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Hello & Welcome To VJ's Trip Photos Section, this section contains photographs captured by me, during my rail trips. This section is divided into following parts.

                 
    Trip to South India in May 2001   Photos from 2 Day Chennai Trip, July 22 2005 - 2008   Aboard 6010 UP Chennai-Mumbai Mail  
         
 
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Photos from the Mega Event - Indian Railways 150 Glorious Years - April 14th 2003 taken at Mulund station, just before Thane station.
 
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Photos taken at Coimbatore Jn, Thanjavur Jn & from Thanjavur-Tambaram Pass(when the section was MG!!) & Chennai-Mumbai Mail.
 
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Photos & Video clips(See Videos Section) taken from 6009 DN CSTM-Chennai Mail, 2164 UP Chennai-Dadar Superfast Exp (Journey persisted till Wadi Jn only, thanks to 26 July 2005 - 2008 deluge at Mumbai & Suburbs.
 
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Photos taken aboard 6010 UP Chennai-Mumbai (CSTM) Mail. (22/1/2006)
 


             
  Railfanning at Vidyavihar (CR-Mumbai)   Railfanning at Thane(CR)   Photos taken from Thane-Kurla Fast EMU, Kurla-Nerul Slow EMU (CR-Mumbai)  
       
 
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Photos taken aboard Thane-CST Slow EMU & at VidyaVihar stn of CR Mumbai. I was accompanied by Mr. Deep Soni from Vidyavihar. While some video clips were taken by him, I managed to capture lot of pix from my Sis-in-Law's 6230i Nokia, so my thanks to her. (23/2/2006)
 
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Accompanied by IRFCAian Mr. Abhishek Risbud, this railfanning session is dedicated totally to Mumbai Suburban EMUs.Photos include track layouts of Thane station alongwith lots of DC & ACDC EMUs. Top among them is the capture of a DC EMU & ACDC EMU together. (8/3/06)
 
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Thanks to Balaji Temple situated at Nerul stn on CR harbor line, I planned a round trip:Thane-Kurla; Kurla-Nerul; Nerul-Vashi; & finally Vashi-Thane via the new Thane-Vashi Lines. The photos are from Thane-CST fast Emu & the Belapur bound EMU. 10-3-06
 
             
             
  Women Empowerment: A Lady Motorwoman on CR Mumbai Suburban Section   Photos from MAS-NDLS-MAS trip both by TN Exp   A Tribute to "Ever-Hardworking-Yet-Not-Tired" DC EMUs & Mighty WCAM3,CR-Thane  
       
 
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Photos taken aboard Thane-CST Slow EMU & at VidyaVihar stn of CR Mumbai. I was accompanied by Mr. Deep Soni from Vidyavihar. While some video clips were taken by him, I managed to capture lot of pix from my Sis-in-Law's 6230i Nokia, so my thanks to her.
 
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Accompanied by IRFCAian Mr. Abhishek Risbud, this railfanning session is dedicated totally to Mumbai Suburban EMUs.Photos include track layouts of Thane station alongwith lots of DC & ACDC EMUs. Top among them is the capture of a DC EMU & ACDC EMU together. Dec 2006
 
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Pix from my Mini Railfanning Session at Thane station (CR-Mumbai) on 29 Dec 2006. Thanks to IRFCAian- Abhishek Risbud, I had a great company to do the railfanning.
 
             
             
  Railfanning at AnupamBattu[SR-Chennai]   Srirangam-Chennai Trip by Pallavan express   Extensive Railfanning in Chennai Suburban  
       
 
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I &KrishnaKumar (Junior) planned a visit to AnupamBattu located on the Chennai Central-Gudur line for railfanning on 17 June 2007. Also while returning, we had a chance to footplate an EMU for 1 stn. The Motorman was kind enough to take us aboard, Thanks to him.
 
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I had gone to Srirangam, from Chennai, and the return trip was made by the famous Pallavan Express. On the way lots of snaps and videos have been taken, aboard the Pallavan Express. 18/08/2007.
 
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Photos from 3-day continous railfanning on Chennai suburban.
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01/9/07-Palavanthangal-Tambaram-Chengelpattu
02/9/07-Palavanthangal-ChennaiCentral-Gumdipundi
03/9/07-Palavanthangal-ChennaiCentral-Arakkonam
 
             
             
  A Tribute to Chennai MRTS   Trip to Pondichery in Oct 2007....   Trip to South in June 2008  
 
 
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A broad coverage of each & every stations on Chennai MRTS[MAss Rapid Transport System] corridor during my tenure in Chennai.
 
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I & KK jr planned a trip to Pondichery from Chennai & back amidst heavy rains which continued to rock chennai & rest of TN for 3 continous days, thanks to depression that formed along the coast. Journey was done by 0103 MS-PDY passenger & return was done by 0104 PDY-MS.
   
 
 
  My Encounter with MRVC Queens   Rainy visit to Vasai Rd..   A Tribute to Section Controllers at Kopar Rd..  
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  CR bowled out on July 1 2008   Mumbai Unlimited...   Chennai Unlimited...  
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  Round Trip: Thane-Kalyan-Karjat-Pune-Karjat-Panvel-Kopar-Kalyan   Thane-Nerul-Thane via Turbhe      
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