Eat-Sleep-Railfanning 🔄 Repeat - Shankar Mehani

Worn-out coach of superfast train cracks during journey
: A major train tragedy was averted although a sleeper
coach on the Silchar-Thiruvananthapuram Superfast Express
developed crack during the course of the journey. Fortunately, the
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was moving slowly when the ssure
was noticed as it reached
the minor Vallathol Nagar railway station in Thrissur district on
Monday. The dilapidated coach, S10, developed the crack near the
door and was being used beyond its expiry date of October 31.
The major defect was noticed as the weekly train, which covers 3,932
km from Silchar in faraway Assam, had passed Shoranur and reached
the Vallathol Nagar station. The train had stopped at the station
awaiting green signal, after passing slowly over the Bharathapuzha
bridge.
The loco pilot, who had noticed a problem as the train was in motion,
then reported it to the guard. He had initially thought a problem
from gas leak in the break system had arisen, but found the long
crack on checking further.
The passengers, who were asleep, realised the problem only when
technical staff arrived for checks. The train proceeded after
detaching the S10 coach at Vallathol Nagar. Passengers on the
damaged coach were accommodated in other coaches
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