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Posted: Feb 19 2017 (06:24)
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Feb 19 2017 (06:24) 12802/Purushottam Express (PT) | NDLS/New Delhi (16 PFs) | GZB/WAP-7/30230
Kaushal Vivek^~
Kaushal Vivek^~ 5911 blog postsThe month of December. A month about which most of the railfans of India know. Fog, delayed, resch and cancelled trains. Well the date of the trip was decided well in advance even before I left Bokaro for NDLS and to come back. But this time, i wanted to try something else. Equally confused, should I take my fav Rajdhani or go for something else.. like 12826 or 12818 or 12802. Could not decide it. The trains were running on time, till mid November. I risked it, and booked a tkt in Purushottam Express, though I was well aware, that fog may ruin the 130 madness. But still I risked it. Then suddenly one night, everything changed. It happened almost 15 16 days before my trip. The Rajdhanis were delayed by 5 to 6 hrs between MGS and CNB and the delay was increasing. I took it as a common incident,...
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Followup - Part 2 of the trip
The train departed finally, I was still wondering why was it in yard, it wasn't cleaned. Just for namesake, they had kept in yard. The train departed and was showing no signs of slowdown, ripping MWC at flat 110. I thought, a great start is showing good sign as there was no sign of fog in NCT area. After entry, into NCR the train though didn't touch 130, the weather was very much clear, with dense fogs in patches. The train was continuously accelerating and decelerating. I dozed off before ALJN.. it was near about 03:30 or 40. And then I woke up at about 8. I saw my watch.. I thought, atleast we should...
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The train departed finally, I was still wondering why was it in yard, it wasn't cleaned. Just for namesake, they had kept in yard. The train departed and was showing no signs of slowdown, ripping MWC at flat 110. I thought, a great start is showing good sign as there was no sign of fog in NCT area. After entry, into NCR the train though didn't touch 130, the weather was very much clear, with dense fogs in patches. The train was continuously accelerating and decelerating. I dozed off before ALJN.. it was near about 03:30 or 40. And then I woke up at about 8. I saw my watch.. I thought, atleast we should...
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