Secunderabad my Favourite station in Indian Railways

Secunderabad or SC station as it known among railfans is one of the older stations on IR built way back in the 1870's .SC station has been very dear to me since my childhood though i started out at Hyderabad a Sister station of Secunderabad which was once a Goods Yard.

The memories of having a single line to begumpet from Hyderabad and seeing the sparkling hussain sagar water in 1983 when i was 5 years old and the earth work for the second line to Begumpet from Hyderabad which is now the line trains take to SC from HYB, the GTL alco screaming away into the sunset and saying i am the mover and doer of all the people who depend on me, philosphical dont you think?. The days when Begumpet had a level crossing with cycles and mopeds crossing the track at a slow pace and srinivasa towers was the point beyond which half return was charged in daylight for auto meters. Sadly i never remember seeing steam though in that line.


Anyway back on track here is a pic of SC station



For more of my pics which are experi-mental to say the least visit this place
http://flickr.com/photos/7623191@N08/

I first remember going to SC when i shifted to Tarnaka area which was 5 km from the station, the reason being it was close to my Mom's place of work.And as luck would have had it i was 1 km from the main line from SC-Kazipet also, I will relate my juvenile railfan adventures in another episode so stay tuned..

I think i first visited SC in 1990 i think to go to MAS for a cousin's wedding by the charminar express and i was amazed at how huge the station was compared to HYB which seemed like a small yard. The big lights and the many engines reminded me of the feeling which Jerry mouse got in one of the Tom and Jerry cartoons where he leaves Tom and heads for New York and is dazzled by the bright lights and modernity of the place. The then charminar express was 19 coaches long i guess and hauled by a single KZJ wdm2 which was in crack condition upto Kazipet then a WAM4 of Vijaywada would take over.

Refer this page for the meaning of wdm2 and wam4
http://www.irfca.org/faq/index.html

I remember how i used to plan and stay awake all night without eating anything just to watch the train tear through costal India after BZA and we used to cross small stations at 110-115 kmph as well (over speeding was permitted in those days).

Anyway back on track i keep changing too many points to get the main line !!!!!!

After 1995 when i entered my college days in little flower Junior college uppal, SC member Vrijlesh who also studied there didn't hear of me as i was quiet guy then, i used to venture out quite frequently to SC and watch trains and we had quite a few electrics and many many pista coloured KZJ wdm2 locos. More later .......