A busy scene at Ernakulam in 1989. 5 feet 6 inch gauge ALCO clone, WDM2 17474 passes with a passenger train.

Golden evening light

Rameswaram to Chennai Egmore Boat mail express crossing Pamban bridge in golden evening sunlight.

India's 2nd private train

Super-fast Tejas express run by IRCTC , crossing Vaitarna river bridge.

Pamban bridge being painted

This portion of the Pamban sea bridge is painted periodically to protect it from corrosion. The process goes on for few days with number of painte... (more)

Grime power

Dirt covered ROYAPURAM WAP-7 powering clean carriages of Chennai Mail Superfast Express, skipping Paravur station on its way to Kollam Jn

From under the road to over the rail bridge

Chennai Egmore bound Boat mail express advances from under the road bridge to over the long sea bridge of Pamban.

Crossing trains

Thiruvananthapuram Central bound KERALA Express crossing KSR Bengaluru bound KANYAKUMARI - KSR BENGALURU Express

Lost glory

Once this Jan Shatabdi Express ran with carriages of unique livery but now it is mixed with different carriages and slowly loosing its priority too

Shining VARUN

Far away from home shed, GHAZIABAD WAP-7 a.k.a VARUN powering ANANTAPURI Express was a surprise spotting

New colors & logo

Almost 5 years before I spotted this loco with different colors but now it is sporting the new colors and logo of VATVA shed

Ponmalai WDG 3A pushes Kollam.Chennai express on the iconic 13 Arch bridge near Thenmala

Branded locos

As part of non-fare revenue scheme, IR has started branding locomotives and I spotted my first one with PORNA CHICKEN ad

Erode WAP 7 37304 is the first advertising branded loco of Erode ELS under non fare initiative of Salem Division.This is a new scheme formulated by Indian railways.Other well known brands like AMU... (more)

A goat comes inches from being dispatched by YDM4 6649 as it passes, at surprising speed, with a freight train. Since this 1989 view the track has been converted from metre gauge to 5 feet 6 inch,... (more)

A friendly wave from the crew of 2 feet 6 inch gauge, ZB 56, as it leaves Rajpardi with a train for Ankleshwar in 1989. This loco was built by Bagnalls of Stafford, UK, in 1928