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Blog Entry# 6139236
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Today (08:42)   13483/Farakka Express (Via Ayodhya Cantt ) (PT) | MLDT/Malda Town (7 PFs)
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Very happy to see that the forum is now again filled up with travelogues and shared railfaning experiences. It is a breath of fresh air to see that the IRI forum not being reduced to a platform for meaningless bickering and particularly a forum for complaining and disrespecting an entire region because a train got extended from your hometown, even if the train is a crawler and wasn't yours in the first place, it got extended from Varanasi !
We are ferroequinologists! Let's continue to enjoy those iron machines that are quite frankly indispensible to the modern style of life.
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while it is indeed very flattering to receive credit and inspiring so many of the present members to start sharing their railfanning and travel experiences, IRI has always been a platform where such write ups were commom. It is not a new trend rather an old and elegant character that I tried reminiscing while jotting my horrid experience while being on board the Ratna Superfast Express.
Credits to older members like PKV sir, Soumitra Sir and Zahwaib for inspiring me in my early years on this site.
Keep sharing your experiences guys, been loving everyone of them whether it was Kumund's vivid and clearly recollected travelogue, or Piyush's recollection of the journey that took a surprising twist, or Saurabh sir's insight into the circa 2003 when he was an hopeful IIT aspirant, or even Gagan's concise yet perfectly visual recollection...
Disclaimer :- Tagging the aforementioned train and station was fully coincidental and had no objective to offend any particular railway community and shouldn't be interpreted as such....
Signing off guys...
Arnab
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I have read my previous blogs can you prove where I posted anything related to Farakka , Balurghat ?
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_/\_:He won't understand. I've tried ЁЯШЕ
"People protest if their fav train gets extended & they can't bear the loss that's why they come to open forums to write controversial blogs"

I clearly do not intend to increase the controversy rather I would like you to give the definition of "people" as mentioned by you just because I would not be the one protesting if my favourite train gets extended. If you mean all people whose train get extended, then you are wrong.
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You know, the infamous extensions of South Bihar Express?? Introduced as TATA PNBE which was then extended to ROU and ran as ROU PNBE. Then as BSP PNBE, then as DURG DNR, then as DURG RJPB and now running as DURG ARA. This is one of my favourite trains. (Ref: /blog/post/5697502)

Yes, I have posted blogs on this forum indicating the delays it has faced due to its extension to ARA. (Ref: /blog/post/6016286) But that does not mean I oppose the connection of Tatanagar to Ara. We used to have GN quota earlier for South Bihar (pre 1999) which ended up being put into RL quota. I hope you know MLDT still falls under GN quota in Farakka for both Delhi and Bhatinda.

And yes, one more point to state. I was just like you a few years back, who opposed extensions, opposed additional stoppages, but now I have stopped lingering over these things just because it is not in my (our) control. You may find such blogs in my history, I don't exactly remember what all I had stated for which trains.

Thanks for your time in reading my POV. I hope you would not make a whole lot of different meaning for what I stated. If my words hurt you, please forgive.
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I'm talking about your blogging in general. Talking about a city getting hurt over something trivial, et cetera.

I won't waste my time making you understand, because I know you won't read that part and ask what suits you. I've tried it before.
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Yes , now I stopped looking at Farakka now. Meanwhile our MP has demanded new SF to Delhi so some good news may come in the coming days
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