INCREMENTS!!!! Deepak,how can our dear Rajdhanis travel at 140 Kmph???The number of Manned & Unmanned LCs,Cattle,Rail Rokos,Careless jaywalkers etc , make it difficult for these trains to achieve this speed especially for cult trains like the Legendary Howrah Rajdhani Express.FOG is another major factor for these trains in winters as they are of Northern Routes.

Posted by Rohit Kapoor (guest) on 2009 May 28 16:54:04 +0000

very good image

Posted by pradeep (guest) on 2009 May 28 06:16:55 +0000

The coaches were Double Decker for Deccon Queen in those days, i suppse...

Posted by Anand (guest) on 2009 May 28 04:45:56 +0000

Lovely shot.

Posted by Bharat Vohra on 2009 May 27 23:52:13 +0000

1969 hwh rajdhani express achieved 120 kmph...but in year 2009 all rajdhani does not exceed 140 kmph...so in very long journey there is no increments in speed....

Posted by deepak verma (guest) on 2009 May 27 14:13:03 +0000

Its because of the angle of the camera when this frame was shot

Posted by R. Manoj (guest) on 2009 May 27 10:36:15 +0000

Deepak:- I have seen this train at 120 kmph as well.One can easily make out the difference between the speed of that time (when at 120 kmph) and this time (when at 100 kmph).Hence i said its about 100 kmph.
Ankit:-this is the same location from which i took my BCT Raj video at 120 kmph.This is about 250 metres away fromm the TKD LC.Just in front of the road going in front of Apollo Hospital.

Posted by Vishal Khare (guest) on 2009 May 26 05:55:30 +0000

Vishal, how far is this spot from the LC?? I presume you know which LC I am refering to.

Posted by Ankit Bharaj on 2009 May 26 05:36:20 +0000

I can see two overhead cables but I can see only one track, hows that possible

Posted by Guest on 2009 May 26 02:49:49 +0000

there may be speed limit 100 kmph at site ,,that's why this railfan confident about speed .

Posted by deepak verma (guest) on 2009 May 26 01:49:01 +0000