Watering at a wayside station. Taken from Metupaliyam - Ooty Nilgiri passenger on 3 Dec 2005.

The famous hanging rock or half tunnel. This is a natural structure. Taken from Metupaliyam - Ooty Nilgiri passenger on 3 Dec 2005.

Crossing the Bhavani river. This is the first mjor bridge on the line and is just after Metupaliyam. Taken from Metupaliyam - Ooty Nilgiri passenger on 3 Dec 2005.

Getting up close and personal with the rack. Taken from Metupaliyam - Ooty Nilgiri passenger on 3 Dec 2005.

Kallar station fronm here the line climbs up on a 1 in 12.5 grade. Taken from Metupaliyam - Ooty Nilgiri passenger on 3 Dec 2005.

On the climb. Taken from Metupaliyam - Ooty Nilgiri passenger on 3 Dec 2005.

View of Metupaliyam station. The X Class loco moves in to take the meter gauge NMR Passenger. Also seen is the ERS WDM2 that took the Nilgiri express between Coiambatore and Metupaliyam. ERS locos seem to be the most photographed on IRFCA. Here is my addi

Conoor station our train from Mettupaliyam is with the steam loco. The Diesel hauled train from Ooty is approaching and will reverse into the station. A good climb from Metupaliyam which was about 300 meters above sea level. Taken from Metupaliyam - Ooty

A deep cutting in the mountain rock. Taken from Metupaliyam - Ooty Nilgiri passenger on 3 Dec 2005.

Hillgrove Station. Taken from Metupaliyam - Ooty Nilgiri passenger on 3 Dec 2005.

Loco shed conoor. In addition to the X class steam locos it also houses a couple of YDM4 diesel locos for the Ooty - Conoor run. Taken from Metupaliyam - Ooty Nilgiri passenger on 3 Dec 2005.

Diesel vs Electric. The two locos will be soon interchanged and we go to Ooty with the diesel. Taken from Metupaliyam - Ooty Nilgiri passenger on 3 Dec 2005.

Home away from home. looks like my home town but this is not the one in New Zealand. Taken from Metupaliyam - Ooty Nilgiri passenger on 3 Dec 2005.

YDM4 on the final leg of the journey. These locos are maintianed by the Golden Rock workshops at Trichirapally. They cant do the Conoor - Mettupaliyam run by themselves. So when they go to GOC they go down with a steam loco to Metupaliyam and then are loa

Blast from the past - The grand Queen Mother X class steam is watching the new princess YDM 4 "Blue Diamond" who has come to share her shed name! Now, Coonoor shed officially houses only the X class and not the YDM 4's, which are homed at Golde