A country with one of
the most impressive railwaysystems in the world is India. Some pictures made
during holidaytrips may give an impression of travelling on Indian iron roads.
Look for detailed information f.e. on the site of the
Indian Railways
Fan Club
Let's
start with the most famous railtrip in Goa: the mountain-railway Castle Rock-Kulem.
One of the tunnels, April 2004...
...another
tunnel on the same trip...
...and
the tourist attraction of Dudhsagar Falls (with railway bridge) in the dry season.
WDM2A
17581 on the bridge over river Zuari with a train from Mumbai, 19/3/2001
WDM2A
17863 with train 0111 from Mumbai, Karmali (Old Goa), 3/4/2004
WDS6R
36252 pulls three boxcars to the north, Karmali, 21/3/2001
WDM3A
16084 with a train from Mumbai, leaving Thivim, 21/3/2001
WDG2
14689+14655 with freight to Thinaighat, Londa Junction, 17/3/2001
WDM2A
17961 with a train Bangalore-Aynir, Londa Junction, 17/3/2001
...and
bankers WDM3A 14040+ 14023.
WDM2
17215 with Goa Express 2779, Kulem, 7/4/2004...
A
freight with WDG3A 14617+ 14627+14711, Kulem, 7/4/2004
WDM2B
17695 with Goa Express, Vasco-da-Gama, 19/3/2001
The
trip from Vasco to Madgaon is on broad gauge (1676mm) since 1997, but in Dabolim
a metre gauge track was still there on 19/3/2001
In
the harbour of Vasco-da-Gama the former metre-gaugestation could be photographed
on 19/3/2001
The
former metre-gaugestation in Madgaon has found new users on 14/3/2001...
...the
same station on 23/1/2008, with less shelter...
...opposite
of the old station WDP4 20037 leaves with train 0112 to Mumbai. On the right
the testtrack for the skybus. 19/1/2008
The
skybus is doing nothing, not only because there is no connection with the testtrack
yet. Madgaon, 19/1/2008
One
of the fast trains from the capital: train 2432 pulled by WDP2 15532. Madgaon,
7/4/2004
WDP2
15517 passing Majorda
with train 2432, 21/1/2008
About
1,5 hours late: train 0111 from Mumbai headed by WDP4 20036. Verna 24/1/2008...
..the
same train with WDP4 20037, three hours late this time, on 26/1/2008 near Saravali.
Empty
stock of tourist-train Deccan Odessy from Verna to Madgaon, pulled by a WDM3A.
Suravali, 26/1/2008
WDG3A
14614+13229 changing tracks with a freight from Vasco. Majorda 21/1/2008...
...WDM2
17608+17632 with the same train near Suravali on 26/1/2008/ Pollution, but a
wonderful sound.
WDG4
12134+12136 running slowly in Suravali, 29/1/2008
WDM2
16866 with passenger KR1 (Verna-Mangalore) near Utorda, 24/1/2008. On the left
the Vasco-line.
WDM3D
11178 from Dadar, Suravali, 29/1/2008
In
Verna a lot of boxcars with a.o.
cement are being unloaded. Heavy and dusty!
24/1/2008
Small
talk: WP 7193, Muzaffarpur 20/10/1990
WP
7225 in her heydays with a passengertrain, Muzaffarpur
20/10/1990
X
37395 pushes her train into a tunnel near Lovedale, 5/10/1990
YG
4255 is getting attention in the shed, Jaynagar, 19/10/1990
YP
2005 with train from Samastipur (arr 10.08), Jaynagar, 19/10/1990
YG
3418 with train dep. 15.15 to Bandikui, Agra Fort station...
...and
with the Fort itself as a background, Agra 22/10/1990
WG
8598 with 11.00 to Bhatinda, Delhi 26/10/1990
WCG-1 20053,
first 10 of this type made in Switzerland, shunts in Bombay Victoria, 1/10/1990
WDM2
17188+16137, Delhi, 26/10/1990
YP
2668 is pulling train 4720 in Delhi, 26/10/1990
WCM-2
20184 after her duty, Bombay VT, 2/10/1990
Video
of Goa Express from Vasco-da-Gama in Utorda, 24/1/2008
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