Badarpur: Metre Gauge Mecca - Part 1 (February 25, 2013) : When I alighted from the Barak Valley Exp. on a pleasant late afternoon, I felt as I was transported straight back to SR of the 80s. Badarpur was a pure MG junction with no trace of BG whatsoever. Part 1 presents highlights of evening and night action. Be sure to enjoy the following:
- Freight train with honking 0:30
- Freight shunting 2:10
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Departure of Barak Valley Exp 3:02
- Caboose rolling on its own momentum and getting hooked to a wagon 3:49
- Double-headed freight with generous honking 4:42
- Loco being attached to Cachar Exp 6:15
- Full coverage of Cachar rake 7:25
- Departure of Cachar Exp 11:15
- Departure of Agartala-Lumding Exp 14:16
- Night-time freight action 17:24

Pic 1 Tunnel
Entering tunnel is always a special treat for Railfans. Here MG Express entering one of the tunnel en route Lower Haflong
Pic 2 Technology and Nature
People using high technology has built so many such bridges in many places to improve their path.
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3 Through the rock
Hill Queen Express moving at a speed through the hill of South Assam.
Pic 4 MG Vs.BG
Old Meter Gauge viaduct and under constructing Broad Gauge viaduct...
By Aswin Kumar V

NFR MG PART-1
The MOST BEAUTIFUL & RISKY Rail Route of INDIAN RAILWAYS : North East click here
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This is one of the most adventurous, scenic , most beautiful and the most riskiest Meter Gauge Rail Road of the Indian Railways - North East Frontier Zone located in the Indian State of Assam.
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This was one of the terrains which I wanted to explore since ages and luck finally struck me when it was high time for the section to undergo Broad Gauge Conversion . Never the late I made it .
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The video will justify why this section is known as the most beautiful stretch, how ever what is so risky about this Section ?
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There are two kinds of risk that one can encounter in this section.
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The first one being frequent Land slides which can leave your train stranded in the midst of the dense forests for several hours or even days until restoration. The terrain receives the highest rain fall round the year. The road connectivity is very poor and is not easily accessible from the Rail route.
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The second one being a major risk with the presence of local insurgent - terrorist groups living deep inside the forests who often tend to harm the travelers and Railway authorities .
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There have been several instances from the recent past that these activist groups have opened fire at a approaching train, brutally killing people on board the train for valuables and money, kidnapping the Security Personnel's , bomb blasts on moving trains, blowing off Railway tracks , vandalizing railway property and many more such devastating incidents . This is one of the main reasons why the tourists fear to explore this dangerous section .
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With extreme risk surrounding this corridor, I still dared to take a chance to explore this section . The most daring and the thrilling part of this trip was Foot plating all alone on the YDM-4 Locomotive in the dense forests and ghats sections. I bet this journey was the most memorable & thrilling one I've ever had in my life so far.
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The video is shot on board the Lumdning - Silchar - Lumding Barak Valley Express. The video covers the scenic spots from River Dyang , Haflong hill, Jatinga ,Harangajao & Barak River. Hope you enjoy the North East.