Samar, which rivets are you talking about? The ones that flank the markers or the ones above? Even locos as far as 22580 have both those rivets, AFAIK only around 226xx series do the rivets become non-existent. Even 22380/90 have these rivets from the beginning.

Posted by Naren Damodaran on 2007 Aug 01 16:26:52 +0000

Hope we can see triple WAG9s also pushing from rear some day as CR also has huge WAG9s.

Posted by Samar on 2007 Aug 01 15:12:31 +0000

the loco in this livery looks good

Posted by Guest on 2007 Aug 01 14:50:39 +0000

I suppose there are few graded sections where these trains run and hence no CBC. Also, lesser speeds maybe.

Posted by Gautam on 2007 Aug 01 14:21:05 +0000

Striking photograph! The loco in sharp focus really stands out.

Posted by Gautam on 2007 Aug 01 14:17:15 +0000

Great photo...Catenary actually enhances the pic here

Posted by Akshay Marathe on 2007 Aug 01 10:00:32 +0000