Video No.- 1339
Turbulent WAP-4 overspeeds with Puri Sealdah Duronto through HB Chord's Jaugram route diverted on a foggy morning!!!
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Watch out for the ultimate action by the Night Queen. Due to...
more... the departure of the train at 20:00 hours in both directions, and arrival at 04:00 in both directions, it is somewhat impossible to get this train in daylight. But due to route diversion, we managed to get the same.
Due to construction of a road fly-over near Bagnan in SER's Kharagpur- Howrah stretch, all the trains plying in between Kharagpur and Santragachi were either cancelled, short terminate/ originated, detained, rescheduled, or route diverted. Subsequently, the 22202 Puri (PURI)- Sealdah (SDAH) Tri-Weekly DURONTO Express was made to follow the heavily circuitous Kharagpur- Midnapore- Bishnupur- Bankura- Adra- Burnpur- Asansol- Andal- Burdwan- Howrah route instead of the Kharagpur- Panskura- Santragachi- Howrah route. As a result, the train had to cover 417 kms instead of 133 kms.
The DURONTO was running late by 5 hours, and is seen here skipping Jaugram station on ER's HB Chord enroute through the reversible line. As calculated by fellow railfan Anal, the train was doing 112.5 km/hr. Loco link is 22364 WAP- 4 of HWH shed.
The actual route of the train is Puri- Khurdah Road- Bhubaneshwar- Cuttack- Bhadrakh- Kharagpur- Bhattanagar Loop- Dum Dum- Sealdah.
++ Route diverted 113 years old Chennai Howrah (Madras) Mail crosses a small canal near Nabagram:
click here++ Here is the train on its inaugural run:
click here3 months before inaugural, I spotted the same train's rake at Punjab. It was just released from the Kapurthala Rail Coach Factory, and was on the way to come to Kolkata-
click here (part- 1)
click here (part-2)
++ WAP-4 Sealdah Puri Duronto passes bridge with beautiful track sound:
click here++ Here is my playlist of numerous Duronto Expresses:
click here