The train shown represents a load of 1,450 tons being hauled by a 2-10-0 four-cylinder oil burning locomotive assisted by an eight-coupled Ghaut tank locomotive (Y3 type) in the centre of the train, and another engine of the same class at the rear.

At the point where the photograph was taken, the track has a new alignment which does away with the reversing station, which formerly considerably delayed the traffic.

A portion of the old line can be seen on the hillside, behind the train. The grade on the Ghat incline is 1 in 37 for about 41 miles. The train has the automatic vacuum brake operating throughout.

It will be remembered that thirty miles out of Bombay, the main line of the G.I.P. Ry. divides at Kalyan Junction. The more northerly line for Jubbulpore climbs the Thull Ghaut incline, while the Bhore Ghaut pass to the south for Poona, Madras, etc. has an equally severe gradient nearly twice as long as the Thull. Once over the Ghauts both lines run for hundreds of miles across sandy plains.

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