Well, back in Mahabodhi again. This time in 3A as the Sleeper Class travel in June had given me bad health problems. The ticket was in WL and I was kinda doubtful if it would confirm or not. But finally it got confirmed. While the National Capital was scorching under sun even in August, the temperatures were mild and good once you exit NCT and enter UP and go onwards. The weather went on improving slowly as we entered UP. The journey was again accompanied by an adorable Co Passenger with whom any person can happily share his or her seat. The lunch was worse than before. The veg biryani.. saltless.. and spicy as much as possible. On the worse side, the pantry guys didn't had salt sachets, as they said we have limited stock to cater to the dinner. Great.. isn't it ? After the lunch I slept for a...
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while i.e after Aligarh. Had a small meeting with Keshav Saxena, from Aligarh Jn. The train wasn't shwoing the 130 run as it did on previous run. There were several hiccups and I got bored and finally slept and woke up once near ETW and again then at Panki where we were held up for 25 to 30 minutes due to early running. I was suspecting in mind that overtake from 12274 and 12424 might happen at CNB itself which later turned out to be true. When the train halted at CNB, it was drizzling outside, went to click more loco pics and also the locos which were standing nearby. After being overtaken at CNB, the train departed towards its next halt i.e. ALD. Had a small RF session there too with funny announcements by the PAS systems. After ALD I slept only to wake up at GAYA Jn and meet Piyush Kr Singh. I shall post more photos again in the upcoming blogs. Till then enjoy.