The description of my 14.5Hrs Journey From Nagpur to Dadar by 12860 Howrah Mumbai Csmt Superfas Gitanjali Express can be read as follows; 1) 6350Hp AJNI WAP-7# 30268 arrives at Nagpur Junction 3mins before time with the LHB Rake of Gitanjali Express. We departed at 07:30am from Nagpur Junction.
2) Interior of my 3AC Coach - I captured after crowd got down at Kalyan as train was packed right from Nagpur
3) Gitanjali Express about to skip Sewagram Junction shortly and crosses uniform LHB rake of Yesvantpur Gorakhpur Express Via Gondia.
4) Gitanjali Express skips Pulgaon Jn. Majority of overtakes used to happen through loop line as they halted freights on main line for overtakes.
5) Gitanjali Express skips Kuram station at a good speed.
6) Gitanjali Express about to skip Yeulkhed station at above 100kph. This rural section was explored at night always. Felt great experiencing the high speed and scenic Nagpur - Bhusawal section in daylight.
7) Gitanjali Express departs from Shegaon Junction after 5min halt
8) Gitanjali Express speeds past Wadoba at good speed.
9) We were held up for 20mins outside Bhusawal Junction. Crossing 15068 Bandra Terminus Gorakhpur Express with Itarsi WAP4.
10) Departing from Bhusawal Junction. Other train was 59014 Bhusawal Surat Passenger. I deliberately captured departure from other side of platform since you will be watching my train bending a sharp curve. This wouldnt have been possible if I captured departure from platform I was leaving.
11) Gitanjali Express skips Bhadli and crosses HCPV Load too
12) Gitanjali Express about to showcase its aggression at Hirapur. From Jalgaon till night, it was extremely overcast and weather gave me great support in capturing lots of videos.
13) Have a look at High Speed Braking from 110kph to 20kph at Rohini.
14) We take a Super Curve and then unscheduled halt at Nandgaon with a prize catch of 3 Phase E.M.U of SER (South Eastern Railway) Zone.
15) Gitanjali Express about to showcase its terrific speedy aggression at Hisvahal. Jalgaon - Nasik Road, 233kms was done in 165mins at average speed of 85kph on section which has MPS of 110kph. We took unscheduled halts at Nandgaon, Panewadi, Nasik Road outer and 6 Speed Restrictions and yet such terrific average speed. This was the best average speed in my 14.5Hrs Journey.
16) Gitanjali Express Overtakes Manmad Igatpuri Shuttle at Devlali
Its Time To Present Night Coverages !!!!
17) Gitanjali Express departs from Igatpuri
18) One Of The Rarest Of Rare Event - We catch up with 24 Coach Lucknow Mumbai Pushpak Express in Darkness in Thull Ghats from behind. Pushpak Express departed Igatpuri when we came to a halt.
19) We depart from First Brake Testing Halt and enjoy a Terrific Night Parallel Run in the ghats.
20) I was expecting Pushpak Express also to 3rd Brake Testing Halt but the Ghat controllers didnt make Pushpak halt and skipped Brake Testing Halt. With such superb controlling, my 30mins late running train wasnt inconvenienced at all and even Pushpak express wasnt inconvenienced too. Since I was doorplating, this rare event could be captured.
21) Just as we were entering Kasara, got to capture Allahabad Duronto Express with WAP7 and Triple WAG7 Bankers starting to climb Ghat section.
22) At Kalyan, we got further delayed and were held up for 20mins and controllers let 12128 Intercity Express overtake us. Even 12128 was running late and entered KYN after 10mins. Later EMU on right was given starter and made to leave before us thereby making us reach Dadar 30mins late. This was my last capture of 12128 Pune Mumbai Intercity Express with Push Pull AJNI WAP-7# 30265, 30267 as Push Pull is discontinued due to continuous delays on daily basis.
23) Gitanjali Exp about to skip Dombivli. We were doing 60-90kph most of the time till Dadar as we were trailing EMU right from Kalyan.
24) Gitanjali Express about to skip Vikhroli at good speed..
Camera: SONY FDR AX700
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