The steel coil train is crawling due to the gradient and also to stay under the speed limit that allows a train to pass without stopping at Monkey Hill, which is around 2 kms ahead.
Just then, the 2127 Down Mumbai – Pune Intercity Express arrives from the tunnel 24C. While the tunnels 24 and 24C open at the same point, the 24C is longer of the two; the tunnel 24 is the shortest tunnel in this area.