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Blog Entry# 2541146
Posted: Oct 15 2017 (20:04)

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Oct 15 2017 (20:04)   17227/Dhone - Guntur Express | DHNE/Dhone Junction (5 PFs)
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Entry# 2541146            Tags   Past Edits
Guntakal - Guntur Line --- Railfanning and Electrification updates.
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Guntakal-Guntur Line is one of the best routes for railfanning. It passes through the verdant Nallamalla Forest and offers the opportunity to capture the bygone era's engineering marvel - Dorabavi Viaduct. This MG bridge has
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been dismantled during GC, but the pillars still remain amid lush vegetation. Though overgrown by vegetation, the height of the pillars can be gauged by the road seen in the pics.
The GC brought its own engineering marvel - the Bogada Tunnel, which is 1.6 Km long, which was constructed for BG at a much lower height.
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I had travelled in this route few times many years ago. Once while travelling on this same train, I had noticed something unique, which I was able to capture now.
Just before entering the Bogada Tunnel, the train stops and tribal people load many forest produces which they would have collected from surrounding forest into the train like bamboo - whole, cut, spliced for different uses, brush like plants - which would be later cut and tied together to form a broom. After loading is done the train resumes its journey. These loaded produces kept in aisle, near the door passageway (the bamboos being cut to the exact width of the coach), would then be offloaded at many subsequent stations.
I was told that not just this train but other passengers too stop, so that these tribal people can get down and go into the forest - day/night - collect and then load. Another passenger chimed into the conversation claiming that Expresses too stop.
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I have noticed unofficial stops being given for employees to go to shed or for other official reasons, but this was the first time I saw one for passengers sake. Anyway, it was heartening to notice IR too was helping the tribals integrate into society. These tribals had lived harmoniously in forests for ever till now. Now displaced due the reasons like reserved forest etc.. had no other go but to travel into forest and collect whatever they can and eke a living out of it. These produces like Bamboo made into different products like basket, ladder, chair etc... would then be sold in nearby villages and towns. The tribals too had settled in huts along the stations of this line, for the ease of travelling.
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This is a unique line where few of the longest passengers operated by IR (BNC-BZA and KCG-GNT) ply as mentioned in /blog/post/2104510 along with another long one UBL-BZA Pass.
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I will post the info and pics of the electrification updates of this line in the subsequent reply posts.
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Oct 16 2017 (13:34)
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Are the poles erected before chelama tunnel uptil diguvametta,last time when i travelled 2months back,they were digging pot holes for installing poles,i see apart from this section,rest everything was done.and that stop before bogada tunnel was regular,At one instance back 6months i observed RPF were posted there,then no local villagers boarded. though not sure that stop was w.r.t any technical reason
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Oct 16 2017 (13:40)
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yadavalli is crossing station,it waits most of the times for Guntur-Kacheguda passenger
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Oct 16 2017 (15:52)
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Re# 2541146-13               Past Edits
Go through all the pics. That Pass crossed at Giddalur. At Yadavalli, the train stopped and people boarded and then it left. It didn't stop for any crossing of Pass or freight.
Hence I made that observation.
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Oct 16 2017 (15:59)
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The stop before Bogada tunnel, as I have stated, I too have noticed few years ago. Then and now I have seen, tribals board. Like I said, only now I was able to capture the pics. It's not technical, it is for the tribals, is what I learnt. Just simply don't post contradictory comments, just for the sake of it.
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For each and every post don't post some comment just to contradict. I remember the same way, once when I had posted the pics of MFP train, you had simply passed off
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a comment regarding the loco link being wrong. Then subsequently I rebutted your false claim with 2 pics. Then you never had the decency to reply nor acknowledge your trollish comment.
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This is an INFORMATION website. I have got info for railfans, who like knowing info... just like I like to know other info. If you have anything to add, post your own blog. Don't just troll others.
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What r those Bridges and that rail route
What after bugganapalli cement nagar double line track??
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