It seems that this station master is at MKL on a full-time basis since I see this SM in most of the pictures and even in one picture which I shot while on-board the Rajkot- Coimbatore Express.
A good shot though.

Posted by Ramdev Gowda on 2010 Jan 29 22:38:54 +0000

Nice shot!

Posted by Ujjwal Kashyap on 2010 Jan 30 04:38:56 +0000

Pawan - A fantastic picture. And, a very descriptive caption too.

But, was the Dippy coming in at a slow speed to describe it as "slithering into Makalidurg" ?? Or, did it come at you at great speed to describe it as an "African black mamba coming in for the kill" ??? Speeds on the main line are at least 60 Kmph for non stopping trains at Makalidurg.

Posted by S. Srinivas on 2010 Feb 01 04:12:00 +0000

By looking at the amount of smoke coming out it seems that the train was moving at a good speed.

Posted by Ramdev Gowda on 2010 Feb 01 05:33:09 +0000

@ Srini - You are right, it was an African "White" mamba going in for the kill. The speed was very impressive indeed. This was taken from the RoB and the Dippy was so furious that it was a damn scary experience :)

@ Ramdev, Ujjwal - Thanks!

Posted by Pawan Koppa on 2010 Feb 01 07:40:12 +0000

Impressive Dippy - Great Show !!!
The SM in the pic is now transferred from MKL.

Posted by Kunal Doddanavar on 2010 Feb 02 03:40:25 +0000