The Heavy Weights of Kutch

After experiencing the misty deciduous forests of Dang, coastal towns of Saurashtra, the wilderness of Gir, we head out to the dry, dusty, sparsely populated and climatically the least appealing region of Gujarat, Kutch. With the two major ports at Kandla and Mundra being the near-most to the Gulf and Europe by Sea route, the region sees incredibly high number of freight movement. Alco, EMD, Python, and double stack containers, you can see them, round-the-clock!

Date: 2013-12-13
Owner: Harish Kumar
Size: 66 items
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Amidst the green Kutch landscape, yet another EMD-led freighter head towards Gandhidham (Benher)

Date: 2013-10-03
Owner: Harish Kumar
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At the same time, east of Bhachau sees another freight action with Sabarmati WDG-4 #12244 hauling a long python rake (Raghu Jayaraman)

Date: 2013-10-03
Owner: Harish Kumar
Views: 555
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The eight wheeler caboose is spacious, good enough for a friendly conversation. (Benher)

Date: 2013-10-03
Owner: Harish Kumar
Views: 530
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About 20 mins later, Naveen and I spot the same container rake hauled by WDG-4 #12244 at Chirai (Harish Kumar)

Date: 2013-10-03
Owner: Harish Kumar
Views: 520
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The second half of the Python rake was powered by Sabarmati WDG-4 #12363 (Naveen)

Date: 2013-10-03
Owner: Harish Kumar
Views: 555
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After the scheduled halt at Bhachau, Bhuj - Bareilly Ala Hazrat express head-out on its long journey ahead. (Raghu Jayaraman)

Date: 2013-10-03
Owner: Harish Kumar
Views: 546
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The tri-weekly Bhuj-Bareilly Ala Hazrat Express (14312) continues its long-journey (Benher)

Date: 2013-10-03
Owner: Harish Kumar
Views: 548
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A Shakthi-led colorful container rake proceeds towards Gandhidham side. (Raghu Jayaraman)

Date: 2013-10-03
Owner: Harish Kumar
Views: 532
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(Naveen)

Date: 2013-10-03
Owner: Harish Kumar
Views: 565
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..and another colorful container rake goes in the opposite direction, within few minutes. (Raghu Jayaraman)

Date: 2013-10-03
Owner: Harish Kumar
Views: 513
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Being Navarathri, a period when you would see the whole of Gujarat heading towards Mata no Madh. The whole route is filled with Camps for the Padyathris and yathris with whatever mode of transport they could afford - Bicycles, Motocycles, Auto-rickshaw, C

Date: 2013-10-03
Owner: Harish Kumar
Views: 513
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(Benher)

Date: 2013-10-03
Owner: Harish Kumar
Views: 545
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By the side of Salt field, WDG-3A #14728 takes a loaded freight train towards Samakhiali. (Harish Kumar)

Date: 2013-10-03
Owner: Harish Kumar
Views: 506
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A loaded BCN rake hauled by Vatva WDG-3A #14728 slowly roles past the home signal of Bhimsar (Raghu Jayaraman)

Date: 2013-10-03
Owner: Harish Kumar
Views: 520
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After series of Python rakes, we were finally blessed with a double stacker as well. Location: Bhimsar (Harish Kumar)

Date: 2013-10-03
Owner: Harish Kumar
Views: 501
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