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Blog Entry# 2140867
Posted: Jan 26 2017 (12:14)

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Jan 26 2017 (12:14)   22841/Santragachi - Tambaram Antyodaya Express | FLR/Fuleswar (4 PFs) | MGS/WAG-7/27009
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RAREST AND LUCKIEST CATCH ON THE EVE OF REPUBLIC DAY!!
(HD) First sight! Antyodaya Express makes a glamorous entry, enjoys flag exchange & steals glances of all!!
Video link:click here
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Yesterday, January 25, 2017,
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I was on a railfanning trip to a station named Ghoraghata (GGTA) on the Kharagpur- Santragachi stretch of SER (South Eastern Railways). As my EMU from Howrah was approaching a station named Fuleshwar, I saw a unique liveried train approaching from Kharagpur side with a WAG- 7 in lead. As I started recording the video, I realized it was the brand new rake of ANTYODAYA Express headed by a 27009 MGS WAG- 7 in lead.
The entire rake consisted of 22 coaches (20 GS+ 2 EOG), and was booked for SER's SRC base. The rake would be used either for the Howrah (HWH)- Ernakulam (ERS) ANTYODAYA, or the Santragachi (SRC)- Chennai Central (MAS) ANTYODAYA.
Now, I have quite a few queries regarding the train, listed below.
1) The EOGs were marked with 160 km/hr top speed. But the GS coaches had 2 set of markings, as 105 km/hr and 130 km/hr (You can freeze the video, and check). Why is it so?
2) Other than being a LHB rake sporting a new livery (And having extra sets of seats instead of the luggage rack), it this ANTYODAYA in anyway different than the JAN SADHARAN/ JAN SEWA/ JAN NAYAK set of train? Or is it just Old Wine in New Bottle??

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Jan 26 2017 (19:28)
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I personally feel proving Water Purifiers in these Fully Unreserved General coaches seem to be a disaster. In a country where fire extinguishers, lamps, fans, handwash, etc gets stolen from trains on an almost daily basis, I doubt how long will these purifiers last in these coaches.
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