Karnataka express - 1977 ರಿಂದ ಸಿಲಿಕಾನ್ ಕಣಿವೆಯ ಭೂಮಿಯನ್ನು ತಾಂತ್ರಿಕ ಮನಸ್ಸುಗಳೊಂದಿಗೆ ಪ್ರಜಾಸತ್ತಾತ್ಮಕ ಪ್ರಧಾನ ಕಛೇರಿಯೊಂದಿಗೆ ದೇಶಭಕ್ತಿಯ ಮನಸ್ಸುಗಳೊಂದಿಗೆ ಸಂಪರ್ಕಿಸುತ್ತಿದೆ - Sakthivel Srinivasan

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As we entered into Jolarpettai Jn, I saw lots of garbage littered all across tracks and suddenly the pantry boy comes with garbage bag and throws it onto the tracks. I was shocked to see that. I scolded him for this act of his and asked him to atleast tie the bag before throwing. Such a poor waste management ways of IR.
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we were slowly skipping JTJ, soon I noticed one Red Hot WAP4 and it was none other then another SRC beast with the other pair of the Duronto -- the UP 12245 HWH-YPR Duronto Exp slowly arriving bang on time at JTJ.
Soon the train picked up good speed and started blasting tiny-miny stations on its way. By now, I also went on to my berth to have a quick nap. But how could a railfan sleep when the train is blasting through beautiful lush greeneries. I put an alarm of 1 hr later when the train would cross Katpadi Jn. But when I woke up 1 hr later... I was amaed to see... the train was running 45 mins before time and it was crossing Chitteri. The beast really roared like a lion when it left from JTJ. It means it did YPR-KPD in almost 3 hrs 15 mins time. Great run. Within 5 mins we were bypassing Bangalore-Chennai line towards Vijayawada at Arakkonam.

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