After a heavy breakfast , group photographs and some light showers, the team started on its adventure. The gradient started showing its true colors in just 5 minutes. Look at the lead practiced legs have already taken over ours
And It Begins
The Gang & The Gangmen
The Gang ready to start their trek. Hey, a memento before we start. What better than a group click !!!
One Last Look
Check & Engage
Check and Engage the Pinion before starting the ascent. Look at the 12.5 gradient marker. For every 12.5 feet you walk along, you ascent a foot vertically. That is is SOME gradient. Infact I think this is Asia’s steepest gradient
Can You See That
The Gradient as unassuming as it looks, is one of the steepest in Asia. A 1 in 12.5 gradient from Mettupalayam to Coonoor on the UNESCO Heritage, Nilgiri Mountain Railway.
Into The Sun
Flaps Set, Bangalore Bound Jet Airways Flight 9W483 all clear to enter the Runway 27 for a direct takeoff into the Setting Sun over the Arabian Sea
Chennai Summer
The Indian Flag gently flutters , courtesy a gentle sea breeze on a warm summer night in Chennai. Shot from the departure area of Chennai Domestic Airport with the Tirusulam hills in the background and an almost ready Metro waiting to get operational
Ready To Roll
X Series 37391 freshly POH’ed and ready to be re-commissioned, waiting for someone to lay her down on the tracks
Careful WAPPIE
Says the doggy as it waits for the P7 to complete its shunting activities. It needs to cross the tracks to visit the museum
The P7 Badminton Saga
Now with the X Series out of the way, P7 starts it shunting activities to get the Coimbatore bound passenger onto the platform. The entire train cannot be shunted in one go as the yard is not big enough to handle such a large rake. So the P7 will get one half out of the yard, reverse and couple the rest of the rake and get the whole rake into the platform. It was interesting to watch the shunting LP’s getting trained on a P7
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