Vaigai express, named after the Vaigai river which flows near Madurai,also reputed for its average speed among its passengers, approaches Paranur station powered by a WAP-7 locomotive of Royapuram... (more)

Offlink Santragachi WAP 7 30564 (ex-TATA) leads Chennai-Alleppey express ,as it pulls in to Cherthala for a scheduled halt .

"THANGAM" again

Once elusive to my cam but now appearing frequently, "THANGAM", 50th WAP-7 of ROYAPURAM shed with my favorite train

Multilingual station board

India has around 60 languages and station boards are multilingual with regional language, Hindi and English

Pallavan Express

Royapuram WAP 7 Hauled Pallavan Super Fast Express from Chennai, moving towards, its next schedule halt Chengalpetu

High time for a wash

Past few weeks of heavy rain and continuous duty, ROYAPURAM WAP-7 covered in mud goes for the next haul to KSR Bengaluru

New look

Jan Shatabdi Express carriages adore a new look with vinyl ad of a popular actor's new movie which is going to released soon

After track renewal

With speed restriction after track renewal work removed, ROYAPURAM WAP-7 ripping through Paravur station with Jan Shatabdi Express

Spotting "THANGAM"

50th WAP-7 loco of ROYAPURAM shed "THANGAM" meaning gold in Tamil language powering Coimbatore Intercity Express

Its more relief than happiness to see bright sunshine in Kerala state as it faced the worst floods in a century for the past few weeks.Heavy rains lashed the state resulting in wide spread destruc... (more)

Royapuram WAP-7 powering Trivandrum-Chennai express om its last leg of its journey crosses the urban surroundings of Chennai.

WAP-7 #30578

Spotting for first time, built in 2017, first homed at GOMOH shed, then SANTRAGACHI & TATA shed and now finally at ROYAPURAM shed WAP-7

Ripping through Veppampattu

Even though there is a platform in the UP direction, no trains stop at this station in both direction and rip through at max speed

Brand new LHB carriages

First WAP-7 of ROYAPURAM shed doing the first run of Kochuveli - KSR Bengaluru Express with brand new LHB carriages