Well, well, well. What's the time? Well its around 4:20 pm. What! We got to go! Well, at first you don't know where you gotta go. But then I say Carriage Works. My dad is like -_-
Come on dad, it's been almost 11 months...
At first he thought we were going down south line. But I strongly suggested it. Because I had planned so! And this was my last chance.
It was nearing 5:00 pm. The sun was at it's mighty best. And it illuminated the surroundings pretty well. Towards the Villivakkam side from the foot-over bridge, there was lots of lighting making it quite unsatisfactory for good captures. The Perambur side was well lit and gave a good view.
Here's a view from our point on the foot-over bridge...
5:00 pm showed the clock.
A train was coming...
A loud honk is heard in the distance and the light made it difficult to see. And then a red loco showed up. A loco manufactured exactly 3,288 days before I was born came loudly honking from the illumination. A loco who originated with Ghaziabad and went to AJJ and then to Royapuram and again back to AJJ :)
It was Arakkonam's old guy WAP-1 #22042 hauling the 19420 Ahmedabad-Chennai Central running bang on time. A sweet tone honking show as it proceeded towards its halt at Perambur, slowly decelerating.
Watch the video here:
ADI-MAS Express speeds past Carriage Works!
We still stayed on the foot-over bridge.
5:03 pm...
On an overall basis, the station was quite undisturbed and empty. The station had a sudden spurt of people when an EMU came in and out and then it was clear.
Talks went on for some time... chit chat...
5:08 pm...
Some of the heat started to go down and we decided to go down to the platform for the rest of the action from the evening.
Simultaneously an EMU goes towards Villivakkam...
5:13 pm...
Soon we got down to the platform and this was the view...
Pretty good right?
This was the view towards Perambur side. Perambur station is also clearly visible in the horizon...
What a quaint place although in a busy neighborhood...
5:15 pm...
A honk comes from Perambur side. The tracks start making sounds. A bright red guy comes curving past Perambur station at full speed. After PER, all trains begin to accelerate like hell and by the time they reach Villivakkam, they are like 100+ kph :)
This was the 12685 Chennai Central-Mangalore Superfast Express with ED WAP-4 in the lead. To my good fortune, I shook my cam badly and the shot went ugly. :(
I managed to take a snap of the train going towards VLK...
The fact was that this train was the guy getting LHB rakes the next day. So cool! SR making unexpected moves. A really surprising addition to the LHB community!
5:20 pm...
A random shot of the place...
And a shot of the station board which is mandatory :P
5:24 pm...
Crow gang have some talks on the overhead wires... :P
5:31 pm...
As we were facing VLK side and talking, I took out biscuits and we shared it amongst us.
I turned for a bit and saw WAM-4 coming fast with the next train on the hit list. :P
It was the 17651 Chennai Egmore-Kacheguda Express which is now Chengalpattu-Kacheguda after extension rushed past with old guy WAM-4 6PE #21320 of Arakkonam shed.
The place offered a good views from the FOB, but down here there were these annoying OHE poles spoiling the good stuff. Anyways... moving on...
And there it goes towards the next halt... sunlight illuminating the rake :)
A fresh feeling each time a train passes by... beautiful!
5:34 pm...
These are the hours of the evening that I love the most. Reasons being the sun just becomes colorful and yellow bringing out great views and opportunities for some shots. One of 'em...
Simultaneously an EMU makes its way into the station for a halt...
The sun was kind of naturally increasing the saturation of the images from my camera. LOL :P
5:40 pm...
Another view... I can't help it. I am addicting to sky shots and sunsets...
Some views of the station overlooking both sides...
And a view of the station board... this time a close up...
A wider view including the catenary...
5:44 pm...
A massive member of the list was on the approach!
The bright red engine speeded past Perambur and honked its way announcing its presence as it approached our spot.
Yep! It was the 5:30 pm 12027 Chennai Central-KSR Bengaluru Shatabdi Express at its full glory. Not surprisingly today it was hauled by an Itarsi WAP-4 #22967. This train gets locos from some various sheds often.
Here's a snap:
The shiny LHB rake passed by, most of it smeared with adverts :(
Dad captured a video from the FOB simultaneously :)
5:47 pm...
A random shot...
