Western Railway :- Dil Bole Baar Baar WR. WR - Abdul Rehman

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few clicks of Tippu in LHF
#pic 1:-in IDLE on pf 8 with 10min to departure
#pic 2:-prechecks on loco by LP(where he checked sanding,fuel level,nd link between loco nd rakes...totally vigorous checks were performed by both LP and ALP)
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#pic 3:-side view of this beast
#pic 4:-top view of pit lines from west end
#pic 5:-anothoer view moving out of SBC
#pic 6:-there's underpass past this,where i observed is,not only here few underpass towards BYPL also doesnt have proper covering from toilet,washbasin water,making two wheelers wait untill d train pass nd traffic jam
#pic 7:-one of the many curves out of SBC,sad to see no side railing protection as tracks laid through populated area,LP kept honking past few min
#pic 8:-2 TV'S per coach,great initiative by SWR,but sound was quite less adding to the outside noise
#pic 10:-far away from home kalyan wdg3a's here
#pic 11:-pax who got down at mandya moving out...
overall a good train,a speedstar to say,recorded a video of aggressive run 100kmph for almost 5min post kengeri......

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$# Series of pics from my recent travel to MAJN via ASK(02/10/2015) #$
Planned a maiden(in SWR,SR) one day RF trip to MAJN even though my intention is to see scenic descent of shiradi ghat:);).I started from kjm by taking 22682 till SBC and from there 12079 to YPR(since i dnt have direct train to YPR from KJM,and not wanting to go by road:)it was around 6.15am by the time i reached YPR and knowing that 16515 rake was shunted on pf 6 and moved towards ticket counter to take...
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ticket to the onward journey.There a was long queue in west side counter thinking it would make me to stand for bit longtime but,the clerks were generous and fast enough and took 10min and walked towards loco and took pics couple of morning departure trains.standing on pf4 next to my train was #20056 kjm wdp4 11022 TEN-DR CHALUKYA EXP.on pf 2 with #22011 AJJ WAP1 YPR-HATIA SF.inside pic of UR coach was taken during the departure was empty till TK and decent crowd got in from there,journey was comfortable and many got down at subramanya road and was empty thereafter.as since timetable was revised,train departured bang on time at 7.00am.and later notching up out of YPR.there were many vendors selling tea,coffee right from ypr and after its departure.but the vendor selling this Thatte Idli shown up after nidvanda.it was tasty quiet hot too,but the chutney was too enough for me for those palm sized idli :P:P......had a good run in early morning showers till TK with greetings from couple of YPR bound trains nd MPS skip of golhalli nd nidvanda stations(will post the videos of those in couple f days...)post ASK i sticked to doorplating enjoyng country side views than clicking pics nd stuff.