2 Days at Patalpani - YDM4's Galore !!

Day 1

                Time hits 6:15 and my alarm goes off. We get ready in the next hour and start our journey to Patalpani. We board the Indore - Mhow private bus which are making a good business now due to the closure of Indore - Mhow Metre gauge for gauge conversion. The journey takes about 60 minutes and we finally land at Mhow station. We purchase our tickets which is Rs.5 per person and go straigth to a local vendor to have poha which is one of my favorite breakfast dish in the north. The day looks great with white clouds and no chance of rain for some time. Our train starts and soon enough we land up at Patal pani station. I will post a separate trip report after some time which contains some exciting moments with once in a life time experience - fear of an accident 

10:13 - Patalpani cant get much busier than this. Akola bound passenger meets Khandawa - Mhow passenger

10:17 - Akola Passenger departs from Patalpani after receiving the token 

10:19 - Akola Passenger going down the ghats

 

10:58 - Turn of the banker to go down the ghats now, patalpani falls in the background 

 

11:56 - 6 hours late running Akola - Mhow Passenger climbs the ghats

12:12 - Banker going down the ghats again for its next train.

13:05 - Mhow Akola Passenger going into tunnel 2

 

14:08 - Banker near Tunnel number 3

 

02:43 - 6 hours late running Mhow - Khandawa Passenger

Thats end Day 1 and we return back to Indore

YG kept infornt of Indore station

 

Day 2 - It was lot difficult on the 2nd day as it was raining all day and high speed winds which made it difficult to shoot

08:15 - Khandawa Passenger departs after break test before tunnel number 3

 

10:03 - Khandawa -  Mhow passenger with hard working YDM4's crosses Ravine viaduct in heavy rain

 

11:01 - Banker going down for its next train

12:03 - The second train coming uphill !! Akola - Mhow passenger

14:59 - YDM4 takes a nap at Kalakund

 

15:33 - Mhow bound passenger arrives at Kalakund

 

With this the trip ended for us, Will share the full videos soon. Meanwhile you can watch the teaser from this trip here :

                                     

Comments and suggestions welcome.. :)