Karukutty

Date: 2004-12-24
Owner: Gallery Administrator
Size: 22 items
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Trivandrum bound Venad Express flies behind Erode WAP 4 22536. Karukutty (between Trichur and Ernakulam), 2004-12-08. By Jimmy Jose.

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Alleppey-Chennai Express behind a dirt Erode WAP 4 22261. Karukutty (between Trichur and Ernakulam), 2004-12-08. By Jimmy Jose.

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Twin Erode WDG-2 #14664 running light. Karukutty (between Trichur and Ernakulam), 2004-12-08. By Jimmy Jose.

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Big surprise!!!! 23 coach Kerala Express behind Arakkonam WAM 4 20610. Maybe this is the first time in several years the train gets a WAM 4. Karukutty (between Trichur and Ernakulam), 2004-12-08. By Jimmy Jose.

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Long distance trains now fly through Karukutty. Once this was an important goods yard with many tracks. Also, this station used to be Cochin Maharaja's resting station on his Shoranaur-Ernakulam Meter gauge track. Now, only two passengers stop here. Ka

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Past glory - Karukutty was a very important station of yesteryears. Kings and high ranking british officers used the station to take during the travel from Shoranaur to Cochin. An exotic hand carved ticket window stays as a reminder to it's glorious pas

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Present sorrow - Karukutty station has reached so much degradation that it no longer has a cabin. This one was abandoned in 1984. Behind it is the temple used by kings during thier brief \"rest\" stops at the station. Karukutty, 2004-12-08. By

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Thank god these guys made it inside the train. Now, off to a days work with a Ta-Ta. Karukutty, 2005-01-22. By Jimmy Jose.

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Ernakulam WDM 7 hauled passenger train passes through Karukutty, without stopping. Karukutty, 2005-01-22. By Jimmy Jose.

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Bangalore City - Kanniyakumari Express literally tears up tracks at the MPS of 105 kmph behind Erode WAP 4 22259. Karukutty, 2005-01-22. By Jimmy Jose.

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Arakkonam WAG 5 climbs down gradient to enter the station with a freight train. Karukutty, 2005-01-22. By Jimmy Jose.

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An old platform balance, built by M/S Pooley and Son, Liverpool. Karukutty, 2005-01-22. By Jimmy Jose.

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A close up of the scale. There is graduations in a measure called \"Seers\", which has been striken off. Karukutty, 2005-01-22. By Jimmy Jose.

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Antique carved bench at Karukutty station, with \"SIR\" inscribed on it. Look at the shape of it's iron work. Karukutty, 2005-01-22. By Jimmy Jose.

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This board, written both in English and Malayalam was made by \"Bengal Enamel Works\" Calcutta. Remains from the SIR era. Karukutty, 2005-01-22. By Jimmy Jose.