What a colorful start to a mavellous trip! WAG5 #23286 of Tughlakabad in a colorful attire pulls into Panvel with an equally colorful container rake...

WDG3A #14754 of Kalyan pulls into Panvel with a "pretty on-time" KR4 Passenger from Ratnagiri...

WAG7 #27465 f Tughlakabad waits to start a BLCA/B rake from Panvel towards JNPT

WDM3D #11149 of Erode pulls into Panvel with my train - 6345 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus - Trivandrum Netravati Express...

WDM3A #18700 of Ernakulam pulls into Panvel with the Nizamuddin bound Mangala Express...

Two best selling models of DLW meet each other...

WDG3A #13040 of Pune waits patiently at Apta with a BCNA rake...

WDG3A #14595 of Kalyan gets overtaken by my train at Pen...

WDM3D #11184 of Erode pulls into Kasu with the LTT bound Netravati Express in tow..

WDG3A #13052 of Pune working a south bound NMG rake gets overtaken by my train at Kasu...

Twin Pune WDM2s #17919 & #16750 wait patient at ROHA with a BCNA rake...

Welcome to KR...

Sad! WDP3A #15524 of Golden Rock working the Nizamuddin bound "Trivandrum" Rajdhani express is made to run through the Loop line at Karanjadi to cross us!

WDM2 #16857 of Ernakulam pulls into Karanjadi with the Diva Passenger

WDP4 #20033 of Krishnarajapuram waits at Anjani with the Mumbai bound Mandovi Express in tow...

WDM3A #18740 of Vatva waits patiently at Chiplun with the Nagercoil-Gandhidham Express in tow...

WDG4 #12042 leads a duo working a BCNA rake at Bhoke...

WDM2 #16874 of Ernakulam rushes past Kannapuram with the Mangalore bound Maveli Express in tow...

WDM2 #16881 of Golden Rock crawls across the Valapattanam River with the Mangalore bound Malabar Express in tow...

Another view of WDM2 #16881 of Golden Rock working the Malabar Express...

WDM2 #16859 of Ernakulam waits patiently at Kannur with the Kannur-Mangalore Passenger in tow...

WDM2 #18597 of Tondiarpet waits at Kannur South with an LPG rake in tow...

WDM3D #11186 of Erode rushes past my train with the Trivandrum-Mangalore Express in tow...

What a day break!

WDM2 #17474 of Ernakulam rushes past my train with the Kozhikode-Kannur Passenger in tow.

WDM3D #11106 of Erode rushes past my train near Payyoli with the Mangalore mail in tow...

WDM3A #18824 of Krishanarajapuram rushes past my train somewhere near Quilandy

WDM2 #18483 of Ernakulam rushes past my train with the Ernakulam-Kannur Intercity somewhere near Tanur...

WDM3D #11105 pulls into Tanur with an LPG tanker rake in tow...

WAP4 #22550 of Erode readies to shunt the empty rake of the Ernakulam-Shoranur Passenger to the adjacent line...

My train starts after an "unscheduled" halt to pick up caution orders at Vallathol nagar...

The WDM3D never dissapoints a railfan... the exhaust notes are always a pleasure to hear...

The return journey begins... WDM2 #16879 of Golden Rock prepares to move towards Ernakulam after bringing in the "Thrissur" Passenger from Coimbatore...

Lush countryside somewhere near Bhatkal...

My train moving out of Bhatkal...

WDG3A #14671 of Erode leads a duo working a BCNA rake, crosses my train at Kumta...

Coaching details on my coach...

The coach that I traveled on NWR 05117 based at Jaipur

My train moving on to the main line at Karwar...

WDG3A #14902 and #14797 of Erode prepares to start a BCNA rake from Madgaon...

WDM3A #18707 of Ratlam working my train - 2977 Ernakulam-Jaipur Marusagar Express - gets attended to by technicians at Madgaon. The loco had hit something near Gokarna, and pilots had to do some remedial measure there itself...

WDM2 #18419 coupled to #16565 leads a BCNA rake into Madgaon station...

Where is my train? Asks the lone 3A coach standing at Verna Yard...

WDP4 #20043 rushes past my train at Verna with the Madgaon bound Konkan Kanya Express in tow...

WDG3A #13369 of Kalyan stands alone at Verna...

Another view of WDG3A #13369 of Kalyan... look at the puny RMV at a distance...

Loco mela at Verna! This station has never disappointed me! Seen in the image are WDM2 #18420 & #18450 of Golden Rock, and WDG3A #13360 of Kalyan

Loco Mela at Verna: Seen in the image are WDM2 #18420 & #18450 of Golden Rock, and WDG3A #13360 of Kalyan with their loads...