At sunrise

Old workhorse, RATLAM WAG-5HA with its shed mate rolling into Sharavati river B bridge with BCNA freight in morning light

Aggressive EMD

Flags are out, horns blaring, headlamps on, Marusagar Express with unique colored Bhagat Ki Koti WDP-4B ripping through Honnavar

First shot

VALSAD WAG-9HC, my first shot of electric traction in Suravali area which was pure a diesel traction territory when I visited 3 years back

Old style

With WAP-7 & LHB carriages getting prominence, sighting WAP-4 & ICF carriages, the old style consist, is very nostalgic !!!

Enhanced security features

ERODE WAP-7 fitted with Crew Recording System for better security and monitoring crew activities during running

Mixed color schemes

Jan Shatabdi Express with UTKRISHT color scheme carriages and one original Jan Shatabdi color scheme carriage

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

Dual ALCo power

As electrification work progress, final days of diesel traction sets in Tirunelveli - Sengottai line. Days of ALCos will soon come to an end

Festival special

Diwali festival special train with beautiful color scheme, HUMSAFAR carriages skipping Pettah station towards Thiruvananthapuram Central

KAVACH

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

Surprise spotting

Surprising to spot an old freight loco with 30 years of service, ERODE DLS WAG-5HA, powering a passenger train

Dilapidated Ad

Once beautiful looking ad got dilapidated over time giving ERODE WAP-7 a bad look and I missed to click it during its good days

WAP-7 with ad

After a long hunt, got lucky to spot TUGLAKABAD WAP-7 with SAKARNI wall putty ad, a relief from monotonous White !!!

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

Unusual pair

Unusual pairing of diesel & electric traction, WDM-3A (diesel) and WAG-7 (electric) moving towards Kazhakootam