Late night race: Bengaluru Rajdhani overtakes Haridwar AC Express . Its a pitch dark night on Friday, 25th March 2016 and Train No. 12171/Mumbai Lokmanya Tilak Terminus - Haridwar Air Conditioned Superfast Express has just touched its milestone of departing Jhansi on time. . The... more...
AC Superfast also managed to keep the one and only 'Namma Rajdhani' behind its tail. But not for long as BSL WAM4 #21234 led Haridwar AC Express was looped at a remote station named Kotra 45 kms away from Jhansi to let the speeding Rajdhani overtake it at 130 kmph. . At 1:20 in the night, there's silence on the remote Kotra station. After 9 minutes of waiting, I hear a whining sound. WAP7 #302xx approaches with a loud roar with 22691/KSR Bengaluru City - Delhi Hazrat Nizamuddin Rajdhani Express and overtakes 12171/Mumbai Lokmanya Tilak Terminus - Haridwar Air Conditioned Superfast Express at full MPS. . I aologise for the shakes as I was a little scared to stand all alone on the islanded station in the midst of the night!
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