trains are completely powered by Diesel Engines ALCo's & EMD's. The Zone is expected to get electrified in due course of time between Burdwan and Jalpaiguri.
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This video does not cover the entire NFR Zone, how ever a very beautiful spot was chosen to capture Trains that connect to & fro various parts of West Bengal & Assam.
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Salbari is a small village located between Cooch Behar and Jalpaiguri in the state of West Bengal .The main occupation of the villagers is Agriculture and Rice is the prime crop cultivated here. Most of the trains were captured between these lush green Paddy fields where the single Broad gauge line takes a sharp curvature alignment between Kolai Gram and Salvadi Stations. The water from the Galandi river is used for irrigation & drinking by the villagers.
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The video was captured during the peak monsoon season hence you can see the nature at its best. Hope you find this video rejuvenating as you hear the Jet sound EMD's and the chugging ALCO's conquering the virgin terrain.
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About the intro WDP4 GT46PAC 20012 christened as " BAAZ - In Sanskrit means Falcon, the bird " was the one and only Aerodynamic Fiber glass Cab fitted EMD that was painted in a unique Blue and Orange combo livery as seen. The Locomotive was first homed at Hubli EMD Shed under South Western Railways. Later the Loco was transferred to NFR's Siliguri EMD Shed. The Shed ripped off the fiber glass cab of the loco which is now a thing of past. The intro is a tribute to one of my favorite Locos. The first Locomotive in this video is the same 20012 BAAZ in Siliguri Shed livery in the present day condition. Never the less Siliguri shed has shown some interest to bring back the Baaz Livery on few other WDP4s that can be seen in this video.
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Index of Trains captured in this video along with Time Stamps and Locomotive are as follows.
1:05 14056 Old Delhi - Dibrugarh BRAHMOPUTRA MAIL
SILIGURI GT46PAC WDP4 20012 BAAZ
2:47 15959 Kolkata Howrah - Dibrugarh KAMRUP EXPRESS
HOWRAH WDM-3A 16115
3:52 12423 Dibrugarh Town - NewDelhi RAJDHANI EXPRESS
SILIGURI GT46PAC WDP4 20016
5:18 13147 Kolkata Sealdah - New Cooch Behar UTTAR BANGA EXPRESS
BWN / BARDDHAMAN WDM-3A 16046
6:28 55714 Dekargaon - New Jalpaiguri Passenger
SILIGURI GT46PAC WDP4 20004
7:35 LUDHIANA WDG-3A 14800 BCNA FREIGHT WAGON
8:53 12505 Guwahati - Delhi Anand Vihar Terminal NORTH EAST EXPRESS
SILIGURI WDP4 20081
9:59 15725 New Jalpaiguri - New Cooch Behar INTERCITY EXPRESS
MALDA TOWN WDM-3A 16222
11:37 12514 GUWAHATI - SECUNDERABAD WEEKLY SF EXPRESS
HOWRAH WDM-3D 11442
13:45 BONDAMUNDA WDG-3A 13127 HIGH CAPACITY PARCEL VANS
14:36 ANDAL WDG-4 12899 BCNA FREIGHT WAGON
15:22 13142 New Alipurduar - Kolkata Sealdah TEESTA TORSA Express
BWN / BARDDHAMAN WDM-3A 16652
16:29 12506 Delhi Anand Vihar Terminal - Guwahati NORTH EAST EXPRESS
SILIGURI GT46PAC WDP4 20003
18:17 SILIGURI GT46MAC WDG4 12354 BCNA FREIGHT WAGONS
19:37 55713 NEW JALPAIGURI - DEKARGAON PASSENGER
SILIGURI GT46PAC WDP4 20013
21:50 Guwahati - Chennai SPECIAL
BONDAMUNDA WDG-3A 13482
22:59 12525 KOLKATA - DIBRUGARH WEEKLY SF EXPRESS
BWN / BARDDHAMAN WDM-3A 18875
24:21:00 SILIGURI WDG-4 12391 BCNA FREIGHT WAGONS
27:13:00 15960 Dibrugarh - Kolkata Howrah KAMRUP EXPRESS
HOWRAH WDM3D 11497
28:51:00 NEW GUWAHATI WDG-3A 14857 FLAT BED
30:46:00 13148 New Cooch Behar - Kolkata Sealdah UTTAR BANGA EXPRESS
BWN / BARDDHAMAN WDM-3A 16046
31:30:00 SILIGURI WDP4 20084
12424 NewDelhi - Dibrugarh Town ** RAJDHANI EXPRESS **
33:59:00 SILIGURI WDP-4D
12346 Guwahati - Kolkata Howrah SARAIGHAT SUPERFAST EXPRESS
34:48:00 15609 NTSK / New Tinsukia Junction - Lalgarh * AVADH ASSAM EXPRESS *
SILIGURI GT46PAC WDP4 20011 BAAZ , LUMDING Jn.
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