1) When it's 1 o' clock by your watch in the noon. 2) You are standing at a station in HB chord or HBC connector from Howrah. 3) You start hearing loud EMD horns & jet engines echoing all around (from BWN end) :P These symptoms indicate only one thing: SHAN - E - NFR !!! Siliguri... more...
(SGUJ) WDP 4 # 20082 comes roaring and whining negotiating a curve through Bally leading the fastest diesel hauled Shatabdi in India, 12042 New Jalpiguri - Howrah Shatabdi Express running bang on time Pic credit-Sourav Dutta
What do you mean by 'your shatabdi'? Its not his shatabdi. And regarding the 'fastest diesel hauled shatabdi', the blogger here means the 130 mps of this train which is achieved by an EMD, whereas for 12025/26, its just 110!! A matter of MPS and not E2E average.
the New Jalpaiguri - Howrah Shatabdi Express, zipping past Prantik. I clicked this during my visit to Shantiniketan back in August.
Once this used to be the fastest diesel hauled train of India, with an average running speed of 72km/h and the first diesel train to touch a speed of 130km/h. Now on electric, it lost its uniqueness. Never mind, they call it development.
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