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⚜⚜Gudiyattam - Shivamogga Travellogue
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Shivamogga Town - KSR Bengaluru journey
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: 20652//Talaguppa - KSR Bengaluru City Intercity SF Express
Loco Link - UBL WDP4B 40031 ( not sure about loco number), pic credit goes to respective owner
Date : 30/05/2019, Thursday
This is big Travelogue, each and every moment is a wonderful moment.
💖This Journey one of top 5 journeys in my life💖
⚠️So please read it fully : )
We got up early at 4:00, my aunt and my grandma prepared breakfast and lunch for us, for Breakfast they prepared Vegetable Pulav and for lunch my grandma prepared karuvadu(dryed fish) Curry.
Came out of house and feel and breath the early morning fresh air.
All were ready now, waiting for auto, the auto came at nearly 5:42. We hurried up as there is only 30 mins more to board train. I kept all luggages at auto and we hit the road at 5:50 nearly.
Reached station at 6:10, my grandma and my aunt came to send off us, they went to buy tickets.
While i'm and my mom took all luggages and running to front of the station, as its my wish. We were standing first from the nameboard of station.
Suddenly the announcement was given for our train, and also for Yesvantpur - Shivamogga Express which was delayed heavily. My grandma and aunt came with tickets.
Now i'm waiting for train, very eager to see "what would be the loco link, it will wdp4 or wdp4b/ lhf or shf".
I prayed to God that the loco link should be a LHF EMD.
Within few seconds a great Humming sound.
The EMD humming often, (not continuously humming).
When the loco visible to me, it was a SHF EMD without yellow lines (means i thought it would be a wdp4) , roaring on entering Shivamogga station. Its a Goosebumps Feel. Slowly came near to me , the loco was UBL WDP4B. and crossed and stopped, we were near slr that time. We went back by one coach, that coach actually empty, i expected that the seats will 40% occupied before coming to smet, but the coach was empty.
I got my dream seat, "near to engine, view on to tracks, right side seat". I felt i'm really lucky that time.
Now we were in the second coach from EMD, Wow!! I'm very happy that time.
Once i boarded train the wdp4d respected his brother wdp4b and arrived silently into smet at pf2.
At 6:45 the LP gave a long low tense horn and departed slowly, the EMD humming at morning was superb. Negotiated a short curve after departed SMET, it was a great scene.
Switched tracks and slowly notched up to 4. Enjoyed the beautiful shivamogga urban regions.
Now the time to cross Tunga Bridge, i expected that the train will slow down here, as there SME halt ahead after bridge, but the LP notched up to 6 arrived Shivamogga very fast. I can't see the Passengers. After crossing half of the station, the EMD stopped humming and applied strong brakes. And halted at shivamogga at 6:49 and departed at 6:50. Again LP gave a long horn and departed from SME. Slowly notched up to 6. I was searching for smoke from EMD but there's no smoke, i thought the LP slowly accelerating the train.
I was seeing the beautiful countryside and peacocks through windows.
While i checked the speed the EMD suddenly accelerated to 85 kmph, i can't believe it.
And arrived Bhadravathi with 3 mins delay.
Departed after a 2 mins halt, crossed the mighty Bhadra river Bridge.
A fantastic run upto tarikere. The delay at tarikere was nearly 10 mins.
Between tarikere and Birur we had our breakfast pulav,
The train ran slowly at some places between tarikere and Birur.
We arrived birur jn at pf1 with a delay of more than 15 mins.
Kochuveli Hubballi SF Express was standing at pf2 with WDP4D.
Departed Birur after 2 mins halt.
The scenery between birur and kadur was mesmerizing, betel-nut trees near to tracks and big long curve, it was awesome. Arrived kadur fastly and departed after 1 min halt,while we were slowly departing from kadur, chikmagalur - Shimoga Passenger crossed us at kadur outer with a chugging ED alco.
A MPS run from Kadur to Arsikere, the climate was cloudy, seeing the western ghats through windows , was lovely.
The peaks of western ghat was closed with clouds.
We arrived arsikere at 8:44 with a delay of 14 mins.
A kjm alco was idling at Arsikere yard, we bought Idly at Arsikere , it tasted good with chutney.
After refueling, we departed arsikere after a 10 mins halt.
