It was a really sad situation. One of the worst accidents in Indian Railways history. What happened to the 24 coaches? Only 1 general seating coach of train 12864 is at the Kharagpur Workshop.

Such messed up stuff should never happen again. My heart goes out to the 300 peeps who lost their lives. Had a chat with a few folks at the railways - station masters, signal engineers, and ALPs. Even they couldn't figure out how the Coro LP passed the signal with the goods train in the way. Right before the crash, Coro was zippin' at 128 km/h and when the signal turned from green to red, LP hit the brakes, but two coaches went off track and smacked into the goods train. The coaches behind them tumbled onto the other line. The train headin' to HWH (Banglore to Howrah) was goin' at 116 km/h and since it was late, it rammed right into the other coaches at full throttle. Wonder if LP was told to hide the delay? Some stuff stays under wraps so the Indian Railways can dodge responsibility for passenger and crew safety. PS: Whenever I travel, I say a lil' prayer to the big man upstairs for the safety of the train, peeps, and crew.

Yo, let me tell ya what went down. The train was speeding at 128 kmph, then the loco pilot hit the emergency brake outta nowhere. The loco went all crazy, flew up and jumped on top of the freight train. When it detached, the LVPH Coach got a big jerk, derailed, and caused a domino effect with the other coaches. It was train no 12864 headin' towards HWH. A coach from Coromondel messed up the 2nd and 3rd GS coach of 12864. The last 2 coaches (SLRD, GS) derailed and the 3rd coach took some damage. The loco pilot kinda saved the day by not slamming the emergency brake suddenly, so the rest of 12864 cruised past at 120 kmph without derailing. At Balasore, they detached the 3rd coach from the end. That GS coach is chillin' at KGP workshop now.