GZB's Daddy WAP-1 hauling Hirakud Express welcomes Faridabad New Town and gallops past
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Hauled by an oldie 22047 WAP- 1 of GZB shed with side mirrors fitted, the 1 hour 20 minutes late running 18507 Vishakapatnam (VSKP)- Amritsar (ASR) HIRAKUD Tri- Weekly Express cruises past the third line of NR's Faridabad New Town (FDN) at a moderate speed. It was changing tracks...
more... to the Up main line at the outers of the station. Due to renovation works going on in the Up main line at Asaoti and Ballabgarh, all trains in the up direction were either crawling through the Up main or third line.
The train follows the Vishakapatnam- Brahmapur- Khurdah Road- Bhubaneshwar- Talcher- Angul- Sambalpur- Jharsaguda- Champa- Bilaspur- Anuppur- Katni- Saugor- Bina- Jhansi- Gwalior- Agra- Mathura- Delhi Hazrat Nizamuddin- New Delhi- Panipat- Ambala- Ludhiana- Jalandhar City- Beas- Ambala route of ECor/ SER/ SECR/ WCR/ NR to cover 2579 kms in 48 hours with 45 halts enroute.
Giving me company on the trip were railfan brothers Anirudh and Avirudh Koushik and also Anirudh Jolly. We were on our way to the nearby market to have lunch when I spotted it.