Late Guy Secunderabad Shalimar Express Finally Reaches Its Destination

SC - SHM Exp coming in | © Soumo's Railways

Today's railfanning session at SHM & PDPK was a dumb one. All the SRC P4s graced the morning trains and I was not much interested to capture them. These SRC P4s are pretty common at my part and I find them not always interesting to capture. Secondly it was cloudy and humid, and was thus uncomfortable.

I was looking for the 22850 Secunderabad Shalimar SF express which was scheduled to reach Shalimar by 09:05 hrs (Saturday arrival only).

Though NTES was showing the train late by 1+ hours, it predicted somewhat right time of arrival at Shalimar. I guess it was expecting to make up the delay at the 'Kharagpur Santragachi section'. However it was about 45 minutes late when it came in around 0945 AM. I felt like it was not at all in a hurry and was crawling smoothly. The train was being hauled by a SRC-Santragachi WAP4 locomotive no. 22645 (yes, this too was a SRC WAP4). The video was shot at PDPK-Padmapukur Railway station, and details of the same can be found at the RF data log below.

Have a great day everyone and I wish you a very happy weekend.

Watch video of the train coming in, here:

Coaches of the train | © Soumo's Railways

Here is the RF Data: Date: April 07, 2018 Place: PDPK - Padmapukur Railway Station, Zone (Spotting location): SER - South Eastern Railway Loco: SRC WAP4 (no. 22645)
Loco Shed: SRC - Santragachi
Loco Zone: SER - South Eastern Railway
Train: 22850 Secunderabad Shalimar Weekly SF Express.
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