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Bhopal Shatabdi: chalti hai ek dum hawa ke mafik, speed aisi ke ruka de traffic - Varun

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Blog Entry# 3678164
Posted: Aug 02 2018 (11:37)

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#ShiradiGhat
The best station on this route for railfanning. And the only one that can be tried and accessed.
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This station comes first after the descend from Sakleshpura begins. There are a few LCs but all are from the private estates and not for public. But you can try by getting down on NH75 and asking around and approaching the station
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by mud path.
Once here, this is the image ----- a waterfall in front of the PF and an estate behind the falls with a small temple. On the other side is just mountains and forest - a heaven to just be there and wait for the freights or the lonely passenger to cross.
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The only catch siding of the ghat is before this station. Just before the catch siding, the train halts for a few minutes and they check brakes and then start rolling down..... The tunnels and major bridges begin after this.

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Banking is a trivial operation for locomotives. Any locomotive with sufficient power is good enough for banking trains. So, there is no need to go for the 'best' locomotive.
Now, between a WAG5 and WAG9, a WAG5 has sufficient power for banking purposes. Also, note that multiple locomotives are used for banking, not because of power requirements alone, but more importantly, to provide more braking power when descending the gradients. In this context, a multiple unit WAG5 is better suited for banking purposes than a WAG9.
A single WAG9 will be able to
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take up the duty of 2/3 WAG5's in hauling mainline freight trains, while the dual/triple WAG5 unit can provide better braking and act as bankers/brakers providing the best utilization of the locomotive fleet.

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