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Blog Entry# 2131735
Posted: Jan 18 2017 (20:29)

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Jan 18 2017 (20:29)   12245/Howrah - SMVT Bengaluru Duronto Express | TCL/Tyakal (3 PFs) | LGD/WAP-7/30450
Harris Kiran~
Harris Kiran~   5578 blog posts
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WAP7 First Time powers DURONTO Express | HWH -YPR | Indian Railways click here
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Catch the extremely rare spotting of the Howrah - Yesvantpur ( HWH - YPR ) Duronto Express hauled by a WAP7 Locomotive. WAP7 is presently the most powerful Passenger Class AC Locomotive of the Indian Railways with a continuous Power output of 6,000 HP and a Top permissible Speed of 140 KPH. This is probably the firs time a WAP7 is hauling this train as the crew that handles the train from Howrah to Kharagpur were not
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trained to handle 3 Phase locomotives earlier. The regular link for this train is a conventional WAP4 Locomotive from SRC / Santragachi Electric Shed.
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A special thanks to the Loco Pilot for acknowledging my presence and flashing the head lamps along with hello honks, very few LP's bother to acknowledge the Rail fans.
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Train : 12245 /12446 Howrah - Yesvantpur - Howrah
~ Duronto Express ~
South Eastern Railways , Howrah.
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Location : Banaswadi and Tyakal , Karnataka.
South Western Railways , Bangalore.
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Locomotive : WAP7 30450 LGD / Lallaguda Electric Loco Shed.
South Central Railways , Secunderabad.

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Jan 18 2017 (21:00)
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Hope WAP-7 gets regularised with Duronto.
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Jan 19 2017 (09:49)
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Wonderful honking!
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Jan 19 2017 (22:11)
Harris Kiran~   5578 blog posts
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Presently its doubtful, may be once SRC gets WAP7s it may .
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Jan 19 2017 (22:18)
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once when SRC starts getting 3 phaser then trains like coromandal & its RSA partner, BBS rajdhani, YPR Duronto, BBS duronto, purushottam, gitanjali, CSTM duronto, PUNE duronto, samarsata/jnaneswari etc will runs with WAP7.
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Jan 19 2017 (22:18)
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waiting for the day.
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