From left: wife Shyama, sister Nandini and daughter Aditi attempt to cool off in the blistering JU afternoon prior to the departure by 4707 Ranakpur express towards Bandra.
Scenes at Marwad Jn.: The Ahmedabad - Ajmer passenger waits on pf 2, while the through road sees the BGKT WDM2 # 18657 in the unusual purple livery with the 'rising sun' logo of the shed.
A rake of 2' 6" narrow gauge coaches at Nadiad Jn. These coaches are tiny but functional with lighting generators, continuous vacuum brakes and toilets with water.
The morning passenger from Bhadran arrives on the main line. Later the rake is backed by a lady shunting master.
Bajva station: The gent in the glasses thought he was being 'discovered' at last, when he found a camera facing him; alas, it was only me, photing the BCN and BCNA rake behind him. The BCN is the shorter of the two, while the taller BCNA seems to have a roof of a different colour.
Empty BCN wagons scurry behind a TKD WAG5 at Bajva located near the outskirts of Vadodara.
Vatwa WDS6 waits at the Vadodara yard, also seen are the 4-wheeler vacuum-braked TK rakes.
More 4-wheeler rakes, these carry LPG. Note the usual 'non-hazardous' wagon at the end of the vacuum-braked rake, in this case the BCX.
Not a very good pic; however, this is proof that Golden Rock WDP3s travel all the way from TVC to BRC to haul the Trivandrum Rajdhani express.
Pics of the derailment at Makarpura at the outskirts of BRC that threw traffic in the busy WR trunk into a tizzy. These are pools of furnace oil that you are looking at in the first picture. The ERU and the DETC from Vadodara repair the OHE section. I guess the OHE was undone to allow the Gottwald crane to work unhindered.
The 220 t Gottwald diesel crane made by Jessop. This is the 'Shaktiman' from Kankariya yard, Ahmedabad standing at a small station of Itola near the scene of the accident, while our train runs on the wrong line. The last pic shows an unusual visitor in the area, the Ludhiana WDM2 # 18667 helping to clear the derailment.
Busy NG station at Miyagam Karzan.
SAN and BHEL industrial locomotives working inside the the Gujarat Narmada Fertilizer Corporation (GNFC) factory at the north end of Bharuch.
The CONCOR-owned container rakes seen at Valsad have special couplers. These are the BLCA wagons with ordinary CBCs; the odd couplers are seen below.
This is the BLCB wagon with plain bar coupler, there are five of these for every BLCA. Note the pile of stale buns on the frame (the paav from wada paav) while the lady is selling Valsad special mangoes.
I am bored!
