Amarkantak Express: Holy for Railfans as holy as Amarkantak is for devotees. - Ayan G

Original EMD 20003 with longest running daily Avadh Assam Express hums away on a cold morning!!
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On a cold winter morning in the month of November, original EMD manufactured SGUJ WDP- 4 hauled 15910 Lalgarh (LGH)- New Tinsukia (NTSK) cruises towards Ghaziabad Junction, and meets my 12381 Howrah (HWH)- New Delhi (NDLS) POORVA Superfast Express (Via Gaya, Varanasi). Link of our train was 30201 GZB WAP- 7. Location is somewhere in between Sahibabad Junction, and Ghaziabad Junction.
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ASSAM holds the double record of being the longest daily running train, and also the longest diesel hauled train of our country. AVADH ASSAM follows the New Tinsukia- Simaluguri- Mariani- Furkating- Dimapur- Lumding- Chaparmukh- Guwahati- Kamakhya- New Bongaigaon- New Alipurduar- New Cooch Behar- New Jalpaiguri- Barsoi- Katihar- Barauni- Samastipur- Muzaffarpur- Sonpur- Chhapra- Siwan- Bhatni- Gorakhpur- Basti- Gonda- Lucknow Charbagh- Shahjehanpur- Bareilly- Moradabad- Old Delhi- Rohtak- Jind- Mansa- Bhatinda- Hanumangarh- Suratgarh- Lalgarh route to cover 3074 kms with 86 halts enroute.
++ UDL "Shakti" with Military Express meets WDP-4 Avadh Assam Express at Aluabari Road:
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