There is a station called Gooty hidden in a corner of big state of AP.
This place called GY, has one track northwards towards HYB, while in south , track splits into single lines towards YPR via DMM, and via Tadipatri towards Chennai..............................
The importance of this station can be gauged from the fact that Mumbai-Chennai lines and HYB-Bangalore line cross each other at this point.
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more... falls under Guntakal Division of SCR, IR. The prestigious trains passing thro GY are :-
12627/12628
12785/12786
12649/12650
16529/16530
12797/12798
12731/12732
12163/12164
besides many others....
A shed for BOXN wagons is major Rlys establishment at GY......besides home to the awesome GY shed WDPs, which are major work-horse for Karnataka (SWR), and Goa(Konkan) area besides AP.......
The most beautiful Locos........
Almost every time, 12650 transits thro' GY at very slow speed, mostly to cater for LPs, who travel as guest in WDP, and want to get down at GY.
A very distinguishable feature around GY is fast electrification work in progress, with lot of catenary around.....
PS:- There may be some mistakes in text error, but they are due to lack of knowledge than anything else, and corrections are most welcome
Thanks for reading thro'''''
Now some snaps from GY Jn....
Pic 1. Arrival at GY...a welcome by tinku and monster
Pic 2. Rly control room
Pic 3. 3 locos giving Royal welcome to the SWR princess, all in military fashion...
Pic 4. Time for reference while 12650 transits thro' GY..