Metal snake

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

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

Home bound

Jam packed with students and office-goers returning home, Tiruttani bound 3-phase EMU arriving at Egattur on a light sunny evening

Final leg of journey

ROYAPURAM WAP-7 powering the final leg of the 3025 kms run of Kamakhya Jn - Yesvantpur Jn AC Express after reversal at MGR Chennai Central

Quaint Egattur

T'puram Central - Chennai Central Superfast Express skipping calm and quite Egattur station on the outskirts of Chennai city

On a sunny day

Blue sky with cumulus clouds was a perfect background to freeze ROYAPURAM WAP-7 with KSR Bengaluru Express passing through Egattur village

Sunny late afternoon

Rugged looking old workhorse of ARAKKONAM shed with Tirupati Express passing Egattur on a sunny late afternoon

Nature's spolight

Clouds move away to make a spotlight on ARAKKONAM WAP-1 powering Guwahati - Bangalore Cantt biweekly Express passing Egattur

Frequently spotted WAP-7

ROYAPURAM WAP-7 #30389 is one of the WAP-7 frequently captured by my camera with some of my favourite trains

Eastern India bound

ERODE WAP-4 powering Shalimar Express till Visakhapatnam, will skip Chennai Central via Perambur, avoiding one reversal

Running on tight schedule

With short turnaround time, one of the popular train between the two business hubs of Tamilnadu state, rushing back to Coimbatore

Jam packed train

Office-goer's jam packed train from Jolerpettai Jn to Chennai Central, YELAGIRI Express, powered by ROYAPURAM WAP-7 passing Egattur

Lalbagh express, a daily Intercity train connecting two South Indian Metros Chennai and Bengaluru, speeds past Egattur on a hot summer evening.