WAP4 #22224 of Erode enters Thrissur with the Trivandrum bound Sabari Express in tow... the train on the other platform was the Shoranur bound Venad express

Wow! An Off-link, and that too a Jumbo!!! WDM2 #17847 of Itarsi pulls in the Kerala Sampark Kranti Express from Chandigarh, into Thrissur... notice the crow starting its flight...

WDM2 #16565 of Ernakulam enters Thrissur with the Mangala Express, to Nizamuddin, in tow...

The Jumbo yet again... WDM2 #17847 of Itarsi waits patiently for her starter...

WAG7 #27654 of Erode pulls into Thrissur with a BCNA rake, towards Ernakulam

WAP4 #22270 of Erode rushes towards Thrissur, with the Mangalore bound Parasuram express in tow... notice the clear starter for the BCNA rake...

A closer look at WAP4 #22270 of Erode with Parasuram Express

Call it courage or carelessness....Cleaning staff go about clearing the thrash on the tracks unmindful of a beast lurking behind....

WAP4 #22281 of Erode with the Hyderabad bound Sabari Express

Two monsters together!!! WAP4 #22557 of Erode approaches Thrissur with the Trivandrum bound Netravati Express in tow, as the "official population control machine" in Kerala - a KSRTC Super Fast bus - heads towards Kunnamkulam over the road over bridge....

WAM4 #20656 of Arakkonam enters Thrissur with the Guruvayur-Ernakulam passenger...

WAP4 #22232 of Erode pulls into Thrissur with the Shalimar-Nagercoil Gurudev Express

Finally Gurudev gets her starter, while a WAP4 rushes through with the Dehradun Expres... this is the only train to skip Thrissur....

WAP4 #22655 of Erode rushing through Thrissur with the Kochuveli-Dehradun Express...

WAP4 #22785 of Arakkonam pulls into Thrissur with the Trivandrum bound Venad Express in tow... the train had 23 coaches.

WAP4 #22696 of Erode heading to Wadakkenchery with the legendary "Jayanthi Janatha" express to Mumbai in tow...

WAP4 #22665 of Erode heads to Ernakulam with the 2677 intercity from Bangalore in tow...

WAP4 #22669 of Erode rushing through to Shoranur with the LTT bound Netravati Express in tow...

WAP1 #22008 of Arakkonam with a very late running Gorakhpur-Trivandrum Raptisagar Express

WAP4 #22774 of Arakkonam heads to Thrissur with the Alappuzha bound "TATA/Dhanbad" Express in tow

Here is the grand lady! WAP4 #22298 of Erode rushes past with the New Delhi bound Kerala Express in tow...

WAP4 #22624 of Arakkonam tugs a dead WDM3A (#16084 of Ernakulam) towards Ernakulam, along with the Shoranur-ERS Passenger...

The passenger goes on... notice the grade and the curve ahead

WDM2 #16884 of Golden Rock rushes past with the Kannur Intercity in tow...

WDG3A #14641 of Golden Rock rushing through Punkunnam with a tanker rake in tow...

WAM4 #21266 of Arakkonam heads to Punkunnam with the 2683 Ernakulam Express in tow...

WDM2 #16668 of Ernakulam running through Punkunnam station with the Ernakulam Intercity in tow...

WAM4 #20581 of Arakkonam rushes through with the Guwahati express in tow....

Idapalli Station... this station was renovated very recently...

The station building, closer....

WAP4 #22550 of Erode starts from Idapalli (a suburb of Ernakulam), hauling the Chennai-Alappuzha Express to its destination...

WDM2 #16875 of Golden Rock heads to Ernakulam with the Kannur-Alappuzha express in tow, past Idapalli...

WAP4 #22730 of Erode approaches Ernakulam Town with the 2202 Kochuveli-LTT Garib Rath Express in tow...

Ernakulam Diesel Loco Shed... seen in the image are two inmates parked on the "lawns", a visitor from the north-west, and a couple of inmates on the pitlines...

WDM3A #14051, and her "cousin" sister WDM2 #16457, both of Ernakulam, rest outside their home...

We have a visitor today! WDM3A #14011 of Bhagat ki Kothi stands still outside the Ernakulam DLS. The loco brought in the Marusagar Express from Jaipur this morning.

Impeccable rebuild!!! WAP4 #22295 of Erode now sports a top-mounted headlamp.... seen here is the loco resting at Ernakulam Junction

Erode twin, WAG7 #27644 and #27466 rest on the main line at Ernakulam Junction

WAP4 #22341 of Erode departs from Thrissur with the Mangalore bound Parasuram Express in tow...

WAP4 #22669 of Erode arrives at Thrissur with the Hyderabad bound Sabari Express in tow...

A board of errors! The very same division that operates Kochuveli, refers the same station as "Cochuveli" and "Kochuvely" in this board.

WAP4 #22728 of Erode arriving at Thrissur with the Ernakulam passenger, from Guruvayur

Heritage uncovered!!! This is the erstwhile Cochin Maharaja's rest room

A close up of the Royal Insignia

WAG5 HA #23353 of Asansol rushing through Thrissur with a BCNA rake in tow...