On Rescue Mission

Due to oil leak, the original power KALYAN WDM-3D failed on the way and GOOTY WDG-4 pair rescues the train but delayed by two hours

39000 hunt over

First WAP-7 of 39XXX series from Diesel-Loco Modernisation Works was elusive to my cam for almost an year but finally captured it

Rarely spotted HCPV

Passenger carriages converted to parcel vans after welding windows known as High Capacity Parcel Van (HCPV), a rarely spotted freight

Bleed blue

BLUE loco, carriages and sky in the lush green Suravali and my long time wish of spotting this blue KRISHNARAJAPURAM WDP-4B came true

Entering Madgaon

ERNAKULAM WDM-3A in fresh colors, shining in the morning light as it enters Madgaon with Pune - Enrakulam Jn SF Express

Fresh colors

Original cab HUBBALI WDG-4, sporting fresh colors along with its shed mate powering loaded coal freight toward Madgaon, on its way to Kulem

Finally a RO-RO

As the electrification process has started in this diesel section, I spent 3 days in Goa but RO - RO, star attraction appeared on the last day

Different colors

Spotting for the first time a WDG-4 from HUBBALI shed with a different color scheme but it wasn't looking great in the morning light

Struggling hard

GOOTY WDG-4 pair struggling hard with coal freight as they pass through Suravali, on it is way to Kulem

Morning in Goa

A bit of morning mist was still lingering in the air as KRISHNARAJAPURAM WDP-4D rolls into Suravali with Kulem bound passenger

Beautiful station

Kottarakara station, a beautiful station with huge trees forming natural canopy over the station, situated in Sengottai - Kollam Jn route

Climbing a gradient

For the freight class ALCo it must have been nothing with the small load of passenger train to climb that small gradient

Hilly Ezhukone

Kollam Jn bound passenger train powered by ERNAKULAM WDG-3A passing lush green hilly terrain of Ezhukone on a sunny afternoon

Evening light

Almost 2 hours late Sampark Kranti Express rushes to its final destination with PONMALAI WDP-4D in lead as golden hour of evening starts

New lease of life

Last year spotted this 22 years old ALCo in a bad state that I thought it would be scrapped soon but saw it with new colors in 2019