Ludhianvi Tiger Visits SHM-Kolkata Shalimar

People watching the incoming loco  | © SoumosRailways

LDH WAG7 at SHM  | © SoumosRailways

Ludhiana WAG7 (no. 24647) was spotted during my recent railfanning trip to the SHM-Shalimar Railway Station on July 26th. The monster 'Tigerface' loco brought in a looong freight train to the Shalimar yard. The train was given quite a welcome by the staff like that of an aircraft! I love spotting these freight trains and locos coming in to the station, but makes a great trouble to the local people as it blocks the road to the other side and Shalimar still don't have any overbridge or subway, though a new subway to the station is under construction as part of a major updrage to the station.

If rumours are to be believed, Shalimar yard is to be closed soon as the station is expecting a major infrastructure upgrade to become a major passenger station (already work is under progress - Read here - July 2017 update). This is still a very important yard that handles huge amount of cargo, a major portion of all coming for Kolkata and Eastern India.

You can watch the video of the train coming in to the station here:

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