Smoking YDM-4

SABARMATI YDM-4 decoupled from consist for reversal for continuing its journey to Junagadh

Changing trains

Delvada - Junagadh MG passenger waiting for loco reversal as passengers shift to my train as my train leaves first to Junagadh

Token exchange

Witnessed a rare sight of pointsman doing token exchange with Veraval Jn bound passenger train powered by SABARMATI YDM-4

Land of Asiatic Lions

Amreli - Veraval passenger passing through Gir lion sanctuary. Later I came to know that a lioness was there very close by where I stood

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

Amreli to Veraval meter gauge evening passenger train starts from Sasan Gir. As the track runs through wild life sanctuary , no trains operate on this track after sunset.

After the reversal , Junagadh to Delvada meter gauge passenger train accelerates through Talala city.

Meter gauge passenger train to Amreli crossing dry river bed of Hiran river.

109 years old Coonoor station

Built by British in 1908, Coonoor station an important station in Nilgiris Mountain Railway which was made heritage site by UNESCO

A Passenger train bound to Pilibhit

Niligiri mountain railway is the meter gauge hill-railroad which operates between Ooty at 2200m above mean sea level and Mettupalaiyam at 330m. The steepest gradient on this 46Kms. section, is 1 ... (more)

On the ride downhill from Udagamandalam to Mettupalayam, the train stops in Coonoor. Here, the diesel engine is replaced by a steam engine. This meant that I had some time to look around and make ... (more)

Ratlam-Akola meter gauge passenger rolling into Ajanti station as its counterpart waits for the crossing.

On a Mid-September morning, a YDM-4 class Meter Gauge (1000mm) locomotive from Phulera depot arrives with a packed commuter service from Rewari. The track closer to camera is BG (1676mm). The MG l... (more)