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****TRIP REPORT****
Train-12285\SC-NZM Duronto
Loco: LGD WAP-7 #30288
DOJ: 26\12\2013
Finally the day I was waiting for arrived and was excited. Me and bro reached Stn at 1315 hrs. we 1st Secured our Luggage at...
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our Berths and went to check loco link. Came back and at Sharp 1330 hrs, Clearance was given and at a honk we departed and My Excitement knew no Bounds!!
As we cleared all PSRs, Our train Picked up Speed and attained MPS of 120 in no time. Reached KZJ early only to be Halted for an Unscheduled halt and Departing on time. As we raced Towards our 1st Tech halt. Crossed Bangalore rajdhani and AP. 2 of my favorite!! Reached BPQ 8 mins early!!
As it’s a Duronto, We started 8 mins before departure time and started galloping towards NGP. We were about 30 mins early at NGP only to be stopped at AJNI and NGP outer. As we entered NGP pf1, BSP raj Bound to NDLS Departed from Pf3. Later as we Started , Brother kept track on Kerala Express too as we would overtake it anytime soon. Overtake took place at Teegaon as Kerala waited for bankers. We slept at around Mid-night.
I woke up at JHS and to my luck got the Paralel Departure along with Sant kabir Dham Express. Captured it and slept again to be woken up by the Attender who came to inform us about the breakfast. Freshen up. Had our Breakfast and in mean time Crossed 12002 at AGC and Again It was Goosebumps time for me as I was seeing it Live for the 1st time.
As usual, had a Unscheduled halt at Okhla where SC raj rake was parked and also a JHS WDM3D with CONCOR rake was having a Start-Stop affair on the goods line.
Finally, Reached NZM at 1100hrs, a good 25 mins late But a Terriffic performance displayed and Awesome Journey.