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Dadar-Madras Exp. Trip - Part 1 (July 1992)

Mani Vijay

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Sharing highlights from my first IR trip where I had a camcorder. This covers the trip till Wadi. Be sure to enjoy vintage IR action including:
DC locos such as WCG2 and WCM5
Plenty of ALCOs in maroon livery
Indrayani Exp. with coaches in original/newer livery
Plenty of 4-wheeled wagons
Double-headed Karnataka Exp.
Steam action

Part 2 is here - Dadar-Madras Exp. Trip - Part 2 (July 1992)

20 Comments

@romeyvasisht6298 8 years ago

Wow, That was old days people enjoy their traveling in train with talking another traveller reading novels news paper, and childern read comics story books etc. But today all people busy in their smartphones.
Thanks for taking me back.

@TheRailzone 8 years ago

This was like a time travel for me, a priceless treasure for Railfans ! The maroon WDM2's every where huffing and puffing my goodness and GM EMD'S were no where near at this time what a glorious era it was.The humble staff at Pune letting you inside the loco clearly shows the trust and friendliness of the people those days and how times have changed . The steam loco was surely a surprise. Thanks a bunch for uploading this.

@Tangent_Life 6 years ago

Watching this video in Corona Virus Lockdown 3.0 2nd may 2020.

@soumitrabhagwat6927 8 years ago

This is fantastic sir!!! I watched this July,1992 video in July,2018 and I was born in August,1992.

@sanmechrocker 4 years ago (edited)

6:22 that Spiderman changed the coach like a boss

@Benhur966 7 years ago

Wow..sir..this video is a real gem. Still remember the days when i used to take this train during Diwali holidays with my parents to visit my aunt in Madras (Chennai), As a kid was fascinated with the livery of KK express with the green and yellow as compared to bland and classic maroon. Used to impatiently wait for Guntakal station where I could catch a glimpse of a timeless old steam loco, but my favorite of them all was Renigunta, where the loco changed to Electric all the way to Chennai Central. Well now my travel to Chennai from Pune has been replaced with flights and mostly are of a business nature...so badly want to relive those fond and carefree memories.

@kanakasabhainatarajan7192 8 years ago

Really beautiful. Reminded me of trips I made every three months from Bombay to Madras by the very same train in eighties. Watching this gave me more thrill than my recent trips in TGV and ICE trains which lacked character. I have no words to thank you the Guru of IRFans the world over.

@tarikstudioar3804 6 years ago

No buldings no dumping.nd clean track.. Clean world

@codesutra112 4 years ago

Sometimes i wonder what the guys from those stations are doing now ! Cheers for the priceless upload

@FAHADKHAN-gl1ix 7 years ago

my beautiful india at that time

@thekingdomofrail 8 years ago

Good to see Mani Vijay Sir As Captured Many Goods Memories

@amits6081 2 months ago (edited)

I Miss those DC Traction days in Mumbai Region...I ve Lived in Mumbai from 1984 to 1994 ...Mostly WCM5 & WCM2 Locos were attached to Gitanjali Exp Howrah Mail Sewagram Express & Vidarbha Express...

@Saitama-ur3lq 6 years ago

there was a HUGE smile on my face every second of this video, thank you sooooooo much!!!!

@miraliuddin1385 6 years ago

You are encyclopaedia of all rail fanning. Great old videos preserved till date.

@vnv63 6 years ago

An era when most of IR was not under overhead cables....Great sir...

@augustinenathan266 1 year ago

Day when trains are old but genuinely good quality.

@amitsingh30 8 years ago

What a coverage specially at Pune n KK at end. Superb

@zdsouza6638 5 years ago (edited)

Felt nostalgic.. Nice to see the real steam loco... sigh.. those days will never come again...Maroon coaches written II Sleeper 3 Tier on them...So many WDM2 s....Thanks for taking me back to my youth!!!!