NCR - maar bhi, raftaar bhi - Harshit Sharma

Departing from Bilaspur Junction, and spotting WDGs, WAP and WAGs: Coverage on-board Mumbai Duronto
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12262 Howrah (HWH)- Mumbai C.S.T. (CSTM) A.C. DURONTO Express with 22303 HWH WAP- 4 at its helm departs from Bilaspur Junction (BSP) after making its scheduled technical halt. At the nearby platform, the 58229 Bilaspur (BSP)- Rewa (REWA) FAST Passenger is spotted, which was getting ready to...
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be coupled with dead NKJ WAG- 7 and TKD WAG- 5 for its journey. Just as the platform premises was about to end, I managed to spot 13592 Raipur (R) WDG- 3A (Ex.UDL) in the famous SECR's vanilla ice- cream livery. At the outers, we cross 14908 and 13228 VSKP WDG- 3A Twins hauled a freight rake, and the on- time running 22865 SRC WAP- 4 hauled 12809 Mumbai C.S.T. (CSTM)- Howrah (HWH) MAIL (Via Nagpur). As we start accelerating past the coaching yard and bid good-bye to the line heading towards Anuppur Junction (APR) (which is adjoin to the coaching yard), I can be heard enjoying some jokes with my co- passenger, whom I met on the trip.
Bilaspur railway station:
Bilaspur Railway Station, located in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, serves Bilaspur in Bilaspur district. Bilaspur is headquarters of South East Central Railway It has 3rd longest railway platform in India after Gorakhpur and Kharagpur.
Gorakhpur Railway Station:1,366.33 m (4,483 ft)
Kharagpur Railway Station: 1,072.5 m (3,519 ft)
Bilaspur Railway Station: 802 m (2,631 ft)
Bilaspur Railway Station came up in 1888 with the opening of Rajnandgaon to Bilaspur extension of erstwhile Nagpur Chattisgarh Railway taken over by Bengal Nagpur Railway and construction of the Nagpur-Asansol main line of Bengal Nagpur Railway, which opened in 1891. The station building was constructed in 1890. It became a station on the crosscountry Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line in 1900. The Rourkela-Bilaspur section was electrified in 1969-70 while Bilaspur-Nagpur in 1976-77 and Bilaspur-Katni in 1981.
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