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Posted: Apr 12 2015 (19:02)
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Apr 12 2015 (19:02) 12301/Howrah - New Delhi Rajdhani Express (Via Gaya) | DKDE/Dankaur (3 PFs) | HWH/WAP-7/30371
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Gunjan Pravinchandra Pandya
Gunjan Pravinchandra Pandya 175 blog postsROYAL BENGAL TIGER : Howrah Rajdhani Express Roars Dankaur At 130 KMPH : First Rajdhani Of India
Indian Railways : Seen in video is Bengal Tiger : 12301/Howrah - New Delhi Rajdhani Express (via Gaya) hauled by Howrah [HWH] WAP-7 #30371 roaring with continuous honking at Dankaur station of North Central Railways [NCR] at raw MPS of 130 KMPH. Rail fan Tarun Tyagi can be seen in action as well.
Howrah Rajdhani is the first fully air-conditioned train, as well as the first Rajdhani train. It is the most senior of all the...
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Indian Railways : Seen in video is Bengal Tiger : 12301/Howrah - New Delhi Rajdhani Express (via Gaya) hauled by Howrah [HWH] WAP-7 #30371 roaring with continuous honking at Dankaur station of North Central Railways [NCR] at raw MPS of 130 KMPH. Rail fan Tarun Tyagi can be seen in action as well.
Howrah Rajdhani is the first fully air-conditioned train, as well as the first Rajdhani train. It is the most senior of all the...
more...
4 Public Posts - Sun Apr 12, 2015
On a poignant note about Rajdhanis, I quote from the linked article,
"Overwhelmingly, the question asked, is: why, four decades on, are we still locked into 17-hour journeys and maximum speed of 130 or 140 km? As some point out, in the 40 years that the Howrah Rajdhani increased its speed from 120 to 130 kmph, China's rails went from nowhere to trains running at 300 kmph. Asks railway buff, Mohan Bhuyan: "Couldn't journey time at least have come down by one hour for every decade?" For the men who brought the Rajdhani into existence, too, the anniversary is bitter-sweet. "There has been a virtual freeze on the development of indigenous technology," says Banerji. "One Rajdhani has been replicated 200 times."...
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"Overwhelmingly, the question asked, is: why, four decades on, are we still locked into 17-hour journeys and maximum speed of 130 or 140 km? As some point out, in the 40 years that the Howrah Rajdhani increased its speed from 120 to 130 kmph, China's rails went from nowhere to trains running at 300 kmph. Asks railway buff, Mohan Bhuyan: "Couldn't journey time at least have come down by one hour for every decade?" For the men who brought the Rajdhani into existence, too, the anniversary is bitter-sweet. "There has been a virtual freeze on the development of indigenous technology," says Banerji. "One Rajdhani has been replicated 200 times."...
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