The gangmen dragging the rail to be laid under the loco.

This shows the extension of the temporary track right under the loco as it hangs in mid-air. The earth-moving equipment is seen waiting on one side to be brought into action when the retrieval of the second loco (the lead loco) will have to be done. I s

This photograph shows the temporary track constructed under the hanging (or dangling loco) now almost complete. The PWI and other people are busy fixing the track properly to the wooden sleepers. There was one man carrying the gauge for ensuring that th

Once the temporary track was completed to reach the four axles of this loco, the loco was lowered slowly on to the freshly laid track. The skill and expertise of the crane operator is paramount here, who has to give the right amount of swing to align the

This shows the loco being lowered further with anxious railway men closely monitoring the operations and giving feed back to the crane operator. The crane operator sits inside the driving cab of the crane. There was a crane supervisor holding a walkie-t

The loco is now properly aligned and almost fully lowered on to the tracks. You can see the last axle and its two wheels just before it came to rest on to the tracks. You can also see the rails fastened together with the help of a fish-plate with only on

After the four axles of the loco were lowered on to the newly laid set of tracks, the crane was pushed further by the WDM-2 until the crane was able to couple to the WDG-2. Now, the brute force of the WDM-2 was used to forcibly drag the crippled WDG-2 on

This photograph shows the commencement of the recovery operations for the lead loco No. 14788. It is sunset time and the rest of the recovery operations were carried out under floodlights.

This photograph shows the lead loco hoisted up at an angle of forty-five degrees. The earthmover was already in action to fill up the trench or ditch and level the ground under this loco. It was dusk at this moment and, in a few more minutes, the floodl