Banked turn

PONMALAI WDG-3A on a banked turn as it enters Thiruvananthapuram city with Kanyakumari bound passenger train, running late by an hour

39000 hunt over

First WAP-7 of 39XXX series from Diesel-Loco Modernisation Works was elusive to my cam for almost an year but finally captured it

Climbing a gradient

For the freight class ALCo it must have been nothing with the small load of passenger train to climb that small gradient

Evening light

Almost 2 hours late Sampark Kranti Express rushes to its final destination with PONMALAI WDP-4D in lead as golden hour of evening starts

New lease of life

Last year spotted this 22 years old ALCo in a bad state that I thought it would be scrapped soon but saw it with new colors in 2019

Switching tracks

Diesel locomotive works - Varanasi, built ERODE WAP-7 switching tracks to enter Kazhakutam station with Kanyakumari Express

Unexpected power

Almost 20 years old WAP-4 from an unexpected shed, VALSAD shows up with 2 hours late running Chennai Central AC Express

Bleed Blue

Quite unexpectedly an old freight loco of WAG-7 class from ERODE shed shows up with morning passenger train on a sunny morning

"Police van" livery

Unique livery of VATVA WDM-3D, similar to the Indian police van livery with beautiful colors of Humsafar carriages is a visual delight

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

Utkrisht carriages

As part of improvisation of old carriages with more facilities, old carriages gets new color scheme also and referred as UTKRISHT carriages

Contrasting colors

Colors of ERNAKULAM WDG-3A makes quite a contrast with clear blue sky and verdure as it powers Kanyakumari bound passenger train

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

Old workhorse

Was expecting a ripping through but as it was danger signal ahead, ERODE WAP-4 with Anantapuri Express slows down to complete stop

Shining ALCo

Sporting a fresh coat of paint, VATVA WDM-3D shining in the evening light as it rips through Kazhakootam with PORBANDER Express