Old livery

Carriages still in old livery of North Frontier Railways powered by WAG-9 skipping Nemilichery

Dual WAG-HB

Dual UNIQUE liveried JHANSI WAG-HB powering loaded coal freight passing through Nemilichery towards Tiruvallur on a late afternoon

Long haul by oldie

26 years of service, ARAKKONAM WAP-1 doing a long haul of 2681 kms from Madurai Jn till H.Nizamuddin with Tamilnadu Sampark Kranti Express

Meeting the legend

One of the oldest superfast train of IR, COROMANDEL Express on its long journey to HOWRAH with an old ERODE WAP-4

Quiet Sunday morning

Being Sunday, it was all calm and quiet at Kathivakkam station and Santragachi AC Express rips through with ARAKKONAM WAP-4 in lead

Red in morning light

BEZAWADA WAP-4 glowing in morning light as it rips through Kathivakkam with a light load of Jan Shatabdi Express bound for Vijayawada

Shunting ALCo

WDS-6, shunting loco in its different shades of blue livery of TONDIARPET shed, moving to ENNORE port for shunting duty inside the port

Old freight loco

31 years of service, ARAKKONAM WAG-5HA moving light towards ENNORE, now mostly into shunting duty

Soon to be history

As more 3-phase EMU being inducted into service, old WAU-4 class EMU being decommissioned as they are less energy efficient

Rajdhani Express

IR's premium class train connecting state capital, Chennai with national capital, New Delhi, the CHENNAI RAJDHANI Express ripping past me

Early morning freight

ERODE WAG-7 shines in sunrise light as it powers a mixed freight loaded with steel rolls, moving towards Ennore side

Spotting original ALCo

WDM-2, the original ALCo, is a rarity as they are upgraded to WDM-3A or decommissioned but got lucky to spot a TONDIARPET WDM-2

Meeting the legend

Late evening light falls upon the old workhorse of ERODE as it rips to its final stop, Chennai Central, with legendary COROMANDEL Express

After dust storm

Empty BCNA freight appears with ERODE WAG-7 in lead after a dust storm, which is quite common during summer season in Chennai outskirts

"Barbie doll" WAG-5

Sporting "Barbie doll" livery, ITARSI shed WAG-5A and its shed mate powering loaded petrol freight towards ENNORE side on a humid morning