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
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(Raghu Jayaraman)

Date: 2013-10-04
Owner: Harish Kumar
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It is time to greet this marathon runner, Gandhidham - Nagercoil Express powered by WDM-3A #14046R curving in to take on the Hadakiya Creek bridge across LRK. The train was already late by about 25 mins. (Naveen)

Date: 2013-10-04
Owner: Harish Kumar
Views: 488
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And away she goes across the creek. Also note that the bridge across Hadakiya Creek have a PSR of 45 kmph (Naveen)

Date: 2013-10-03
Owner: Harish Kumar
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and the train to Nagarcoil cruises over the LRK obeying the 45 kmph PSR (Benher)

Date: 2013-10-04
Owner: Harish Kumar
Views: 526
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The sun was high and showered yellow hue all over the place, as the Nagercoil bound express from Gandhidham, notches up. (Harish Kumar)

Date: 2013-10-04
Owner: Harish Kumar
Views: 524
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About 30 minutes later, we watched a flat bed rake hauled by yet another Alco across the bridge. (Harish Kumar)

Date: 2013-10-04
Owner: Harish Kumar
Views: 536
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Sometimes, even a mighty train may look puny! (Naveen)

Date: 2013-10-03
Owner: Harish Kumar
Views: 552
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Two freighters on their way. As we sip on a well deserved cup of tea, a TKD based diesel takes a BCNA rake towards Samakhiali. (Naveen)

Date: 2013-10-03
Owner: Harish Kumar
Views: 587
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Yet another Python rake, spotted somewhere between Hadakhiya Creek and Samakhiali (Harish Kumar)

Date: 2013-10-04
Owner: Harish Kumar
Views: 515
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After the morning session at Hadakiya Creek, we also wanted to cover the other bridge that connects Great Rann with LRK, near Adesar on the Samakhiali - Palanpur section. As we take the flyover towards Radhanpur, we did not miss to take a shot of Samakhia

Date: 2013-10-04
Owner: Harish Kumar
Views: 538
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As we took the road towards Radhanpur from Samakhiali, we overtook a coal laden BOXN rake powered by a WDG-4. (Raghu Jayaraman)

Date: 2013-10-04
Owner: Harish Kumar
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With the road free from traffic, it was not too difficult to get ourselves ready to greet the train at this beautiful curve just ahead of Lakadiya. (Harish Kumar)

Date: 2013-10-04
Owner: Harish Kumar
Views: 506
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The railway line on the Samakhiali - Radhanpur section. Up ahead is Nanda Bet and the Rann of Kutch (Harish Kumar)

Date: 2013-10-04
Owner: Harish Kumar
Views: 525
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We rode straight past Adesar where the little Rann of Kutch meets the Greater Rann. Only upon arriving here, we discovered that there is no bridge similar to that of Hadakiya Creek that connects the two Rann. The water bodies are connected through nullah

Date: 2013-12-14
Owner: Harish Kumar
Views: 530
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Right in the middle of the road bridge across the creek is the border of Kutch and Patan region / district of Gujarat. Here is the full view of the WDG-4 houled BOXN rake across Rann of Kutch. (Harish Kumar)

Date: 2013-10-04
Owner: Harish Kumar
Views: 556
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