I saw a old icf coach of 90's , it was in aqua colour.
The WDP4B showed its aggression, accelerated madly,
The echo sounds of humming and honking was wonderful. After touching 100 kmph the EMD stopped humming and released air, its also echoed, this moments were a unforgettable, only if you travelling in my place, you can enjoy this.
Crossed with UBL Janshatabdi with kjm wdm3a
After a high speed run, slowed at shri sharada nagar nagar, the track sound was super there, that sound was like lhb chugging.
Arrived tiptur with a delay near of 15 mins.
Accelerated madly again after departing tiptur, before one station, our train slowed downed and stopped for 2 mins, then we departed, the halt was to cross with Chalukya Express, the loco link of chalukya kjm wdp4d
While ceossing our loco was continuesly honking and accelerating.
Not uniform run, slow run of 20 kmph at some places between tiptur-tumkur stretch.
Crossed with SMET/UBL Passenger with beautiful wdp4 twins at gubbi.
Arrived Tumkur with a delay of nearly half an hour. Departed tumkur after a 2-4 mins halt.
Not accelerated till kyatsandra outer. After nearing kyatsandra, the LP blowed a long horn and started to smoke and accelerate madly, due to eco of humming from kyatsandra station, my brother feared and woke up from sleep. Touched 105 MPS , suddenly the loco pilot applied emergency brake, that time i felt like someone pushing me from back, really a great braking effort, decelerated from 95 kmph to 0 within a minute.
We stopped before hirehalli, 3 peoples deboarded train, i thought that they may pulled the emergency brake. But the LP didn't gave any horn for emergency brake . After stopping the train he just gave a long horn. It stop may also for danger signal.
Then after five to ten mins we departed from there and accelerated slowly, after 10 mins, our LP notched up fully and slowed down. In that place the right side track towards ubl, was elevated. (@ locals, please guess the location). We slowed down there, last year we crossed vishwamanava at before that place.
So now I 'm and my brother expected for a train crossing in that place, but any train didn't crossed us.
But after that place, Vishwamanava crossed us slowly with wdp4d.
While we were crossing vishwamanava our train was accelerating at its best.
We were racing with a ac bus at NH and we overtook it. Keep this bus in your mind.
THE BEST MOMENT OF THE ENTIRE JOURNEY COMES HERE!!!
As the wdp4b accelerating at its best, it touched its mps. I saw bleed blue SHF EMD in the opposite track which will be crossing us , it was kjm wdp4. Both train blasted Nidvanda at MPS , the opposite train was mysuru Varanasi express,
Our train was overspeeded, and applied a slight brake.
That time the Nidvanda station was filled with dust.
Both train crossing a station at full MPS , just thing how it will be.
I'm and my brother enjoyed that moment very much.
A high speed uniform upto chik banavar.
Our train stopped near Yesvantpur Bybass. It was the place were ypr yard starts.
I was very eager to see the locos and trains at YPR yard.
After 5-10 mins stoppage we departed slowly, we saw pune wdm3d, wap4s, kjm alcos, kannur Yesvantpur train,
Reached Ypr at pf3 with a delay of nearly one hour.
A garib rath was standing after us. At pf1 a train(may be hwh duronto) standing with wap7.
Departed ypr after a 5mins+ halt. The wap4 and a wap7+wap4 dead and a wdp4 lined up before the garib rath.
Seen another original cab wdp4 .
As i'm seeing that wdp4 behind there was traffic road, i saw the same bus which we overtook after tumkur.
Enjoyed the beautiful urban buildings and areas of bengaluru. Though bengaluru is a metropolitan, i can feel fresh air and good vibes at bengaluru, there were also some slum which near to tracks.
And again we stopped at bengaluru outer before o.8 km to bengaluru. The WDP4B released air, that sound echoed to me, that awesome, we were waiting there upto 20 mins, finally heared some horn sound, it was kjm shunter with rajdhani, it was looped to next track after us. After that wdp4b gave long horn which echoed we departed. Within 2 mins the rajdhani too reversed and running parallel with us.
Finally arrived bengaluru at pf8 , pf9 was empty.
💥Wonderful Railfanning Moments at bengaluru railway station
💥Jerky ride on Brindavan
🔥In part 4💥💥
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⚜Gudiyattam - Shivamogga Travellogue
PART - 3
💥Railfanning during picnic or devotional trip.

