North India Trip Nov 2005

Images from a trip to Jammu, Delhi, Agra and Ambala Cantt

Date: 2005-12-12
Owner: Gallery Administrator
Size: 28 items
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Cornflakes and milk on board the Shatabdi - a healthy way to start the day!

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Thanks to the unscheduled halts, we reached Agra Cantt - a whopping one hour fifteen minutes late!

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ZE #53, plinthed outside Agra Cantt station

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WAP-5 #30010 brings in the Prayagraj Express from Allahabad, New Delhi. Surprisingly, this loco had a marked MPS of 110kmph!

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GZB WAP-7 #30207 gets ready to leave New Delhi with the 2029 Amritsar Swarna Shatabdi. Note anything strange in this picture?

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Here it is. An ICF Generator Car attached to the IR-20 rake of the ASR Swarna Shatabdi.

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GZB WAP-7 #30229 gets ready to haul the 2011 Shatabdi to Kalka. Note that this loco is fitted with LED marker lamps similar to a WAP-4 rather than the original WAP-5/7 markers. Strangely, this loco too had a marked MPS of 110kmph! Maybe it had just finish

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On board the Kalka Shatabdi led by the big white! The beast certainly lived up to its name.

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GZB's Beauty Queen, WAP-1 #22021 - Babasaheb brings in the ASR Intercity. Note the array of lights that this loco sports! This loco has also beem fitted with roof-mounted DBRs. Ambala Cantt.

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GZB WAP-7 #30223 hauls in the Bhiwani/Nizamuddin-Kalka Ekta/Himalayan Queen Express consist. Ambala Cantt.

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Early bird! WAP-5 #30009 arrives 15 minutes before time with the 2058 CDG-NDLS JanShatabdi. Ambala Cantt.

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The interiors of the 2002 built AC Chair Car coach of the Chandigarh JanShatabdi

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Erode WAP-4 #22550 hauls in the Kerala Express. Note the birds caught mid-flight on camera!