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Blog Entry# 508336
Posted: Aug 19 2012 (19:00)

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Aug 19 2012 (19:00)   16516/Karwar - Yesvantpur Express | SBHR/Subrahmanya Road (3 PFs)
 
Anil Kumar Garg
Anil Kumar Garg   24032 blog posts
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IR 13037+13512 SBHR 16516 11-02-2012
The Mangalore to Hassan route has to climb the Western Ghats, the steepest section of 50 kms between Subrahmanya Road and Sakleshpur is 1 in 50!
KJM WDG3A Shaktis 13037 & 13512 are attached to the back of train #16516, 05:30 Karwar - Bangalore Yesvantpur, at SBHR to bank it over the ghat section.
Much to our surprise (and
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initial ignorance) the bankers were put on the front from SKLR and piloted the train engine, another KJM Shakti, #13030, all the way to Yesvantpur. Possibly the method employed to swap banking engines over?
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