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Stunning looking NGC WDM-2 smokes profusely with Guwahati bound Riot Special at high speed!!!
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Hauled by an extremely beautiful and unique liveried 18689 WDM- 2 of NGC (New Guwahati) shed (ex.VSKP), a Bangalore (SBC)- Guwahati (GHY) RIOT Special (via Howrah) cruises through the Up main line of Jhapandanga (JPQ) station on HB Chord enroute at a good speed.
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to riots and unstable conditions prevailing in the North- Eastern India during that time, more than a dozen of Bangalore- Guwahati/ Kamakhya (via Howrah) Special trains were made to run in both Up and Down directions throughout the week. And for the numerous Special trains running on this route, the sheds HWH and BWN had shortage of alcos. Henceforth, locos from sheds like UDL (Andal), VTV (Vatva), PTRU (Patratu), MLDT (Malda Town), JMP (Jamalpur), NGC (New Guwahati) etc were pressed into service. And to gather coaches for the rakes, quite a few Passengers trains in the South were cancelled. Along with it, numerous spare coaches for other trains were also hired from North India as well.
On the same day, we spotted another two such trains, one with JMP WDM- 3A, and the other with UDL WDG- 3A "Shakti".