Monsoon Railway of the Western Ghats

A small collection of images from a revisited trip to the North Western Region of Karnataka and Goa during the mid-monsoon season. This album covers the principal areas of Hubli-Dharwad of SWR, Karwar, Kumta, Madgaon, and Courtalim of KR. All in all a trip of pure bliss experiencing the 'Monsoon Railway'

Date: 2013-09-05
Owner: Gallery Administrator
Size: 72 items
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Gooty WDG-4 twins haul a loaded Ore BOXN rake towards Dharwad.

(Syed Zohaibullah)

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Pune WDG-3A rushes towards Navalur with a terribly late running Miraj-Hubli passenger near Dharwad. (Syed Zohaibullah)

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Miraj - Hubli passenger approaches the Home signal at Navalur to take the loop for its scheduled halt with Pune WDG-3A.
(Syed Zohaibullah)

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Hubli Janshatabdi snakes its way out of Hubli Junction bound to Bangalore with KJM Rebuilt. (Syed Zohaibullah)

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Pune WDG-3A screeches to slow down to enter the loop for Navalur station near Dharwad with Miraj-Hubli passenger.

(Syed Zohaibullah)

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Dadar bound Chalukya Express adds to the lovely landscape at Navalur near Dharwad. Independence day special. All three colors of our flag are visible. (Syed Zohaibullah)

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Finally captured a train here after patiently waiting under the hot sun and rain as I had only shot the landscape without the train here on many occasions. Independence day special - Chalukya Express zooms towards Dharwad at navalur amidst beautiful field

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Hazrath Nizamuddin bound Duronto exits Karwar to approach Kali river on it's blazing run through KR with ERS WDM-3A.
(Syed Zohaibullah)

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Pune WDM-2 and 3D combo haul the puny load of Hubli Link express towards Unkal station having left Hubli. (Syed Zohaibullah)

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I never get tired of shooting the Queen! Yet again Bangalore bound Rani Chennamma gets ready to depart Hubli Junction with Hubli's WDP-4B 40046 on warm night. (Syed Zohaibullah)

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Hubli Platform 1 wears a deserted look at 12.00 midnight with a lone WDM-3A baldie glaring its red 'eyes'. This station and surrounding area is a haven for many species of Owls. (Syed Zohaibullah)

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The 'Queen' of SWR, Rani Chennamma express always invokes a lot of activity when it arrives being the prime overnight train to Bangalore. Seen here is WDP-4B 40046 rolling into Platform 1 of Hubli with Rani Chenamma Express. (Syed Zohaibullah)

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Excellent sets of pics!!! Great work!!!
Posted by Bhaveen Patel on 2013 Sep 25 18:25:10 +0100
Beautiful album!!
Posted by Alex P. John on 2013 Sep 25 08:51:22 +0100
Fabulous album. Kudos to your hard work and patience in reaching so many different desolate locations to get these images. Keep it up.
Posted by Abhinav Bhattacharjee on 2013 Sep 24 17:02:56 +0100