The mighty veteran Purulia Express serving for decades, daily commuters' lifeline and witness to a Rising Bengal! - Soumyadip Mahato

Till 2016, the 140 kms long Ghaziabad - Moradabad route (part of the Delhi - Moradabad - Lucknow corridor), wasn't fully electrified. As a result, one could see a variety of Diesel actions from various sheds and various kinds of ALCos and EMDs could be spotted in the route. I have had the good fortune of being introduced to this beautiful section by my friend Nitin (Xtreme Railroads), who has himself covered various beautiful spots along this route quite exhaustively.

2 clips which always stood out for me were these back...
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to back dust raising high speed MPS actions which were of the:

- 12204 Amritsar Saharsa Garibrath Express, led by a re-built LDH WDM-3A
- 14258 New Delhi Varanasi Kashi Vishwanath Express, led by a dual cab hunk TKD WDP-4D.

Both trains have now undergone significant changes. The Garibrath no longer runs with a Diesel loco, GZB provides the link to this train, WAP-4/5; Kashi Vishwanath now terminates at Manduadih and has been transferred to N.E.R (North Eastern Railways); but ran with D Loco up until the lockdown saga began.

Clips are of mid 2016.

Speeding MPS actions of Amritsar Saharsa Garibrath & Kashi Vishwanath Exp

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