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Jun 05 2021 (09:07)   NGP/Nagpur Junction (8 PFs)
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Nagpur Junction
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At large stations, particularly those with originating trains, it is customary to have a shunting line for locomotives. The shunting line removes the need for blocking all platforms when a locomotive is doing shunting operations. Locos are usually parked on these lines before moving to the trip shed or being attached to another train.

As for freight traffic, NGP has a freight yard with through lines parallel to the main station on the east side. Most, if not all freight traffic, passes through that yard. The line to that freight yard is
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the one that forms the famous diamond intersection with the Calcutta line at NGP outer.

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Jun 16 2021 (11:11)   BZA/Vijayawada Junction (10 PFs)
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I never knew Vijaywada had toy train in 1969 .!!!

Pic source - SCR,twitter account
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It is still there today, on the hill beside BZA station.

Vizag also has a toy train running on Kailasagiri.
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Jun 15 2021 (18:53)  
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One more Query... If Railway Zones are made on State basis .. Then what are the Pro and Cons in that Case?

Additional Query : Agar abhi ke Railway Zone system ki According hi agar kisi Division ko State priority ke basis par withdrawal karke... Aise Zone m add kar diya jaye jo uss state ka major portion share karta ho
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Majority part of Kota Division in Rajasthan so Kota Division will move in NWR ( bcs majority part of NWR is in Rajasthan) tb kya pros and cons ho sakte h?

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Pros -
Regional discrimination in railway jobs will be reduced

Cons -
-Extreme politicization - Railways will become directly tied to state politics
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-Formation of divisions/zones based on state/district instead of traffic patterns will lead to worse traffic management, more congestion and more delays

- More imbalanced distribution of revenue - states with trunk lines and lot of freight traffic will earn more revenue, but will have to give it up for the other states. This can lead to political fights.

- Running long distance trains will become a headache - Earlier Madras - Delhi route only required approval from 3 zones - SR, CR, NR, which later became 4 zones in 1966 - SR, SCR, CR, NR and is now 6 zones - SR, SCR, CR, WCR, NCR, NR. With state based zones and divisions, this will need approval from 8-9 zones. Running long distance trains will become a huge hassle.

- Little to no benefit for short-distance or intrastate trains -
Entire state of Andhra Pradesh was in SCR since the late 1970s. Even after 50 years of formation of SCR, there is still very poor connectivity between Coastal AP and Rayalaseema area.
SWR formally started operating in 2003, but there were no benefits for Karnataka until the MoSR started prioritizing Karnataka in the past few years. The average number of new trains introduced per decade was higher under SR and SCR than under SWR until the MoSR intervened a few years ago.
So, having state based zones doesn't mean that priority will be given to intrastate connections.

- Management problems - Too many zones and divisions will create too much of bureaucratic hurdles even for small tasks. It will be a case of 'Too many cooks spoil the food'.

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Jun 14 2021 (11:05)   09452/Bhagalpur - Gandhidham Special Fare Special | MGR/Munger (Monghyr) (2 PFs) | BZA/WAP-4/22342
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Early Morning Arrival🌞
*Far from Home 💥
In Frame :- 22342 BZA WAP-4 hauling ontime running 09452 BGP - GIMB Special Express heading towards Munger.
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Air Brakes and Vacuum brakes.

Vacuum brakes were phased out in the 90s. Before that most rolling stock (passenger coaches and freight wagons) were vacuum braked and locos had vacuum brakes too.

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braked rakes started coming up in the 90s and locos were fitted with both types of brakes then. Once vacuum brakes were phased out, the related equipment was removed from most locos.

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Jun 11 2021 (09:35)   KRNT/Kurnool City (3 PFs)
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No pitlines for Kurnool :(

They are saying pitline construction based on the terminating trains
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BZA-GDR, BZA-KZJ and BZA-NDD loop line got the funds because they are on the MAS-NDLS/HWH trunk routes (Golden Quadrilateral). It's not because of priority or special preference to BZA division.

Places like Kakinada, MTM, NS got pitlines and originating trains to avoid traffic congestion at BZA. CCT is a convenient point for SCR to handle rakes and also serve entire CCT-BZA section with a single train. It was done for convenience and to avoid platform congestion at stations on the MAS-HWH trunk route. Again, for operational reasons, not preferential treatment.
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Hyderabad is simply too big a city for places around HYB to get trains extended from there. HYB can fill a train to any place in the country and there will always be full demand to HYB any time of the year. With such level of traffic from HYB, chances of extending long-distance trains from HYB to any place are very slim - especially from major cities like Delhi/Bombay/Calcutta.

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