Silchar is a terminus, the branch to Manipur begins at Arunachal, a few km away

Badarpur Jn fills up when the Hill Section is closed

Lumding's MG side looks deceptively busier than the BG side

The BG section of Lumding Jn

The Transshipment Yard at Lumding is in a depression, Bharat Vohra looks on

Lumding South where the Hill Section begins is a few km outside the station

The Delhi bound Brahmaputra Mail overtakes the Barak Valley Express at Lumding South

The impenetrable tropical forest of the Hill Section

Wild Bamboo grows so close to the line that in places the line passes through long green tunnels

In the Hill Section the jungle is within touching distance of the train

Elegant Bridges that just disappear into the trees

A self conscious Metre Gauge Cutting in the Hill Section

Unobtrusive tunnels when the going gets tough

There is nothing delicate about Big Brother BG, as gauge conversion crashes through the pristine Hill Section

Jungle Station Dijaobra - imagine waiting for a train here at night!