Inaugural run of 09307 INDB-YPR LHB Pooja Special
The three of us Shan H Feranades, Raj Kumar and Ujjawal Kashyap traveled from Habibganj to Akola on the inaugral run of 09307 INDB-YPR Pooja Special which departed Indore on 28th October 2012. This was the first passenger train run on the newly commissioned Narkher-New Amravati section of Central Railways. The ride was extremely smooth behind the WDM-3D, there was no jerks at all in this new LHB rake.
Small crowd welcomes us at Morshi too, no one is allowed to board train just see and go back home!Notice the derailed BCNA wagons on the far end of the station! (Ujjawal Kashyap)
Even she is enjoying the new train :) (Ujjawal Kashyap)
Electronic Circuit inside B-4 coach (Ujjawal Kashyap)
Fire Extinguishers provided inside SL coaches, good move by IR (Ujjawal Kashyap)
Interior view of 3AC coach (Ujjawal Kashyap)
Grand Arrival at Chandur Bazar Station for the first time! (Ujjawal Kashyap)
LHB Sleeper coaches having Fiat bogies (Ujjawal Kashyap)
Chandur Bazar Station (Ujjawal Kashyap)
Chandur Bazar Station, the only scheduled halt of INDB-YPR Pooja Special on Narkher-New Amravati line, but on its inaugral day it stopped at most of the stations! (Ujjawal Kashyap)
Window grills of LHB Sleeper coaches are not good for railfans! :( (Ujjawal Kashyap)
Pedhi river bridge, the only major bridge we crossed on Narkher-New Amravati line (Ujjawal Kashyap)
New Amravati Station of Central Railways, still platform is under construction! (Ujjawal Kashyap)
LHB rake of Indore-Yesvantpur Pooja Special waits for starter at New Amravati(NAVI) station (Ujjawal Kashyap)
Crowd at each and every corner of New Amravati station!! (Ujjawal Kashyap)
160KMPH fit SL coaches of INDB-YPR Pooja Special! (Ujjawal Kashyap)
An army of red signals guards the north end of New Amravati station (Ujjawal Kashyap)
RPF Dog Squad also present at NAVI station! (Ujjawal Kashyap)
Action packed New Amravati station (Ujjawal Kashyap)
All of us amazed to see such a Grand Welcome given by Amravati crowd! :) (Ujjawal Kashyap)[*]
Historical Departure from New Amravati, the crowd was really fantastic cheering the first train departure, News Photographer positioned himself at a perfect location! (Ujjawal Kashyap)
We got the double yellow towards Badnera Jn as we joins the single electrified line coming from Amravati (Ujjawal Kashyap)
Our train crawls at 10Kmph on one of the sharpest curve ever seen by me at Badnera outer (Ujjawal Kashyap)
After crawling from Chandur Bazar to Badnera at a slow pace, Jhansi WDM-3D is now showing its true colors, as we blasted through each and every station at MPS of 110Kmph! (Ujjawal Kashyap)
We came to an unscheduled halt at Akola outer, the SCR's Akola-Purna line can be seen going over the HWH-CSTM mainline near Akola Junction, INDB-YPR Pooja Special will take the same line after reversal! (Ujjawal Kashyap)
Jhansi WDM-3D #11401 takes a breather at Akola Junction before getting reversed and refueled (Ujjawal Kashyap)
JHS WDM-3D #11401 getting its tummy filled with diesel at Akola Junction (Ujjawal Kashyap)
The three of us finally bid goodbye to INDB-YPR Pooja Special at Akola Junction :) (Ujjawal Kashyap)
Recent comments
Beautifully captured and narrated. It appears there was good publicity, which resulted in crowds welcoming the train everywhere.
Posted by Shirish Paranjape on 2012 Dec 09 11:38:29 +0000
A Excellent coverage of New line with RAJ livery train!!! Great work...
Posted by Bhaveen Patel on 2012 Dec 07 14:52:42 +0000
Great album! Thanks for sharing!
Posted by Vivek Mishra on 2012 Dec 06 12:39:04 +0000