Rhysj17
Modern Beast
Shot secured we walked to Rajkot Junction station as this was only a short distance away. This gave us our first taste of the organised chaos of India, whilst trying not to be run over in the process. We attempted to leave our big rucksacks in the station cloakroom on arrival but were told we needed a ticket for this. However, both the reserved and non-reserved ticket offices couldn't (or wouldn't) sell us one. Defeated, we decided to camp out at the south end of the station in order to photograph any movements heading north (the station being on a giant s-bend) before our train.
WDG4G no.49370 is seen departing the non-platform roads at Rajkot Junction with a tank train for the north on 1st November 2022. Though we were mainly here for ALCos we were actually quite impressed with the sound these locos made, especially when hauling a heavy freight such as this. Manufacture of these locos commenced in 2017 with the first 50 being constructed at the GE plant in the US. The rest are being constricted locally under a deal between Indian Railways and GE.
Modern Beast
Shot secured we walked to Rajkot Junction station as this was only a short distance away. This gave us our first taste of the organised chaos of India, whilst trying not to be run over in the process. We attempted to leave our big rucksacks in the station cloakroom on arrival but were told we needed a ticket for this. However, both the reserved and non-reserved ticket offices couldn't (or wouldn't) sell us one. Defeated, we decided to camp out at the south end of the station in order to photograph any movements heading north (the station being on a giant s-bend) before our train.
WDG4G no.49370 is seen departing the non-platform roads at Rajkot Junction with a tank train for the north on 1st November 2022. Though we were mainly here for ALCos we were actually quite impressed with the sound these locos made, especially when hauling a heavy freight such as this. Manufacture of these locos commenced in 2017 with the first 50 being constructed at the GE plant in the US. The rest are being constricted locally under a deal between Indian Railways and GE.