The session came to a close now. Nothing else to do and it was getting dark and the sun was going down. Shah anna bid farewell and left homebound. Gautham and I walked for some time and he caught an EMU and went too...
I clicked some random shots before leaving...
A scene from the foot over bridge...
A view towards VLK side, the sun setting fast...
5:54 pm...
As dad and I were about to make a move, something caught my attention...
Not something big. Just a freight with dual WAG-7's coming from VLK side.
And gone...
And again something came from Perambur side... sharp at 6:00 pm...
It was the empty rake of Chennai Central-Haldia Superfast towed away to Carriage Works... it went out of focus :(
And there it goes...
And we made the move back home... :)
Exactly at 6:05 pm, we left.
6:14 pm...
A scene from New Avadi Road :)
As it came to be, it was a short railfanning session with two good friends. Not much to click so lots of random pics. It was a very fun day. Thanks to Gautham and Shah bro for accompanying.
So that's it folks! Another short session to an end. I do not know when my next session is and I hope it will come soon. Got lots of work and don't know if I can keep up but I will try to update at my best.
Thanks a lot and please feel free to comment, share and subscribe to my channel for rail action!
Peace out! \/.
Come on dad, it's been almost 11 months...
At first he thought we were going down south line. But I strongly suggested it. Because I had planned so! And this was my last chance.
Ahhh! Leave it. Let's come to the point!
Well, it was a fine Sunday. I had fixed up a railfanning session at Perambur Carriage Works which is the station 700 meters ahead of Perambur towards Tiruvallur. I had Gautham Karthik and Nikhil Shah accompanying me. :) It was almost 11 months since I went to a station for railfanning. So dad was taking me to Carriage Works.
It's one of the finest drives around Chennai. At first you reach Koyambedu. Then go join main road turning left towards Anna Nagar. Then go straight and eventually you will come to Padi flyover where you go right. Then you reach ICF territory. It is so peaceful there filled with trees and quiet roads. Then we searched for the station. And it was surprising where we found it!
We came down a silent road where there was a office belonging to some ICF department. There was a flight of stairs up front. The road was going right and ahead was open land with bushes. We asked a passerby to the entrance. He said go straight.
Eventually the flight of stairs turned out to lead straight to the foot-over bridge of the station. And now you had a superb view of the station. So I called up my friend to update his location.
As usual he was first to arrive -_-
But there was not much difference...
He was in the platform. We soon met up in the footbridge. Nikhil had messaged me earlier that he was joining later. Soon his EMU came in at around 4:30 pm. We three met up. We had a little chit chat for some time. It was truly a nice station.
A BEML made EMU makes its way into the station...
Time showed 4:54 pm...
First action of the day.
A cute little honk was heard in the distance coming from Perambur station. It was the Tirupati bound Garudadri Express departing after its scheduled halt. Soon it crawled and accelerated past Carriage Works. We three were shooting from the foot-over bridge.
It was an Erode WAP-4 #22543 in the lead.
You can watch the video here:
Garudadri Express breezes away...
Soon he went towards Villivakkam...
Someone to acknowledge our presence... :)
Time showed 4:54 pm...
First action of the day.
A cute little honk was heard in the distance coming from Perambur station. It was the Tirupati bound Garudadri Express departing after its scheduled halt. Soon it crawled and accelerated past Carriage Works. We three were shooting from the foot-over bridge.
It was an Erode WAP-4 #22543 in the lead.
You can watch the video here:
Garudadri Express breezes away...
Soon he went towards Villivakkam...
Someone to acknowledge our presence... :)
It was nearing 5:00 pm. The sun was at it's mighty best. And it illuminated the surroundings pretty well. Towards the Villivakkam side from the foot-over bridge, there was lots of lighting making it quite unsatisfactory for good captures. The Perambur side was well lit and gave a good view.
Here's a view from our point on the foot-over bridge...
5:00 pm showed the clock.
A train was coming...
A loud honk is heard in the distance and the light made it difficult to see. And then a red loco showed up. A loco manufactured exactly 3,288 days before I was born came loudly honking from the illumination. A loco who originated with Ghaziabad and went to AJJ and then to Royapuram and again back to AJJ :)
It was Arakkonam's old guy WAP-1 #22042 hauling the 19420 Ahmedabad-Chennai Central running bang on time. A sweet tone honking show as it proceeded towards its halt at Perambur, slowly decelerating.