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In part two we reached shivamogga and went our Grandma's House, our Grandma's house is a very beautiful classic house. There is a small garden where we would play with sand and tiny cooking, we play many things there, we love our Grandma's House.

We planned a small one day trip to Kolluru and Murudeshwar Temples, so we hit the road to Kolluru and Murudeshwar on 27/5/2019. So the Driver uncle came with Car at 9:30 we reached Kolluru at 14:30. Really i enjoyed the beautiful western between Shivamogga and Kolluru, from Kollur Temple the Scene of mighty Kodachadri Hills looked Great. Its a astonishing thing. I can't express my feel. At 15:00 we had dharishana and departed at 15:45 to Murudeshwar,

While i saw G- map, then only i recognized that i'm gonna see my dream line Konkan Railways. I got eagerness because while we reached the national highways of Mangalore - Madgaon there's sea in left and in right mountains of western, "Wow, what a scene". I was seeing the tracks of Konkan Railways suddenly a tunnel came tracks disappeared, After Sometimes before reaching Bhatkal Erode WDM3D passed us with Madgaon - Mangaluru Passenger. Finally we reached Murudeshwar and played at Beach. I astonished on seeing the mighty entrance of the Temple and the Gorgeous Statue of Lord Shiva in Sea Shore during Sun set, just imagine that scene.

We had dharisana at 20:00 and departed from Murudeshwar at 21:00 we had our Dinner in a hotel. I got sleepy during journey, i can't sleep it will be disturbing for the driver (i was in parallel seat to driver)

I went to 80% sleep suddenly i scared fully and got up. While we were going near a railway Bridge wdp4d madly Humming and passed away, i scared of that sudden humming, i think it should be matsyangadha.

At 3 am i think, we just missed from a accident, a lorry came in wrong side at a curve, suddenly our driver applied brake and lorry passed through in a thread gap, Thank God we faced no problem there.

Finally we reached Shivamogga at 6:00

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⚜Gudiyattam - Shivamogga Travelogue
PART-2
🟢Bengaluru-Shivamogga
Train : 20651//KSR Bengaluru City - Talaguppa Intercity SF Express.
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in Charge : UBL WDP-4
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We deboarded from Shesadri Express and took lift to go to pf 9. As i want to go to front i asked my mom, that we shall go front, but my mom refused as we are in last. Going from last to front with that is very difficult. But i took all big luggages, and finally we went near the loading lift in pf9 and we still went front to take a seat in pf and had our lunch, Oil Brinjal with rice.
In pf 8 sbc-ask Passenger was ready to depart with kjm wdp4d. We were waiting for malgudi, as only after malgudi passes our train gives mighty entry into Bengaluru. Finally malgudi entered sbc at 13:54 with LGD wap7 in think so not sure, and departed at 14:05 after 5 or 7 mins, my favorite train with favourite with favourite side LHF UBL WDP-4 Entering the curvy pf 9 gorgeously, it suddenly came near me and my mom and my cousin sister got a seat in General class, its 3rd coach from loco and i got window seat on to tracks side but a left side seat. The EMD was continuously humming which were very very nice to my ears. Finally at sharp 15:00 we departed. WDP-4 gave a Low tense horn first and high tense horn next. Slowly we departed bengaluru we saw a beautiful brothers , kjm bleed blue wdp 4 with shivamogga Passenger and kjm bleed blue wdp4b with shivamogga Janshatabdi in next track after pf 10. Just how they were related, both will depart next to next to shivamogga.
Ok now back to Intercity express as we switched 3 tracks suddenly Lp gave a long horn and accelerated madly with smokes. Goose bumps here that time. Passed malleswaram at 55 kmph. And slow down before entering Yesvantpur after entering ypr platform 3 again wdp 4 gave a acceleration and pick up speed , that scene was like a train passes without halt at a big station. And we arrived ypr at 15:11. While entering ypr i saw wap4 and wap 7 of lgd and hassan intercity was next to us with lhf kjm wdp 4. And we departed at 15:15 and i enjoyed the different locos and different trains kept in ypr yard. As we accelerated and pick up good speed suddenly, heavy rain we rain. Our train slowed down at chik banavar due to heavy rain and again wdp 4 accelerated madly at soldevanahalli. And wdp4 crossed 100kmph in 3 mins i mean wdp 4 accelerated from 20 - 100 in just 3 mins. And our train continuesly honking and speeding up in gradients. Due to under road constructions our train as to slow down in that places. Finally arrived tumkur with 17 mins delay. There i saw Passenger train with wdp4d. And we departed tumkur after 5 mins halt. At Mallasandra we crossed Jaipur suvidha express which is hauled by kjm wdp 4 lhf. It looked gorgeous with lhb rakes. Our train was blasting at 105, I saw and enjoyed Long hood wdp 4 scene with sunshine, curve and with speed at a station. We slowed down at kardi to enter double line section. Its also a curvy station. Enjoyed by seeing the lhf wdp4. We arrived tiptur with 30+ mins of delays. We departed and slowed down at some places in intermediate where some construction works took place. So we departed arsikere with a delay of 45 mins. We entered arsikere at pf 2 in pf 3 mysuru Talguppa Passenger was standing with wdp 4d. I thought that our train will overtake that passenger in arsikere. But the Passenger train departed and we are still in arsikere after 10 mins from departure of Passenger our train departed with a delay of 1hr+. After clearing PSR s of arsikere wdp 4 accelerated madly again and blasted at 105 kmph we overtook the mys - tlgp passenger at devanur at mps. We departed kadur fastly within 1 min train accelerated and arrived Birur at pf 2 with a delay of 1'15 hrs. I saw kjm wdm 3a at birur and we departed Birur after 5 mins halt. Ran at good speed and arrived and departed tarikere and we crossed the bhadra river bridge before bhadravati station at a good speed, our train made a speedy arrival into bhadravathi station. We departed bhadravathi after 2 mins halt and arrived Old Shivamogga and we crossed tunga river bridge, the loco was accelerating while crossing bridge. Finally we arrived Shivamogga Town at 20:55 with 60 mins delay. Almost 90% of passengers deboarded at shivamogga itself. After 10 mins halt the train proceeded towards Talguppa.
I waited for 1 year for this dream journey finally made it. Such a happiest journey it was. I enjoyed a lot with railfanning. This my second best journey in my life. Really enjoyed very much.

