Visakhapatnam-Rajahmundry and Godavari River: Indian Railways in Andhra Pradesh:

A day trip through coastal Andhra Pradesh from Visakhapatnam to Tadepalligudem and back, in the company of Pramit Mitra from Kolkata. We had arrived at Visakhapatnam aboard the Dhanbad Alleppey Express, had reservations till Vijayawada, and decided to continue till as far as we could get in the afternoon. We finally reached Tadepalligudem and realized that the Konark Express was 20 minutes away, hopped off, purchased second class tickets, and with the TTE's permission, boarded the AC 3 tier coach in Konark and returned to Visakhapatnam (after upgrading our tickets by paying the excess fare).

Covered in this compilation are the hills around Visakhapatnam and two magnificent crossings of the Godavari river. The river was in full flow and I personally have never seen so much water in the Godavari till date.

A number of crossings are also included. The chief ones are overtakes by the Hatia Bangalore Express, Chennai Santragachhi AC Express (Arakkonam WAP1), Mumbai Visakhapatnam Express, Janmabhoomi Express, Andhra Pradesh AC Express, Dakshin Link Express, Ratnachal Express, Bangalore and Secunderabad Guwahati Expresses, Prashanthi Express, Yesvantpur Howrah Express, Tirumala Express and the Circar and Sheshadri Express, both with spectacular twin Vijayawada WDP1s.