दौड़ती है हिमालय तट से सागर, हमसफ़र हर राह पर, हवाई जहाज़ों को त्याग कर, करो अक्सर, भारतीय रेल में सफर. - Arpit P

my pongal trip to jolarpet:
as my school pongal vacations started on 12.1.13. i decided to go to my grandma's house on the account of pongal the next day in 12675 kovai exp. my father told that it is not safe to go as pongal time means overcrowded trains but i decided to go. this trip was packed with surprises.
first in chromepet rly station i met 16178 KMU-MS ROCKFORT EXP. with ED WAP 4
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first surprise awaited at chennai central. the time was 5.45 am i thought that the train will be jampacked but THE TRAIN DIDN'T ARRIVE INSIDE!!!! for what reasons i don't know but it was yet a surprise.
there was a huge rush in the places where the urs coaches are positioned. the rake arrived soon after i reached the front. there was a commotion and i held the bar of the door of the yet-to-stop rake and a jump! i was inside the coach and sat immedietly in the first set of seats. I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS!! people were waiting from 3 am and didn't got the seat but i arrived just now and GOT A SEAT!!!! seconds after the coach was jam packed.
got an opportunity to see LHB rajdhani which departed bang on time
Our train started bang on time.
Since it was full of smog , the loco honked frequently which was WAP 7 type of honking . i thought that the WAP 4 is imitating the WAP 7 . the train was in full speed until JTJ. met cheran,sbc-mas shadabdi, tvc-mas duranto...
my third surprise was in jolarpet. as soon as i got down i noticed that the panto was not of WAP 4 but of WAP 7 . how can this be??? with these thoughts i moved forward and saw IT WAS BRAND NEW RPM WAP 7 !!!!!! it was really a pongal treat for me :) :)