Magic of the Indian Railways !

VIKAS, THIS IS A GR8 PIC. REMINDS ME OF THE DAYS WHEN I USED TO TRAVEL BY TRAINS HAULED BY WPs.

Unfortunately the rear EOG car was a Rajdhani liveried one! Only on the ER, SR & CR will you find matching Rajdhani (ER only since SR & CR downt own any) & Shatabdi rakes!

This was a double headed load in fact! Both locos were live and mu'ed together! MG freights out of Delhi are single hauled when the load is upto 25 8-wheeler box cars + 1 gaurd van (total 26) and for anything longer one would see a double headed working! This was however only the 2nd one spotted by me on this section till date!

This was part of a special steam up for the 2nd National Steam Locomotive Conference - New Delhi 14th Feb & Rewari 15th Feb 2004. The conference happened in New Delhi while the steam up was done in Rewari. 3 WP's, 1 WL, 1 YG and 1 BG Steam Crane were in steam!!

Yes, this is the standard ABR shed livery - carried over from the MG YDM4 days! Unfortunately, on this day, it did not have a matching power in its double header consist!

wish i was carrying my filters - the exposure of the loco
is too much . i did not have enough time to make adjustments as the loco was moving fast

Looks great to watch steam in action once again. The magestic WPs...

Picture quality is to-class.. Great Photo

Excellent Photo vikas. The early morning sun, the loco and the figure shrouded in a shawl, all combine to make an excellent snap. Wonderfull!!