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TVC RAJDHANI EXPRESS IN KONKAN RAILWAY : Longest Rajdhani Express Of Indian Railways With GOC WDP-3A
Indian Railways : Seen in video is longest running Rajdhani Express of Indian Railways, 12431/Trivandrum Central - Delhi Hazrat Nizamuddin Rajdhani Express hauled by Golden Rock [GOC] WDP-3A #15518 smokes, dusts and honks at Sangameshwar Road station of Konkan Railways [KR]. After being at Shastri River Bridge for half day we came back to Sangameshwar Road station for one of the captures which was the most awaited one. As soon as starter turned green all three of us, me, Prathamesh Yeram and Arzan Kotval, took our positions to capture KONKAN KING. The wait was quite long then expected and so we were expecting a quite furious...
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show as priority given was top class with starter being green for more than 5-7 minutes. There was a board right behind us indicating MPS of 110 KMPH and seeing that board in KR and next train being TVC Rajdhani, can give any railfan goosebumps. As expected Hazrat Nizamuddin bound longest running Rajdhani Express of Indian Railways, came out of tunnel from south end of Sangameshwar Road station raising dust from newly laid ballast and them smoking, puffing and honking all the way past three of us. After this action we boarded food king Mandovi Express on our way back to Mumbai.
The Thiruvananthapuram Rajdhani (12431/32) is a Rajdhani class passenger train service in India, connecting the national capital New Delhi to Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of state Kerala. It runs from Thiruvanathapuram Central to Hazrat Nizamuddin. It is the longest running Rajdhani Express train, which covers about 2,848 km. It uses a Ghaziabad based WAP 7 or WAP 5 for its run between H.Nizamuddin and Vadodara and Golden Rock(GOC) WDP 3A from Vadodara to Thiruvananthapuram Central. On occasion, a Vadodara based WAP 4 is also assigned to the train. It was also the first Rajdhani bound to south to get the new model LHB coaches. It also holds the record of the longest inter-halt journey(528 km) with no stops between Vadodara and Kota along with a select group of some other trains along the same route.
12431/Trivandrum Central - Delhi Hazrat Nizamuddin Rajdhani Express travels 2848 km in 45h 40m with 17 halts at an average speed of 62 km/hr and belongs to Northern Railways [NR].
Other captures from this Konkan Railways trip:
1) Sindhudurg Passenger with ED WDM-3D : click here
2) Netrvati Express over Shastri River Bridge : click here
3) Mangala Superfast Amidst Fog : click here
4) RO-RO Over Shastri River Bridge : click here
5) Marusagar Express With BGKT WDP-4B : click here
Video By : Gunjan Pandya
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