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Kazipet WDM 2 # 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 made) - 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 the six Pune shed's WDS 6 # 36103 busy at Solapur (SUR) yard. | |
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Kalyan WDM 2 # 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 WDM 2C is used to haul such a heavy rake, but on that day a plain Pune WDM 2 # 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 WDM 2. However I got a chance of witness the exhilarating sounds of a WDM 2 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 the stations. Heavy rains during the night ahead delay the Udyan as does the single WDM 2 power. | ||
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