NTES is the salt of Railfanning. IRI is the sugar. - Kirti Solanki

here is my trip report of my journey on this train on 23 july from thivm to thane in sleeper class.reached thivim station at 9am. an announcement was made for the netravati. well it was running very late that day.the netravati came with a WDG-4. a brief halt and it left.at 9.25am the announcement was made for mandovi. at sharp 9.30 the train came on pf 1 with the mighty WDP-4.sleeper coaches were mostly empty.i had a side lower berth.the train started the tte came and checked my ticket,and the pantry guys were moving with a variety of menus. everytime they came i would listen to their chants.well there is a huge list of breakfast menu burger,cutlet,omelette,shira upma,idli,dosa......many more.it wasn't raining. journey was going great.stations passed by and the speed was also good.the train wasn't made to stop for crossings.at kudal i saw a train on the main line.it was the...
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netravati. well it was made to wait on the main and we were put on the loop. after a brief halt our train moved ahead and we overtaked the netravai,wow.we kept on moving and then came the pantry guy for lunch.i ordered my fav menu on this train the manchurian and with it the noodles too.within 30 mins the guy came with the food.i had my lunch and it tasted awesome.the train kept moving and it started raining heavily somewhere near nivsar. the train came to a halt and i prayed that i don't get stuck here as this is a landslide prone area.after 15 mins i saw the plasser machine coming and i was relieved.soon we began moving.at ratnagiri we were greeted by thick heavenly fog.the nature around was just splendid and kept me entertaining all thought the route.the pantry also kept on rolling with various menus like gulab jamun,fruit salad,matka dahi.....i can go on and on.finally in the evening we crossed into CR it was time to say goodbye to KR.at 8.30pm reached thane pf 6.the overall journey was very good and i enjoyed a lot :)