General IR Scenes Archive - 3

Images curated from 2008-2011

Date: 2008-02-20
Owner: Gallery Administrator
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Sitting in front coaches sometimes means you are deprived of the typical station tea and samosas but then you have the luxary of dropping your relatives infront of the coach (see barely visible Maruti 800). I was more surprised though that why the driver

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What are these boxes kept over from 5 to 14 and also on 3 and 4? (Samar)

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Phaphamau west cabin has 49 levers. (Samar)

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Layout west of Phaphamau. The line curving to the left goes to UCR-RBL-LKO/CNB, the middle line goes to PBH-RBL/SLN-FD, and the line curving towards right goes to JNH-ZBD/BSB. Phaphamau bypass (embankment) line can be also seen at a distance joining the l

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The tiny rake of 1PRL now fully visible on the massive Ganga bridge between Prayag and Phaphamau. (Samar)

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Lone man walking! On a frigid December morning, a lonely commuter makes an arresting silhoutte while walking across the Auranga river bridge outside Valsad. [Note - this is better sized and cropped replacement version of an older, similar picture] (Bharat

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The Historic Moment arrives. WCAM-3 # 21937 which was AC Unfit once , hauls the first train to enter the newly electrified AC Line between Pune and Lonavala. This was 1 and a half hours post ACfication. Location is the neutral section at Km 131 between Pu

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Board indicating the end of DC section and start of AC section on the down main line. (Ashwin Rao)

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Sign of Panta down and DS open for transition form DC to AC section. Note the rod out there , it is a discharging rod used for two purposes to earth the waste or rather surge currents before charging the section to 25kv AC and to check the continuity of t

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Due a block of almost 4 to 5 hours with no traffic on Pune LNL section the Gangmen's were free to carry out their work for long time. (Ashwin Rao)

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LGD WAP-7 30260 and GZB WAP-7 30231 hauling Secunderabad and AK Rajdhani respectivaly awaits after completing their respective jouneys at azrat Nizamuddin. (Vishal Khare)

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Luggage van of Awadh express is carrying human beings, strange. Lucknow City station. (Samar)

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1019 Mumbai Bhubaneshwar Konark Express underpasses the NH-202 flyover after Ghatkesar towards Kazipet with twin diesels in lead.Leading one being WDM-3A 16017 (Vishal Khare)

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2706 Secunderabad Guntur Intercity Express descends the gradient after Ghatkesar towards Kazipet with LGD WAP-4 22748 in lead. (Vishal Khare)

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Grades again! LGD WAG-7 27359 hauls a packed to the rafters and horribly late PNBE-SC express towards Maula Ali and Secunderabad. (Bharath Moro)