This is a small photo feature. The post will follow.
The signboard that welcomes you to the "poor man's Ooty"
They don't see too much movement of people here
Two platforms for the metre gauge track. No 9 3/4 here!
The Signal operator's post. Wise old men of the town sit outside. Udumalai is a pretty windy place. It's near the Palghat pass, so it gets pretty windy, especially now that the SW monsoon is in. And that makes open spaces like this a great place to spend an evening.
Only 10 trains pass by in one day. Both ways put together.
People board the last but one train of the day. This one's headed to Podanur (a suburb of Coimbatore). Trains on this line go to Podanur or Palakkad/Palghat to the north and Dindigul to the south. That's it. Lines further down in both directions are broad gauge.
This platform stall wasn't here the last time I came by (which was over two years ago). Will it be here the next time around? I guess so. It's more like a pottikadai now. There's rampant tresspassing. People going from one side of town to the other just enter the station and walk across the tracks. Guess there's not much the authorities can do.
The signboard that welcomes you to the "poor man's Ooty"
They don't see too much movement of people here
Two platforms for the metre gauge track. No 9 3/4 here!
The Signal operator's post. Wise old men of the town sit outside. Udumalai is a pretty windy place. It's near the Palghat pass, so it gets pretty windy, especially now that the SW monsoon is in. And that makes open spaces like this a great place to spend an evening.
Only 10 trains pass by in one day. Both ways put together.
People board the last but one train of the day. This one's headed to Podanur (a suburb of Coimbatore). Trains on this line go to Podanur or Palakkad/Palghat to the north and Dindigul to the south. That's it. Lines further down in both directions are broad gauge.
This platform stall wasn't here the last time I came by (which was over two years ago). Will it be here the next time around? I guess so. It's more like a pottikadai now. There's rampant tresspassing. People going from one side of town to the other just enter the station and walk across the tracks. Guess there's not much the authorities can do.
2 comments:
Not bad for a 2Mp camera, I must say..
sounds like a charming little place ... :P ...
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