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My Travelogue from Gudiyattam ➡️Shimoga Town
#GudiyathamShivamoggaTravelogue
Hello my dear railfan friends today I'm going to share my journey experience which is a regular holiday journey.
In summer we regularly go to our Grandma's house in Shimoga.
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PART-1
This journey will be in five parts
🔷️ First Part - Gudiyattam-Bengaluru(Shesadri Express)
🔷️Second Part - Bengaluru-Shivamogga (Talguppa Intercity 20651)
🔶️Third Part - Suspense
🔺️Fourth Part - Return Journey Shivamogga - Bengaluru (20652)
🔺️Fifth Part - Return Journey Bengaluru- Gudiyattam (Brindavan &Salem-Arakkonam memu Passenger)
Please read it fully :) Thank you all for reading
So now i'm going to share my trip done on 19/5/2019
Trains took in Journey: 17210//Shesadri Express & 20651//KSR Bengaluru City-Talguppa Intercity Express
The shesadri arrives my home gudiyattam at 8:13, the day before (20/5) my grandma went to shimoga, while she arrived the train was ready to depart, we ran near loco pilot told them to stop for 1 min, the loco pilot accepted and my dad ran to ticket counter and got tickets and gave it to my gradma, and the train departs. The train was running without delay because of us it delayed by one min.
Ok now we come back to (20/5) as my grandma yesterday faced a problem so we went to station at 7:50. Now we are in station, A goods with wag9 i took a video, unluckily i didn't on the camera button. So i missed it. Then mysuru shatabdi blasted GYM at mps with rpm hog wap7, then my train shesadri came at 8:48 with a delay of 35 mins. It came with BZA WAP-4.
We boarded a reserved coach and initially the train ran slow but, really i don't know when it accelerated, skipped Ambur at MPS. I took my seat near door and mom and sisters and brothers also took a seat. And we took our breakfast. As the train was fully rushed i can't see any train crossing.The train ran very slowly in some places. And at Krishnarajapuram finally i got seat. My train was severely delayed by one hour at KJM the cause of delay was Tuticorin- Okha Express i saw it in kjm. I though that my train will depart first so i can see vatva alco. But after 10 mins okha train departs then after 5 mins my train departed KJM. And i was in left so again i missed the crossings of trains. At Bengaluru cant. the announcement was going on for Karnataka Express which was rescheduled by 8 hrs the Karnataka Express was running with huge delay. And finally we arrived Bengaluru Majestic.
➡️Railfanning in Bengaluru and Travel in 20651 will be posted tomorrow
I think this travelogue will be boring, upcoming parts will be super
Sorry for spelling and grammatical mistakes above
Thank you very much for reading