Another Rare Offlink: ITARSI WAG5 Visits SHM to Serve Aranyak Express

ET WAG5 hauls the Aranyak Express | © Soumo's Railways

So we had another odd guest from West Central Railway/ Madhya Pradesh. ET-Itarsi WAG5 (no. 23780) was spotted on November 27th in Shalimar/ South Eastern Railway territory. It was there to serve the 12885 Aranyak Express making another major offlink for the train.

Usually the Aranyak Express gets a SRC-Santragachi WAP4 as its regular loco link, but it is also reputed to get many different kind of locos from different zones, which makes this train an interesting one to watch out. Today I was able to spot it with this WAG5 from Itarsi.

You can watch the train passing with the ET-Itarsi WAG5 loco here:

In the video above, you can see the train beautifully coming out in the fog from Shalimar. That is another interesting aspect of trainspotting in winter, even though sometimes lack of light makes trouble. I personally loved this approach and I hope you too will enjoy the same.

Moving out of SHM | © Soumo's Railways

Aranyak Express runs everyday (except Sunday) from SHM-Shalimar to BJE-Bhojudih in Jharkhand covering approximately about 310 km. If you read my blog regularly, you are then aware that I spot the Aranyak Express quite regularly. Mainly because this train gets so many kind of different locomotives which is a train spotters delight. You can read all my past posts and even follow future posts about spotting the Aranyak Express here.

While this goes as the last post for the month of November, I wish all my blog readers a very happy month of December. Thanks for all the support and I wish all of you good luck and good health.

It was sunny on the other side! | © Soumo's Railways

Here is the RF Data:

Date: November 27, 2017

Place: Outskirts of SHM-Shalimar Railway Station.

Zone (Spotting location): SER - South Eastern Railway
Loco: ET-ITARSI WAG5 (no. 23780)
Loco Shed: ET-ITARSI

Loco Zone: WCR - West Central Railway

Train: 12885 Shalimar Bhojudih 'Aranyak Express'.

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