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Mar 16 2018 (13:34)   12627/Karnataka Express (PT) | DD/Daund Junction (6 PFs) | ET/WAP-4/22925
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Today's Loco Link From Daund Jn--> #offlink Ex-link ET WAP4 # 22925.!!!
KK with ET WAP4 after a very long time..!!!
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Mar 30 2018 (22:14)
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2025?
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Jan 18 2017 (20:29)   12245/Howrah - SMVT Bengaluru Duronto Express | TCL/Tyakal (3 PFs) | LGD/WAP-7/30450
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WAP7 First Time powers DURONTO Express | HWH -YPR | Indian Railways click here
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Catch the extremely rare spotting of the Howrah - Yesvantpur ( HWH - YPR ) Duronto Express hauled by a WAP7 Locomotive. WAP7 is presently the most powerful Passenger Class AC Locomotive of the Indian Railways with a continuous Power output of 6,000 HP and a Top permissible Speed of 140 KPH. This is probably the firs time a WAP7 is hauling this train as the crew that handles the train from Howrah to Kharagpur were not
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trained to handle 3 Phase locomotives earlier. The regular link for this train is a conventional WAP4 Locomotive from SRC / Santragachi Electric Shed.
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A special thanks to the Loco Pilot for acknowledging my presence and flashing the head lamps along with hello honks, very few LP's bother to acknowledge the Rail fans.
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Train : 12245 /12446 Howrah - Yesvantpur - Howrah
~ Duronto Express ~
South Eastern Railways , Howrah.
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Location : Banaswadi and Tyakal , Karnataka.
South Western Railways , Bangalore.
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Locomotive : WAP7 30450 LGD / Lallaguda Electric Loco Shed.
South Central Railways , Secunderabad.

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Presently its doubtful, may be once SRC gets WAP7s it may .
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Dec 30 2016 (23:13)   12503/SMVT Bengaluru - Agartala Humsafar Express | BNC/Bengaluru Cantt. (Bangalore) (8 PFs) | RPM/WAP-7/30413
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BNC KYQ Humsafar Express click here
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Humsafar Express Trains are completely 3-tier AC sleeper trains comprising of only LHB Coaches or Linke hoffman Busch Coaches used in Semi- high speed trains such as Rajdhani and Shatabdi designed by Indian Railways. Humsafar's are overnight Dynamic Fared Premium Trains that run on routes that have a extremely high demand for trains and to cater to passengers who can afford to pay Premium along with the base fare of the ticket.
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Humsafar in Hindi means Hum - We / Our , Safar - Journey / Travel.
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Facilities and new Features :
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- These trains will feature side curtains on the corridors like 2ac which were removed from 3-tier AC sleepers.
- GPS Enabled LED Display to provide the distance of the upcoming Station, Stations crossed,approximate time to arrive at the next halt and speed of the train.
- Passenger info system .LED screen display to show information about stations, train speed etc and will have announcement system as well.
- Vending machines for tea, coffee and milk.
- Charging ports for charging electronic devices such as mobiles, laptops etc.
- The berths will more comfortable than the previous 3-tier AC sleeper rakes.
- Bio toilets in compartments.
- Each coach has three odour control systems fitted across the aisle.
- Braille signage boards.
- The exterior of coaches will have a futuristic look with the use of Vinyl sheets.
- Safety measures in compartments such as introduction of smoke alarms and CCTV cameras.
- If you bring your own food, you can keep it warm or cold as the train has a heating chamber as well as a refrigerating box.
- Each and every coupe and side birth having curtains to maintain privacy.
- Providing with new khadi bed rolls.
- Control monitoring system in Guards cabin.
- FM Radio and Music.
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Train : 12503 / 12504 Kamakhya - Bngalore Cantt Humsafar Express.

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Oct 03 2016 (21:05)   16217/Mysuru - Sainagar Shirdi Weekly Express
 
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Train reaches SNSI on Tuesdays, here it shows as Wednesdays can some one rectify the error pls.
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May 14 2016 (20:09)   15693X/Barak Valley Express ( MG ) | LMG/Lumding Junction (5 PFs)
 
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Northeast Frontier METER GAUGE Train (End of a Glorious Era) NFR MG click here
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The Northeast Frontier Railways (NFR) Meter Gauge Line from Lumding to Badarpur also known as the Barak Valley, a 221-km railway track that was built by the British through the most difficult terrains and mountains in Assam’s Dima Hasao district was also an engineering marvel comprising of 37 tunnels and 586 bridges that came in to operations in the year 1903.The line was primarily constructed to transport tea, coal and timber produced in the
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upper Assam region.Post the Partition of Bangladesh in 1947 the Lumding-Badarpur section however became the only life-line for land-locked Tripura, Mizoram, the Barak Valley in southern Assam as also south-eastern Manipur due to the borders.
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The 111 year old MG line became history in 2014 to make way for a broad gauge track as a part of the uni-gauge Project of Indian Railways. Presently Broad Gauge Services have began on this line initially Freight Services were started and now the Passenger and Express Trains have become functional connecting the Northeast to the rest of India. Lumding-Badarpur section belongs to the Lumding division of Northeast Frontier Railways. Badarpur is a important Junction from where the lines branch towards Silchar and Agartala.

The video is a compilation of the Train Journey on the Meter Gauge Brarak Valley Express from Lumding to Silchar. Enjoy the true rich beauty of the least explored North East.
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The MG Trains that ran on this section are Lumding - Silchar Cachar Express and Barak Valley Express, Lumding - Agartala Express and the Lumding - Halflong Hill Queen Express.The line is highly dominated by the Freight Trains.
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WATCH PART 1 click here

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