Platforms, Edifices and Views
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Stations Platforms, Edifices and Views |
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The south view out of Tambaram station that permeates the old, traditional bastions of Tamil Nadu. The meter gauge electrified line that disappears into the horizon carries EMUs and express trains bound for Chengalpattu. This pic is dated late March '98, when MG was still emperor on these routes. This station has a YCG/1 plinthed outside the railway building. |
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These lines lead into Arrakkonam (AJJ) Electric loco shed, SR's first base to home BG electric locomotives. This shed supplied locomotives for hauling most trains out of Chennai Central. With the commissioning of the Erode shed, many powers were transferred south from AJJ. |
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Sparsely crowded overbridges are a utopian dream for any commuter from Mumbai, who's used to being pushed and shoved on every overbridge he's ever stepped upon. The east end overbridge at Arrakkonam seems to teach a thing or two to this Mumbaikar. An unclassified cargo airplane loses altitude above to descend into the air force base near Arrakkonam. |
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Khandala is a compulsory halt for trains bound north out of Pune - the reason being a 1 in 37 grade slope that takes the train downhill from the Deccan Plateau. Trains make a brake-testing halt for the locomotive driver to check if the train has enough brake pressure to coast to Karjat, 24 kilometers away at the bottom of the Sahyadri hills. The 6012 Chennai-Mumbai Express is all set to depart out of this station. |
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The 6339 Nagercoil Express accelerates through Khandala - a hill retreat made famous by actor Aamir Khan in the Hindi flick "Ghulaam", where he dedicated a song to this place. Khandala has a peak-time during the monsoon season - June through September, when tourists from Mumbai and Pune flock to the rain-washed hilltops and waterfalls. |
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Lonavla is the station right after Khandala - a compulsory stop for all south-bound trains out of Karjat that detach their banker locomotives here. The south end of platform #1 becomes an island, as a DC locomotive trip-shed lies straddled on the rear. A few WCG2 locomotive tops can be spotted in this rain-washed picture. |
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