Narrow Gauge of the Satpuras

Pictures from Satpura Narrow Gauge network (Jabalpur, Nainpur, Mandla Fort, Balaghat, Nagpur). Satish Gune spent 3 days documenting this wonderful section in first week of February. With 24 trains/day Nainpur is probably one of the busiest narrow gauge junctions on this planet. The sad part is this great NG show will end in few years. After gauge conversion Nainpur will probably have same fate as Kurduwadi.

Dedicated to hard working men/women of Indian Railways.

Date: 2012-02-23
Owner: Gallery Administrator
Size: 35 items
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Tanker on a flatbed wagon at Kukrapara station. This tanker provides water at the station. (See next picture for irreversible damage this has caused) (Satish Gune)

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The builder's plate on tanker in previous picture (Bengal Nagpur Builders, Nagpur 1901) (Satish Gune)

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Track inspector's trolley at Umaranala station. (Satish Gune)

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Limarua - One of many beautiful stations on this network. Will it its charm after gauge conversion? (Satish Gune)

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One of many level crossings on Nainpur-Mandla Fort section. Train stops at level crossing, Panditji (that is how he is known!) gets down and closes the gates. Train rolls past the crossing and waits for him to open the gates and board the train. Journey c

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Steam loco shed Nainpur converted to Diesel loco shed. But no work is undertaken here except minor repairs. Almost defunct. (Satish Gune)

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On a rather warm afternoon ZDM/4A #233 shines in fresh coat of paint, ZDM/4A #235 in the background must be nearing its POH. Nainpur junction. (Satish Gune)

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Dual semaphores welcome our train Jabalpur-Nainpur-Nagpur passenger to Kukrapara station. What could be the purpose of 2 semaphores? (Satish Gune)

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Time to get some well deserved rest. ZDM/4A 209 at Howbagh Jabalpur last station before Jabalpur. All narrow gauge trains originate from here. The empty/partly filled rake goes to Jabalpur. After loco reversal the journey begins. (Satish Gune)

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Foggy morning at Nainpur. (Satish Gune)

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Next morning was not so cold. ZDM/4A #210 enjoys first rays of morning sun. (Satish Gune)

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Smokey departure of afternoon passenger to Mandla Fort. During this entire trip I took maximum pictures of ZDM/4A 235. (Satish Gune)

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First class railfan'ing! Satpura Express first class coach. All of us are rail fans. The three gentlemen in the background are rail fans from Pune. In the foreground "Master Planner" Kaushik Dharwadkar enjoys few quite moments. (Satish Gune)

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Semaphore with background on Nainpur-Balaghat line. Wonder why the background is needed since it is all blue sky behind it. (Satish Gune)

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Balaghat-Nainpur-Jabalpur passenger behind ZDM/3A 189 (I think). (Satish Gune)

Comments
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Nice Album!!!
Posted by Bhushan Kale on 2012 Mar 02 15:34:32 +0000
Lovely album. Loved each image. Superb effort!
Posted by Pawan Koppa on 2012 Mar 02 10:33:22 +0000
Very nicely covered album and some really great shots! It's raining NG and I'm not complaining :)
Posted by Trayambak Ojha on 2012 Mar 02 04:51:09 +0000