Jaipur fill-up
There's a pecking order on Indian Railways and, if you've achieved the rank of driver through skill and length of service, then quite rightly you're not expected to 'fill her up' when it comes to stopping by the fuel pump.
In this late afternoon shot the driver sits regally in the cab of metre gauge Alco YDM-4 no. 6651 while the younger employee does the honours with the fuel line. The pump can be seen to the right at the end of the platform housed in the lockable wooden cabinet. You'll also see a bucket too - this is filled with soapy water and used to wash down the loco's fuel tank and inlet area to rid it of any spilled diesel fuel.
The station is of course Jaipur Junction and this was taken just off the end of only remaining metre gauge platform before the loco backed on to a service for Sikar Junction. With gauge conversion plans well advanced it's doubtful this last remaining MG service out of Jaipur will survive beyond the end of 2016.
4.31pm, 16th March 2016
Jaipur fill-up
There's a pecking order on Indian Railways and, if you've achieved the rank of driver through skill and length of service, then quite rightly you're not expected to 'fill her up' when it comes to stopping by the fuel pump.
In this late afternoon shot the driver sits regally in the cab of metre gauge Alco YDM-4 no. 6651 while the younger employee does the honours with the fuel line. The pump can be seen to the right at the end of the platform housed in the lockable wooden cabinet. You'll also see a bucket too - this is filled with soapy water and used to wash down the loco's fuel tank and inlet area to rid it of any spilled diesel fuel.
The station is of course Jaipur Junction and this was taken just off the end of only remaining metre gauge platform before the loco backed on to a service for Sikar Junction. With gauge conversion plans well advanced it's doubtful this last remaining MG service out of Jaipur will survive beyond the end of 2016.
4.31pm, 16th March 2016