WAP4 #22555 of Erode prepares to take out my 6526 Kanyakumari express from Bangalore City Junction... there was no place to keep my camera for a long exposure, so had to do with this high-ISO image....

WAP4 #22647 of Arakkonam coupled to another WAP4 waits on Platform 2 of Bangalore....

Good Morning! Here we move out of Palakkad Junction....

One look at Palakkad station...

As the sun rises across the paddy fields around Palakkad....

WAG7 #28025 of Erode rushes through Ottapalam with a BCNA rake in tow....

A kid poses outside his home - a railway quarters - at Mannanur....

The foggy side of the station! The Palakkad end of Mannanur station....

And finally the starter turns green for my train....

The abandoned Bharatapuzha station....

WDM2 #16668 of Ernakulam rushes past my train with the Kannur Intercity in tow...

Entering my Home territory! This is Thrissur Station...

WAG5 twins led by #23874 of Vijayawada moves out of Thrissur...

The trailing loco was WAG5 #23664 of Vijayawada....

The Shoranur Passenger starts from an unknown station with a WAM4 doing the honours

WDM2 #17375 of Erode rushes past my train with the Mumbai Weekly express..

WDM3D #11200 of Erode rushing past my train near Edapalli with the Bangalore Intercity in tow...

WAP4 #22244 of Erode pulling out of Ernakulam Town with the Venad Express in tow...

My loco! WAP4 #22555 of Erode waits for the starter at Ernakulam Town... I had a mad dash of 18 coaches to get this pic :)

WAG7 #27592 of Kazipet working a BTPN rake occupies the Main line at Ernakulam Town

Here we turn towards the Kottayam line... the line going forward is the line towards Ernakulam Junction...

This is the line coming from Ernakulam Junction, joining the Kottayam line

This is Ernakulam Coaching Yard...

WDS6 #36188 of Golden Rock roams around at the Coaching Yard...

WDM2 #17684 of Tondiarpet pulls into Kottayam with the 6382 Mumbai CST Express in tow...

The name board on an SLR of a Passenger train at Kottayam... the board lists its RSA clearly and the design is very nice

WAM4 #21319 of Arakkonam in the Barbie livery sleeps off at the siding in Kottayam with the rake of the evening Kollam Passenger....

A line up of "heritage"... the old wooden sleepers, and a working manual joint!

A pointsman at Chingavanam looks least scared about the monster approaching him....

WAP4 #22666 of Erode rushing past my train at Chingavanam with the Hyderabad bound Sabari Express....

A point to no-where?

The line via Alappuzha comes in to join the Kottayam line (on which my train is running) at Kayamkulam... notice the chainage markers... the ALLP line reads "99/3" while the KTYM line reads "113/6"...

WDM2 #16565 of Ernakulam shunts a short freight rake around Kayamkulam station....

My coach! WGACCN1 96125, based at SBC... this was B2, the eighteenth coach of the 22 coach train... notice that the coach had 72 berths instead of the usual 64.. thanks to SMB!!!

Brothers in Arms! WDM2 #16671 (Left) sleeps off with the Kollam-Madurai Passenger, while WDM2 #16657 (R) sleeps with the Trivandrum Passenger in tow... while both are from ED, the one on the left is ex-ERS...

WAP4 #22549 of Erode rushes past my train with our pairing train - 6525 Bangalore Express in tow...

WDM7 #11009 of Tondiarpet rushing past my train light at Pettah

WAP4 #22232 of Erode takes a well deserved rest at Trivandrum

While WDM3A #18558 of Erode prepares to depart with the Bikaner Express, WAP4 #22765 of Arakkonam takes a nap at the siding...

Seeing a WDM7 in action after long... WDM7 #11009 of Tondiarpet picks up speed as she shunts the empty rake of the Maveli Express from Kochuveli to Trivandrum Central...

WAP4 #22764 of Arakkonam rushes past Kochuveli Home with the Ernakulam Intercity in tow...

WAP4 #22695 of Arakkonam goes out with the Chennai Express

Kochuveli never, ever, disappoints! WDM2 #16657 of Erode notches up after entering the main line with the Kollam-Trivandrum passenger in tow.

more smoke.... WDM2 #16657 smokes up like never before!

A closer look at WDM2 #16657 of Erode working the Kollam-Trivandrum Passenger

WAP4 #22765 of Arakkonam clips past Kochuveli with the Ernakulam bound Vanchinad Express in tow...

WAP4 #22555 of Erode (the same loco which brought my train to TVC) goes out with the TVC-Kollam Passenger... taken @ Trivandrum Pettah

The iconic Thiruvananthapuram Central Railway Station...