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Posted: Apr 26 2018 (00:35)
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Last Response: May 14 2018 (08:37)
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Last Response: May 14 2018 (08:37)
Apr 26 2018 (00:35) 12596/Anand Vihar Terminal - Gorakhpur Humsafar Express (via Basti)
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GotaTraintoCatch~ 2671 blog postsIn my journey today in 12596 HS, I got the chance to enter guard cabin and have a talk with guard. There were few interesting points discussed (you might be aware of all of them, but I felt like posting)
1. The train is capable of 130 KMPH, but the loco pilot is trained to operate only at 110, so he is not doing MPS on anvt-cnb section.
2. Yesterday at Khurja, there was failure of some transceiver which caused signal failure in section.
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1. The train is capable of 130 KMPH, but the loco pilot is trained to operate only at 110, so he is not doing MPS on anvt-cnb section.
2. Yesterday at Khurja, there was failure of some transceiver which caused signal failure in section.
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Nothing wrong in that. There is nothing in a WAP5/7 that makes them 'premium' and other locos as 'non-premium'. Other than the BPL Shatabdi, Gatimaan and the special Raj, for all other trains, the loco link doesn't matter at all. IR just allots them based on loco availability and utilization. It is only RF's who, in their fascination with 'new' locos, designate P7 as 'premium' train locomotive. They are all the same for IR.
The difference in acceleration isn't really much. For going from 0-110kmph, a WAP4 only takes about 40-60 seconds more than a P7 (P5 somewhere in between).
Also, fast acceleration is useful when the train has to stop and accelerate a lot. This one has a non-stop run between ANVT-CNB and not officially cleared to go beyond 130kmph.So the extra acceleration is of no practical use. To make better use of the extra acceleration, the loco has to haul a crawler or a train with an aggressive halt pattern (130kmph+ for WAP5 hauled ones).
Also, fast acceleration is useful when the train has to stop and accelerate a lot. This one has a non-stop run between ANVT-CNB and not officially cleared to go beyond 130kmph.So the extra acceleration is of no practical use. To make better use of the extra acceleration, the loco has to haul a crawler or a train with an aggressive halt pattern (130kmph+ for WAP5 hauled ones).
Officially yes it has a non-stop run.
But practically it stops on the outer of every major station (which theoretically it shouldn't). And to make up that lost time, that extra acceleration will come handy.
But practically it stops on the outer of every major station (which theoretically it shouldn't). And to make up that lost time, that extra acceleration will come handy.
Dere is a limited staff at cnb to handle 130kmph trains which is why all lhb trains are not given 130kmph in one go.
Rajdhani + MB + puru + sk etc only
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Also dere is a shortage of LPs in general.
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Rajdhani + MB + puru + sk etc only
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Also dere is a shortage of LPs in general.
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