तमन्ना जहाज के सफर की... क्यों करूं मैं, दिन भर की खुशियाँ लम्हों मे बर्बाद क्यों करूं मैं। - Amir

POWERFUL OFFLINKS KARNATAKA EXPRESS (12627) SHAKTI TWINS
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31-10-2012 - A Day of heavy rain with Nilam Cyclone hitting the East Coast of Andhrpradesh & Tamil Nadu , Bangalore had a heavy downpour through out the day, giving absolutely no chance for Rail-fanning.
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, I had to go to Bangalore Cantt to send of my cousin to Kopargaon , who was going to board the SWR's King Karnataka Express and as usual my Cam was right with me.
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Soon after the announcement was made for KK's arrival , I rolled out my cam readily waiting to capture the ET twins which are the regular link , even while capturing the dim-dip I seriously had no clue about the off-links arrival , later as the dim-dip reduced and noticed the Shakti livery I was stunned for a second.I was even more stunned when I noticed the trailing Blue Shakti loco as it was the first time ever Noticing it in Bangalore. ET shed does not house Shakti's or DG3A's so excitement spiked in no time confirming it to be a powerful offlink.
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The rakes of the last nights Chennai - Bangalore MAIL has RSA with Karnataka Express , a good 15 hours of continuous drenching & rain wash made the rakes appear fresh & glossy.