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Posted: Jan 25 2015 (11:14)
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Last Response: Jan 25 2015 (18:58)
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Last Response: Jan 25 2015 (18:58)
Jan 25 2015 (11:14) 12533/Pushpak Express (PT) | CSTM/Mumbai CSM Terminus (18 PFs)
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Tridib Chakraborty
Tridib Chakraborty 1223 blog postsHad an awsome ride on 17618 Tapovan Express from Lasalgaon to Mumbai CST yesterday.
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Waiting at LS, Pushpak SF passed at 5.20 pm... running 1.5 hours behind schedule. My Tapovan was running late by 20 mins. Soon we caugh up with Pushpak at Igatpuri where the NER crack SF was having its customary BSL WAP4 replaced by KYN WCAM3. I had a feeling we will proceed earlier as we don't have a halt at Kasara and Pushpak needs brakers (locomotives at front for braking while descending the ghats).
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Waiting at LS, Pushpak SF passed at 5.20 pm... running 1.5 hours behind schedule. My Tapovan was running late by 20 mins. Soon we caugh up with Pushpak at Igatpuri where the NER crack SF was having its customary BSL WAP4 replaced by KYN WCAM3. I had a feeling we will proceed earlier as we don't have a halt at Kasara and Pushpak needs brakers (locomotives at front for braking while descending the ghats).
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3 Public Posts - Sun Jan 25, 2015
But then we did catch up with it and overtook it at Kasara.
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My point is, if Pushpak is already 1.5 hours late, it has lost its slot.... just like Punjab Mail (infact CR's own train) loses its slot in the morning as is overtaken even by the EMUs..... Tapovan was on time at Manmad.... should have proceeded before 12533. In this case, Pushpak would have been late (already late) but Tapovan had a greater chance of reaching CSTM before 10 pm.
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My point is, if Pushpak is already 1.5 hours late, it has lost its slot.... just like Punjab Mail (infact CR's own train) loses its slot in the morning as is overtaken even by the EMUs..... Tapovan was on time at Manmad.... should have proceeded before 12533. In this case, Pushpak would have been late (already late) but Tapovan had a greater chance of reaching CSTM before 10 pm.
8 Public Posts - Sun Jan 25, 2015