GOC WDG 3A 13537 in ED colors with Kollam Sengottai passenger ,entering Kundara

30 years of service

Commissioned in 1991, held by Ghaziabad, Arakkonam & Royapuram sheds and now with DSL-ERODE shed powering morning passenger train

High speed pantograph

Seeing first time, BEZAWADA WAP-4 with Schunk WBL 85 High Speed pantograph passing the outskirts of Thrissur with Shalimar Express

Surveying tracks

Capturing first time, a track recording train surveying unevenness, twist, curvature/alignment, gauge, speed of tracks

Openable part of the Pamban bridge

Short hood front ALCo leads Chennai bound Boat mail through double leaf bascule section of the Pamban railway bridge. Bridge painting work ... (more)

Evening scene

As people arrive on the banks of River Nila to relax and enjoy the sunset, Pune Superfast Express cross the river powered by ERNAKULAM WDM-3A

Erode WAP 7 37304 sporting "Porna Chicken" livery with Chennai Central-Alappuzha express

North-East to South

ARONAI Express connecting Silchar in Assam with Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala with 57 stoppages and distance of 3931 kms

6000+ kms

KERALA Express, after completing 6000+ kms of round trip between Thiruvananthapuram Central and New Delhi, returning to Thrivananthapuram

Diesel power

Due to yard re-modeling work at Mangalore, power change was not possible and hence I got lucky to spot this train with diesel power at this spot

Smoking ALCo

ERNAKULAM WDM-3A powering Garib Rath Express, smoking as the engineer opens its throttle to climb a gradient on its way to Thrissur

Trolley inspection ,a part of the Commission of Railway safety (CRS) Inspection of the newly laid double line in the 18km long Ambalappuzha Haripad section.The speed trial was done later that even... (more)

Trivandum Nizamuddin express with Ernakulam WDP 4D