Maitree Express: মৈত্রী এক্সপ্রেস - দুই বাংলার সংস্কৃতি ও ভাতৃত্বের মেলবন্ধন - Joydeep Roy

Hello Fellow RF's today i am sharing my ITARSI Trip Update, here Starts my Trip for one day #RAILFANNINGATITARSI With SURAJ PARIHAR (ET) we planned this trip before Dewali so i am prepared for trip already and no luggage with me only simple charger and my ever green partner for railfanning my Sony Xperia M2 Mobile :), on 16th Nov my rf friend SHUBHAM KUMAR came to see off me station i taken GEN ticket of Itarsi via NGP, he take PF ticket and we entered on PF firstly i notice that on PF1 Sarnath with WAP-7 TKD was ready to depart i just saw the loco from far and was unable to take the pic, i came to PF2 as it was heavily rushed already to board Bhagat Ki Kothi Special train, on 8.50 announcement was done manually by Railway man that train of 08243 Bilaspur to BGKT Special...
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will stop at Rajnandgaon Gondia Nagpur Itarsi etc. coming on Pf2 total at sharp 9.05 Before time train entered on PF2 on back side GEN coach just before EOG i boarded and taken Emergency window i was lucky that train was totally empty total 6 GEN coach was on the train 3 on front and 3 on back, Rear end EOG was making too much noise but still it will not so much which will heart anyone :P, this is my first lhb ride so very exited at sharp 9.20 Guard given green signal and train start moving with a heavy jerk coupling made sound same like freight train coupling produces sound when it starts, i started journey with jerk and train crossed the Durg link cabin and entered on Nagpur SECR divison, train crossed the SEONATH Bridge on durg and after Bridge WAG shown its might and train began to burn the tracks no mercy at all to any station, train entered on RJN Station again Before 5 min, after depart weather was getting cooler which made me pull the window panes off. i was taken some pictures on Gondia station it stopped only 2 minutes in Gondia and departed on Nagpur we entered correct time at 1.10AM at night and after reversal taken pictures of my loco in-charge MGS WAG-7 27043 on picture loco joining on process after Reversal, departed right time from Nagpur and joined Itarsi Line from there and wag-7 again started burn tracks but on front some late express train slowed down us due to Special train we are not able to Overtake that train and we arrived late on Padhurna at 15 mins still we are trailed that train and some small stations we had to stop and wait till the train clear section, as i slept didn't knew whether we overtake that train or trailed but reached Itarsi Outer before, woken up at 6am and opened the window on cool winter morning to take snaps as time was just less to reach Itarsi, started the camera and taken some early morning pictures on moving train, my phone was not discharge single battery since i used Gen coach charger while using mobile whole night, taken Itarsi station entry pictures and deboarded at station took some clicks at itarsi and called to SURAJ bhai he was on FOB and i met him we enjoyed whole day Rail fanning at itarsi i will wright same on later, so it is short journey trip at night in LHB Special train images was uploaded hope you enjoy the trip with me on this blog, sorry for mistakes as i was not an student of English medium but tried to write as accurate as i have. Specially thanks to Prannoy bhai who helped me to write this blog.
----------AMIT KUMAR SINGH