The train carried the name boards of the Neelachal Express, with which it shares rakes. Hence the confusion.

How come the train is coming in the under the sun. NDLS arrival is around 2200 hours in night.

As per my friend Velarasu it says "Tiruchirappalli Junction Welcomes You."

thx a ton shanx for the splendid photographs of wap7's...a deprived wap5,6,7 fan like me beseeches u to keep them coming :-)

Hi shanx. I saw the same loco with the same train in NDLS yesterday morning . The train was coming from mumbai.

can someone tell the entire tamil inscription in case anyone has read it completely?

Amazing Shot!! Super Perspective compression. I am dying to see more.... much more!! I love the long zoom on it. PS: Be sure to keep the aperture 2 stops from wide open or it will start to fringe!

Ya its a lot more sophisticated with a digital LCD display keypads etc. I myself dont know much abt the instrument but I have a closeup pic of the equip. Anyone wanting can mail me callmecool9437090479 at yahoo dot com

It does looks like a theodolite like survey equipment. But probably a lot more sophisticated then a theodolite.

thats a theodolite...i guess!!am i correct??