Shining carriages

New LHB carriages of KSR Bengaluru - Kanyakumari Express shining in the afternoon light and I could smell fresh paint as they passed by

Clean PONMALAI WDP-4D

I was expecting a dirty WDP-4D but a clean and relatively new WDP-4D turned up on that beautiful sunny late afternoon

Waiting for signal

Garib Rath Express makes a brief halt as signal was red while a passenger gets down to reach home earlier rather than going up to Kochuveli

Spotting THANGAM

50th WAP-7 loco of ROYAPURAM shed "THANGAM" meaning gold, powering Thiruvananthapuram Central bound KERALA Express

Surprise visitor from ABU ROAD

Surprise visitor from North-West India, ABU ROAD shed WDM-3A, to South India with Dehradun - Kochuveli Express

Rescued by WAG-7

LUDHIANA WAG-7 comes to rescue of KSR Bengaluru - Kanyakumari Express as ROYAPURAM WAP-7 failed near Salem causing delay of 3 hours

Back to yard

Due to space constraint at Kochuveli yard, new LHB carriages of Kerala Express which was stabled at Paravur station returning back to yard

Returning to base

After 6 days of 6000+ km of round trip, H.Nizamuddin Weekly Express returns to Thiruvananthapuram Central covered in dust

Green train in lush green

Green colors of Garib Rath Express blends with the lush green Kappil village as it rips through with KRISHNARAJAPURAM WDP-4D

Malabar express

Royapuram WAP-7 slows down for its scheduled halt at Trivandrum Pettah powering the Malabar express from Mangaluru Central to Thiruvananthapuram Central.

Smoking ALCo

ERNAKULAM WDG-3A, smoking as it starts after scheduled halt, on a sunny New Year day morning with Kanyakumari bound passenger train

Oldest trains of IR

One of the oldest trains of IR, Mumbai CSMT - Kanyakumari Express, still taking a circuitous route to Mumbai and lots of stops

2018 Trainspotting ends with a WAP-4

Erode WAP-4 #22341 and a Ponmalai WDP-4D #40464 stabled at the sidings of Thiruvananthapuram Central station waiting for their assignmen... (more)

First spotting of 2019

First trainspotting of 2019 begins with Diesel Locomotive Works, Varanasi built new ROYAPURAM WAP-7 with Kerala Express consist