Maitree Express: মৈত্রী এক্সপ্রেস - দুই বাংলার সংস্কৃতি ও ভাতৃত্বের মেলবন্ধন - Joydeep Roy

Finally..... DLMW made TATANAGAR WAP7 39011 arrives at TATA. A small recap of my Journey to TATA. I last visited TATA relatives in September so it was nearly around 3 months I last visited. Yesterday we had a Pre Christmas Programme so I reached home very late and fell asleep. I had to get up at 3:50 in the morning, get ready and avail some bus by 5 am to reach Howrah latest by 6 am to avail Ispat. Alarm was set at 3:45 but when I woke up I saw it was 5:11 already. So immediately brushed my teeth and got ready for the station. When I stepped out I saw no Yellow Taxis so took an auto and then got hold of an Uber as Uber was less too due to the rain which started last night in Kolkata. The Uber Driver drove quit fast and dropped me at...
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Howrah at 6:20 am. If my reservation was made in BBN Janshatabdi I would surely miss it but was lucky to book in Ispat. Now I had a plan that to visit ELS/ETS at TATA to have some glimpses of some WAP7 37XXX but it was my sheer luck that when Ispat was waiting at TATA outer Vikas informed me that 39011 is at the station. I was waiting the signal to be yellow so Ispat reaches before 39011 goes somewhere else. When I get off Vikas was there at the PF for me and then we both went to meet 39011. So after a hasty start everything ended well. My first meeting with Vikas after several attempts and getting to see 39011. It is very cold here at Jamshedpur plus raining heavily. See picture 2 you will understand how much it was and still raining here.
Some other pictures as well. Steel Express was late at KGP by more than 20 minutes it was with SRC WAP 7 30601 and one Antyodaya EOG. Some WAG9Hi of TATA with freight at TATA outer.