At pf 8...will be hauled by HWH WAP 4 22585.
Departed bang on time. ..
15901 Bangalore New Tinsukia Express waiting to depart from pf 9 towards New Tinsukia. Hauled by dual wdm3d
It was hauled by SRC WAP 4 22741 when it came to HWH from SBC side..
Electric loco assembly unit of CLW in Dankuni is almost completed.....
Xing with NDLS SDAH Duronto at Gobra..
Continuously blasted at MPS in HBC section....
Slowed down at BWN outer...
Here there is 20 km/h TSR
Slowly picking up speed after following mandatory TSR...now moving at 45-50 km/h at BWN yard.
Xing with Poorva....passed BWN platform at 60 km/h
Now on main line at BWN-ASN section. ..mps action again starts till Durgapur.
Arrived at Durgapur. ..4 minutes early. ...
Kamakhya Ranchi Express at pf 1 with ASN WAM 4..will go towards Ranchi. .
12988 Ajmer Sdah Express arrived at pf 4.
Covered Bwn-Dgr 64 kms in 37 mins with 103.78 km/h speed...
Kamakhya ranchi gets green earlier than us...but its in side line....
We also got green....parallel action with Kamakhya Ranchi..
Straight away got the priority and now ripping through the main line whereas Kamakhya Ranchi was left far behind.....
MPS action again starts......
Full of TSR's in Andal West to East...
Xing with super crawler...ANVT-KOAA Express
Spotted 25051 and 22855 SRC WAP 4 locos at Asn electric loco shed...
Slowly moving due to TSR's and PSR
Stopped....LHB jerking at its best....
No A4....but BE 1 is present...
Took only 12 minutes to detach the diesel engine from one side and attach electric engine on another side..
Continuously hitting mps..
In dinner there was paratha,dal,chicken curry,peas polao,curd,ice cream. All the items were tasty....particularly the gravy of chicken...normally roti is served but I told them to make paratha....which they though reluctantly obliged but the end product was quite nice.....
I asked the coach conductor....they said according to the demand sometimes they augment 2nd AC or 3rd AC....
On time arrival at Bhusaval
Yes..I agree with you. ..I was also surprised when I saw A4 missing....