By the livery it looks like BIA wag5.

Posted by Mayur Shinde on 2007 Jan 13 16:12:38 +0000

If only there was a diesel in the middle....!!

Posted by Siddhartha Ganesh on 2007 Jan 13 15:00:09 +0000

great capture!! both of them leave a trail behind, one of smoke and the other of condensed vapour.

Posted by Aseem Johri on 2007 Jan 13 14:55:51 +0000

this is what you call generation gap!

Posted by Aseem Johri on 2007 Jan 13 14:53:50 +0000

nice angle! also the direction of sun was favouring you.

Posted by Aseem Johri on 2007 Jan 13 14:52:29 +0000

Brilliant. Great stuff!

Posted by Siddhartha Ganesh on 2007 Jan 13 14:35:15 +0000

WAG-4 has Bo-Bo bogies .. so this must be a WAM-4(the early ones that were used on freights) or a WAG-5

Posted by Ashwanth on 2007 Jan 13 05:15:32 +0000

Hi Sachin, at 600mm, minimum shutter needed to handhold and keep it steady is 1/600sec. I had another camera on my tripod so I had to hold this. My lens is sharpest at f9 so I use that aperture. It was giving 1/300sec at ISO200 so I raised it to 400 to get higher shutter. This will avoid shake.

Posted by Rohit Mohan on 2007 Jan 12 11:06:03 +0000

ON BEHALF OF ABHIJNAN: Apurva Sir, neither did I want the statements to be amusing nor did I want to become a hero. Infact, I am very particular about personal safety during railfanning. I was a little taken aback by what happened that day during railfanning, because I never expected something like that could happen to me. Moreover, the train was not too close to me.It was about half a kilometer away. And Rohit Sir, incredible as it may sound, the train sure didnot make any sound. - Abhijnan Ray

Posted by Bizzy Mishra on 2007 Jan 12 04:05:18 +0000

Which shed is this? LKO or MB!

Posted by Aseem Johri on 2007 Jan 12 02:05:04 +0000