A wide ranging aerial video of the orange-and-white Vande Bharat Categorical winding by way of the mist-covered Western Ghats has taken the web by storm. The cinematic drone footage, initially captured by FPV creator @hemisphere.fpv, was shared by Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. Within the video, the prepare winds by way of dense inexperienced forests, steep mountain slopes and thick monsoon mist, showing like an “orange snake” transferring by way of the Western Ghats.
The footage captures a latest trial run on the difficult Sakleshpur-Subrahmanya Street ghat part, often known as Shiradi Ghat, in Karnataka. The stretch types a part of the extremely anticipated Bengaluru-Mangaluru railway route and is thought for its tough terrain, steep gradients, sharp curves, tunnels and bridges.
The video exhibits the attractive distinction of a smooth and fashionable semi-high-speed prepare operating by way of the center of thick forests and excessive hills. “New age trains! Make extra in India,” Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw wrote on X whereas sharing the video.
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New age trains! Make extra in India 🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/TUjZup3iKz
— Ashwini Vaishnaw (@AshwiniVaishnaw) August 23, 2026
The video has mesmerised web customers, with many praising each the pure fantastic thing about the Western Ghats and the engineering concerned in working a contemporary prepare by way of such tough terrain. Some customers have been captivated by the weird sight of the intense orange-and-white prepare rising from the mist.
One consumer wrote, “Fashionable engineering meets uncooked nature! Indian Railways is actually in its golden period.”
One other commented, “That is superior… Public infrastructure can solely save our nature and maintain our rising inhabitants.”
A 3rd stated, “Salute to the arduous work. How did we even convey the gear to run the prepare within the suppose forest/ghat?”
“An ideal mix of India’s fashionable railways and the breathtaking fantastic thing about nature,” a fourth added.
The railway line by way of the part options 57 tunnels, 258 bridges and 108 sharp curves, making it one of many extra demanding stretches of the route. Security trials for Vande Bharat operations on the ghat part started in mid-August 2026 as railway authorities assessed the prepare’s efficiency on the difficult terrain.
