Just before New Years I reached the very southeastern tip of India, Danushkodi. This ghost town located on a narrow strip of beach was once the start of the sea journey to Sri Lanka. However today the ferries no longer … Continued
Viivikonna, reads the battered sign protruding above the tall grass, around it lay the crumbling and vandalized remains of another once proud Soviet industrial city. However all is not quiet here as through the breeze drifts the sound of a … Continued
For our trip from Pilibhit to Mailani please click here November 28th 2017 Mailani Junction was once an important point in the Northeastern Railway network. Here the Lucknow to Bareilly mainline met the branch to Gonda which was the gateway … Continued
November 25th, 2017 For the previous part click here On the fourth and final day of the Kangra trip we decided to hire a driver to chase train 52471, the Pathankot Joginder Nagar passenger from Kangra to Joginder Nagar and … Continued
November 24th 2017 For part 2 click here The next day I split up again from Thomas and Robin, Thomas wanted to ride the train north to the end of the line in Joginder Nagar to scout for photo locations. … Continued
November 22nd 2018 As I mentioned in the preview report there are certain parts of the Indian story that are not worth telling, atleast until the better parts get their time. So we begin our Indian adventure not … Continued
Sometimes things are not what you had hoped them to be, and this was certainly the case with this trip. Finally after two 1 week trips with so much to do and not enough time I finally found myself able … Continued
November 14th, 2017 After hastily putting together an itinerary to join two friends in India it was time to depart for what I hoped would be an epic two month trip to India. The signs that things wern’t going to … Continued
For the previous part of this trip report which covers the trip on the Selketalbahn click here Background: The Harzer Schmalspurbahn operates a network of metre gauge lines throughout the Harz region of Eastern Germany. These lines were maintained as … Continued
After returning from India I wasnt planning on doing alot of rail photography in Germany but one place on my must do list was the Brockenbahn. The line is an exceptionally scenic narrow gauge line that runs entirely with steam … Continued