Elephant & WAP-7

Long time wish of mine finally came true. A mighty elephant enjoying his bath as Thiruvananthapuram Rajdhani Express crosses the river

No Hotel Load Port

Surprised to see a loco with no hotel load port and carriages powered by diesel generator car for this 3000+ kms running train

KAVACH

WAP-7 fitted with Automatic Train Protection system known as KAVACH meaning SHIELD, to prevent head-on-collision

Sad sight

Once this premium class train had shining diesel traction but as traction changed permanently, started spotting with grimy electric traction

First run

First end to end electric traction run of Thiruvananthapuram Rajdhani Express with KANPUR WAP-7 covering 3149 kms

Bye forever

After years of diesel traction, it was very emotional to spot the last run of ERNAKULAM WDP-4D with Thiruvananthapuram Rajdhani Express

Best ones

Future in balance as electric traction takes over, ERNAKULAM Diesel Shed sends the best of its locos for the final runs of this premium class train

Final days

Final days of diesel traction for this longest running Rajdhani Express, a premium class train of Indian Railways and love of diesel traction fans

Lightly smoking

Lightly smoking ERNAKULAM WDP-4D ripping through Kochuveli with H.Nizamuddin bound Rajdhani Express on a sunny afternoon

After four months

After a gap of four months, spotted a train, Thiruvananthapuram Rajdhani Express ripping through Kazhakootam with ERNAKULAM WDP-4D

Crossing Sharavati

Emerging from the mountain in the background, Rajdhani Express rips through Sharavati bridge powered by ERNAKULAM WDP-4D

Sunshine

Sunshine after Cyclone Kyarr and Maha as Rajdhani Express does the final run on monsoon timetable arriving at Thiruvananthapuram Central

After heavy rains

After one month of heavy rains, finally sunshine as a grime PONMALAI WDP-4D powers Rajdhani Express to Thiruvananthapuram Central

Rare spotting

As monsoon floods disrupted the rail traffic, rarely spotted VADODARA WAP-5 showed up at my region with Thiruvananthapuram Rajdhani Express

Dual ALCo instead of EMD

A long time wish of mine to see ALCos powering Thiruvananthapuram Rajdhani Express became a reality today