Yesterday on June 3rd, the Bhadrak Howrah "Bagha Jatin Fast Passenger" got a rare offlink, a Jhansi WAG7Tigerface livery (loco no. 24670). It was also carrying a dead TATA WAG9 loco (no. 31639).
This was shot at the Shyam Chak railway station of the South Eastern Railway zone. Yesterday I saw about four (4) of these Jhansi Tiger WAG7s during my to and from journey between SRC and Shyam Chak.
Two of them were in charge of freights, one for this one and another hauled the Ispat Express from Howrah to Titlagarh route. Interestingly the Ispat Express got this WAG7 while the Barbil Janshatabdi yesterday got a WAP7 of TATA shed probably.
Watch the video of the Tiger from Jhansi shed hauling the passenger here:
Here is the RF Data:
Date: June 04, 2018
Place:SMCK - Shyam Chak Railway Station,
Zone (Spotting location):SER - South Eastern RailwayTrain: Bagha Jatin Fast Passenger Locos; - JHS WAG7 (no. 24670) and dead TATA WAG9 (no. 31639) Loco Shed: - JHS - Jhansi for the WAG7 & TATA-Tatanagar for WAG9 Thanks for stopping by. As always, corrections, comments, suggestions new ideas, travel tips (or anything) are very much welcome and appreciated.
Sri Jagannath Express (train 18410) crosses with Ispat Express (train 12871) at Bauria Railway Station (BVA, SER). Both trains were hauled by SRC WAP7 locos (no. 30633 for Sri Jagannath & no. 30558 for Ispat)
Last week I had missed my local from SRC. There was a very big traffic jam between my home and Santragachi station and then after reaching at the station found a huge crowd at the counter. I wish I was just a minute early to catch my train as it went away just as I was climbing down to the platform from the overbridge.
Instead of waiting for the next train, I thought of doing a break journey where I would stop at a small station enroute and change to the next train.
I stopped at Abada then at Bauria where I was somewhat lucky to capture this very well timed crossing. A reason to stop at Bauria was that I was not feeling well. I was running since the morning, it was very hot outside and then there was that bad traffic jam. So a few minute rest at Bauria was something that I needed very much.
Find the crossing of both the trains in the video link below. Interestingly both trains were being hauled by SRC WAP7 locos (no. 30633 for Sri Jagannath & no. 30558 for Ispat). While the Ispat Express usually gets a SRC P7, Sri Jagannath Express's normal link is a SRC WAP4.
Sri Jagannath Express is a super popular train for those visiting Puri from Howrah. I personally do not like this train. The main reason to dislike is: in recent years so many stops are added to this so called 'superfast train' making it no less than a 'fast passenger'. Secondly since the rakes are shared with 'Geetanjali Express', the train often runs late if the link train (Geetanjali) is late. The rake sharing also makes rake maintenance very poor. The coaches are often found not in good shape.
Watch the video of this crossing here:
BTW last January, we took 18409 Sri Jagannath Express for our journey from Howrah to Puri. I was able to make a full coverage which you can find here in the link below:
Here is the RF Data:
Date: May 28, 2018
Place:BVA - Bauria Railway Station,
Zone (Spotting location):SER - South Eastern RailwayTrains: - 18410 Sri Jagannath Express - 12871 Ispat Express Locos: SRC WAP7 - SRC WAP7 (no. 30633) for Sri Jagannath Express - SRC WAP7 (no. 30558) for Ispat Express Loco Shed: SRC - Santragachi Loco Zone: SER - South Eastern Railway Thanks for stopping by. As always, corrections, comments, suggestions new ideas, travel tips (or anything) are very much welcome and appreciated.
