Heavy load

ARAKKONAM WAP-4 holding perfectly the heavy load of 23 carriages of Dhanbad Express as they roll down Akamala mountain range

GOOTY "baldie"

GOOTY "baldie" and shed mate getting ready for pusher duty for Amaravati Express on a sunny morning. All "baldies" have now been rebuilt

166 years of service

INDIAN RAILWAYS entering 166th year of service today, transporting people and materials to every nook and corner of India

After 3 attempts

After two failed attempts to capture GARIB RATH Express because of low light and delay, it was success in third attempt with perfect light

Same day twice

Spotting WAP-7 30408 in the morning and again in the afternoon

HUMSAFAR in evening light

Beautiful liveried carriages of HUMSAFAR Express shining in the evening light with VATVA WDM-3A in lead

Early morning scene

ROYAPURAM WAP-7 sleeping as ERODE WAP-4 like Megatron, glows its red eye as it gets ready to haul my train, VENAD Express

Rolling down with petrol

Green beauty from VISAKHAPATANAM rolling down Akamala mountain range with loaded BTPN consist

Rural scene

Token exchange, roof top travelers, station with no platform of Ajanti village, all in memories as the line is closed for gauge conversion

End of an era

Final month of METER GUAGE operation, engineer & flagman watch the broad gauge construction activities as they reverse YDM-4 for next run

Unspotted WAP-4

Presumed that I had spotted almost all WAP-4 locos of ERODE shed with largest fleet of WAP-4 locos but unspotted ones still keep coming

Untimely MEMU

A MEMU service which is not of much use between Kollam Jn and Thrivananthapuram Central but gets filled after Thrivananthapuram Central

Odd Utkrisht carriage

Colorful Utkrisht carriage was looking odd in the blue carriage consist of Palaruvi Express powered by ARAKKONAM WAP-1

As chugging echos

Chugging of ALCo was reverberating on the surrounding hills as it climbs Akamala mountains with Garib Rath Express

22 years of service

22 years old ALCo, now with PONMALAI shed ripping through outskirts of Palakkad town with Madurai Jn bound AMRITA Express