Watch the video here:
ADI-MAS Express speeds past Carriage Works!
We still stayed on the foot-over bridge.
5:03 pm...
On an overall basis, the station was quite undisturbed and empty. The station had a sudden spurt of people when an EMU came in and out and then it was clear.
Talks went on for some time... chit chat...
5:08 pm...
Some of the heat started to go down and we decided to go down to the platform for the rest of the action from the evening.
Simultaneously an EMU goes towards Villivakkam...
5:13 pm...
Soon we got down to the platform and this was the view...
Pretty good right?
This was the view towards Perambur side. Perambur station is also clearly visible in the horizon...
What a quaint place although in a busy neighborhood...
5:15 pm...
A honk comes from Perambur side. The tracks start making sounds. A bright red guy comes curving past Perambur station at full speed. After PER, all trains begin to accelerate like hell and by the time they reach Villivakkam, they are like 100+ kph :)
This was the 12685 Chennai Central-Mangalore Superfast Express with ED WAP-4 in the lead. To my good fortune, I shook my cam badly and the shot went ugly. :(
I managed to take a snap of the train going towards VLK...
The fact was that this train was the guy getting LHB rakes the next day. So cool! SR making unexpected moves. A really surprising addition to the LHB community!
5:20 pm...
A random shot of the place...
And a shot of the station board which is mandatory :P
5:24 pm...
Crow gang have some talks on the overhead wires... :P
5:31 pm...
As we were facing VLK side and talking, I took out biscuits and we shared it amongst us.
I turned for a bit and saw WAM-4 coming fast with the next train on the hit list. :P
It was the 17651 Chennai Egmore-Kacheguda Express which is now Chengalpattu-Kacheguda after extension rushed past with old guy WAM-4 6PE #21320 of Arakkonam shed.
The place offered a good views from the FOB, but down here there were these annoying OHE poles spoiling the good stuff. Anyways... moving on...
And there it goes towards the next halt... sunlight illuminating the rake :)
A fresh feeling each time a train passes by... beautiful!
5:34 pm...
These are the hours of the evening that I love the most. Reasons being the sun just becomes colorful and yellow bringing out great views and opportunities for some shots. One of 'em...
Simultaneously an EMU makes its way into the station for a halt...
The sun was kind of naturally increasing the saturation of the images from my camera. LOL :P
5:40 pm...
Another view... I can't help it. I am addicting to sky shots and sunsets...
Some views of the station overlooking both sides...
And a view of the station board... this time a close up...
A wider view including the catenary...
5:44 pm...
A massive member of the list was on the approach!
The bright red engine speeded past Perambur and honked its way announcing its presence as it approached our spot.
Yep! It was the 5:30 pm 12027 Chennai Central-KSR Bengaluru Shatabdi Express at its full glory. Not surprisingly today it was hauled by an Itarsi WAP-4 #22967. This train gets locos from some various sheds often.
Here's a snap:
The shiny LHB rake passed by, most of it smeared with adverts :(
Dad captured a video from the FOB simultaneously :)
5:47 pm...
A random shot...
The session came to a close now. Nothing else to do and it was getting dark and the sun was going down. Shah anna bid farewell and left homebound. Gautham and I walked for some time and he caught an EMU and went too...
I clicked some random shots before leaving...
A scene from the foot over bridge...
A view towards VLK side, the sun setting fast...
5:54 pm...
As dad and I were about to make a move, something caught my attention...
Not something big. Just a freight with dual WAG-7's coming from VLK side.
And gone...
And again something came from Perambur side... sharp at 6:00 pm...
It was the empty rake of Chennai Central-Haldia Superfast towed away to Carriage Works... it went out of focus :(
And there it goes...
And we made the move back home... :)
Exactly at 6:05 pm, we left.
6:14 pm...
A scene from New Avadi Road :)
As it came to be, it was a short railfanning session with two good friends. Not much to click so lots of random pics. It was a very fun day. Thanks to Gautham and Shah bro for accompanying.
So that's it folks! Another short session to an end. I do not know when my next session is and I hope it will come soon. Got lots of work and don't know if I can keep up but I will try to update at my best.
Thanks a lot and please feel free to comment, share and subscribe to my channel for rail action!
Peace out! \/.
