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Kazipet WDM2 # 17430 in the somewhat faded Indian
'Tricolour' livery gets refuelled at the SE end of Daund. |
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The Cowans Sheldon diesel crane # 141001 replaces the legendary
steam crane (also of Cowans make) — the "Veer Bhimsen". The
accompanying breakdown rake is with air brakes now. |
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This is the 'Mobile Repair Van' from Daund seen at
Jinti Road. The frame seems to be from an old 'non-integral' coach,
the shelter in the middle seems to be from a scrapped C wagon
— what does it do? I do not know.... |
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One of Pune shed's six WDS6s — # 36103 busy
at Solapur (SUR) yard. |
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Kalyan WDM2 # 18251 has hauled the 17-coach Udyan
express all the way from Mumbai CSTM (455 Kms). This is a new trend
— hauling some trains all the way behind diesel power. Four
more coaches are attached at SUR to make this train into a 21-coach
rake. Normally a more powerful WDM2C is used to haul such a heavy
rake, but on that day a plain Pune WDM2 # 18720 was used all the
way to Bangalore (SBC) due to the failure of a link power. The
train lost almost 2 hours due to the borderline power of the single
WDM2. However I got a chance of witness the exhilarating sounds of
a WDM2 flat out at only 15 kmph while climbing the 1-in-68 Makali
ghats between Hindupur and Dodaballapur. |
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328 Up passenger from Hyderabad crosses Udyan at
Akkalkot Road as the sun is setting. The 328 has left HYD in the
morning and will arrive at Pune only the next morning stopping at
all stations. Heavy rains during the night ahead delay the Udyan as
does the single WDM2 power. |
