Munroe Islands

Named after Colonel John Munroe, who integrated several backwater regions by digging canals, is a cluster of 8 islands and very scenic too

Lost glory

Had a glorious past in mainline duties and now reduced to shunting duties in the yard and moving carriages to sidings in other stations

380 kms more

Kerala Express has another 380 kms more to reach its final destination in its 3033 kms run from New Delhi to Thiruvananthapuram Central

CLW built WAP-7

Indian Railways' Chittaranjan Locomotive Works(CLW) produced 402 locomotives in 2018-19, a record production of WAP-5/7 and WAG-9 locos

6000+ kms

KERALA Express, after completing 6000+ kms of round trip between Thiruvananthapuram Central and New Delhi, returning to Thrivananthapuram

Crossing trains

Thiruvananthapuram Central bound KERALA Express crossing KSR Bengaluru bound KANYAKUMARI - KSR BENGALURU Express

"THANGAM" again

50th WAP-7 of ROYAPURAM shed a.k.a THANGAM meaning PRECIOUS powering Thiruvananthapuram Central bound KERALA Express

One Class, different Sheds

KERALA Express powered by WAP-7s of sheds from different part of India and I get lucky to spot them all from my home city

Curving train

ERODE WAP-7 powering Thiruvananthapuram Central bound KERALA Express passing through the curves between Paravur and Kappil

Clean WAP-7

Even after a run of 3000+ kms with KERALA Express, AJNI WAP-7 looks clean as my usual sightings of WAP-7s will be covered with dirt

TUGHLAKABAD WAP-7

Far away from home shed, a shining TUGHLAKABAD WAP-7 powering KERALA Express from New Delhi about to reach the final destination

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

Final days of ICF carriages

All six carriage set of KERALA Express, each set with 23 carriages got converted to LHB carriages from traditional ICF carriages

ICF carriage days

On a cool afternoon of December, an old workhorse of ERODE shed rushing to Thiruvananthapuram Central with KERALA Express

Curve & Gradient

While the loco climbs a gradient, the consist twist on a curve giving KERALA Express a feel of metal snake as it passes through Kappil area