Perfect setting

Sunshine, greenery and water filled river gave a perfect setting as SABARI Express rolled over Bharathapuzha bridge on its way to Shoranur Jn

Meeting the legend

One of the oldest superfast train of IR, COROMANDEL Express on its long journey to HOWRAH with an old ERODE WAP-4

Calicut Jan Shatabdi express hauled by a fresh looking WAP 4 locomotive,passing through Mararikulam

Climbing Akamala

ARAKKONAM WAP-4 climbing Akamala mountain range with ease with a load of 24 carriages of Dhanbad Jn / Tatanagar Express

Metal snake

Curving like a snake,ARAKKONAM WAP-4 powering Vasco Da Gama Express rips through Egattur on a hazy late afternoon

Unexpected power

Unexpected WAP-4 from BHUSAWAL shed powering Comibatore Intercity Express with an additional load of refurbished UTKRISHT carriage

Quiet Sunday morning

Being Sunday, it was all calm and quiet at Kathivakkam station and Santragachi AC Express rips through with ARAKKONAM WAP-4 in lead

Red in morning light

BEZAWADA WAP-4 glowing in morning light as it rips through Kathivakkam with a light load of Jan Shatabdi Express bound for Vijayawada

No visors

Seems ARAKKONAM WAP-4 powering SANGAMITRA Express has no visors and the engineer uses newspaper to avoid harsh summer sun

Saffron WAP-4

Usually RED in color but this ITARSI WAP-4 appears to have saffron livery which can be RED originally getting oxidized over time due to weather

21 years of haul

222XX series WAP-4, oldest and still reliable for long haul even though not much of advanced technologies have been my favorite WAP-4 locos

Crawling train

Dhanbad Jn / Tatanagar - Alappuzha Express crawling towards Punkunnam home signal which is red after passing permissible signal

Mumbai bound

Kanyakumari - Mumbai CSMT Express, oldest & slow train to financial capital of India, Mumbai from Kerala which take a long route too