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Posted: Oct 08 2015 (20:15)

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Oct 08 2015 (20:15)   58840/Nainpur - Chhindwara - Nagpur NG Fast Passenger | CRE/Charghat Piparia (1 PFs) | MIB/ZDM-3/234
 
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A typical OVER CROWDED Train : Indian Railways click here
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The very first thing that comes to our mind while travelling on a Indian Railway Unreserved train is the word 'CROWD' and in this case its an ' OVER CROWD'. Seen here is a Narrow gauge train comprising of 9 tiny coaches running 200% beyond its seating capacity. A mad rush with absolutely no space to even place one of your feet on board. Though this is not a very common scene in the City side , this is indeed
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a daily scene in the interior and remote parts of India due to very low frequency of operating trains resulting in the over crowding. This doesn't mean the people are illiterate or uncivilized they just don't have a choice most of them being laborers and daily waged workers and the next train may only show up after a gap of 3-4 hours which might cost their job. Usually the men take over the roof tops and foot plates offering seats to the women, children and the aged. In spite of so much of hardship and discomfort in their lives these people are so much fun filled ,enthusiastic and never loose their smile :)
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This single Narrow Gauge line runs between Jabalpur - Nainpur Junction, from here the track branches one side towards Nagpur and the other continues towards Balaghat.
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Very recently the Jabalpur - Nainpur NG line was shut down for Broad Gauge conversion. Now the trains originate from Nainpur. The BG conversion should hopefully bring a big relief to the people in this area.Until the conversion they have to rely on private buses which will pinch their pockets really hard.
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The production of Narrow Gauge Locomotives and Coaches stopped almost 3-4 decades ago and these Locos and coaches have been renovated and maintained with extreme hardship by the Railway staff for daily safe operations.This narrow gauge line is over a 100 years old constructed during the British Rule.
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A lot more to come on the Narrow Gauge line stay tuned.

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Oct 08 2015 (20:34)
Ashok^~   21588 blog posts
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Superb capture...The way people were dependent on trains and the train TT's formulated in such a way that connection was available at Nainpur was amazing....Lets hope these lines get converted to BG and serve people in a better way :)
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Oct 09 2015 (19:13)
Harris Kiran~   5578 blog posts
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Yes the TT's were well in sync , hope they convert the line ASAP.
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Oct 10 2015 (20:26)
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Superb video capturing the lives of the rural folks and presenting the facts in a nutshell. It is really pathetic that they still have to rely only on these coaches that not much bigger than our metro buses. Pity them, even some women are seen dangling and one man around 03:56 is standing between two coaches. In spite of all this, I couldn't see encroachment in the FC coaches. Dignified lot! Hope IR converts it on a priority basis. With regard to the quality of your videos, as is well known to railfans, they speak for themselves. It's true that I'm looking forward to watching more MIBs.
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Oct 11 2015 (22:25)
azherdavid~   575 blog posts
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Nice to see such a great response to NG line :). I wish Shakuntala railway of our region could have got same response so that IR could have thought of GC of Shakuntala :(
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Oct 13 2015 (19:13)
Harris Kiran~   5578 blog posts
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Thanks a lot for your lovely comments sir . A TTE is present in the FC coach through out the journey :)
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