Dashing Duronto...Tenacious Hurricane WAP7 Pune Duronto Strikes Shri Mahabirji with full Ferocity!!
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Channel: anirudh27pdk · 2014 · Autos & Vehicles
Night outs are always fun,whenever you are in the company of friends you have the most exciting time of your life,but when you are in the company of trains and add to that the aggressive one's which fly by in quick succession the excitement simply doubles. One such night out,which me and Jolly enjoyed was at Shri Mahabirji.On arriving at Shri Mahabirji late in the night,we first decided to check on the availability of the retiring room,which could have helped us tremendously in successfully executing our Night out plan. But to our horror we were not able to find the rooms as they had already been booked by rail officials. Also going back to city and finding accommodation at 12 in the night looked silly,so we decided to stay at the station and spend the entire night there and also enjoy the night and the early morning RF before heading to the city. So our long cold night started with the regular series of arrival and departure of trains like Mewar Express,Indore Intercity,Bandra-Dehradun and their counterparts as well.We also got the chance to cherish the MPS ripping of both the Up and Down Swaraj expresses,but the main prize for which we had arrived for Night RF for was the 12263 Pune-Nizamuddin Duronto. As per it's schedule when the Duronto is running on time,it generally passes Shri Mahabirji between 3:30-3:45 am in the morning,but that day it was running horrendously 1.5+ hours late,and when Jolly checked the whereabouts of the Duronto at around 1 am ,it was good 100+ kms away from Kota. Now after checking status we concluded that the Duronto won't be arriving before 5 am,so we decided to give our bodies some rest before the main action commenced in the morning.In between this,we luckily got meet my RF Friend from Indore Prakhar Sharma who was onboard Indore bound 12415 INDB Intercity,though the meeting was of few minutes,but still it was memorable as we both met him for the first time. After his train departed,me and jolly went to the south end of the platform to look for idle benches on which we could lay down and rest.As the night grew deeper,the cold started to roll and we had to use our towels to keep ourselves warm.Thanks to the pin drop silence which had prevailed at the station since the departure of Indore Intercity that i was able to get a good sound sleep for 2-2.5 hours,while poor Jolly unable to get sleep was awake the whole night.he spend the entire night by monitoring the movement of the Duronto and by listening to music while i on the other hand was sleeping like i hadn't slept for ages :D. It was at 4:00 am that the roaring WAG-9 led freight acted as my alarm and i was all up refreshed even after few hours of sleep and now ready to capture the approaching thunder Duronto which was now near Sawai Madhopur. While we were all focused on capturing the Duronto that we forgot about the KING Rajdhani aka Mumbai rajdhani.As i asked Jolly to inquire the location of BCT Raj ,we were amazed to see that the gap b/w the late running Pune Duronto and on time running Mumbai Rajdhani was of mere 15 minutes.This cat and mouse chase now started the game of patience and excitement,as we both were anxious and at the same time having goosebumps inside to find which train will cross SMBJ first,will it be the 1.5+ hours late running Pune Duronto or will the controllers allow the Majestic King Mumbai Rajdhani to roar it ahead of the Duronto. Now as the clock ticked at 5:14 am,the starter and advanced starter on the UP Line to Delhi turned green in quick succession and it was now time for the suspense to unfold. Now we both readied our camera's and were waiting for the beam of light to emerge from the south end of the station. Finally it was at 5:18 am that we heard a huge whining from the south end and without having any second thoughts,we started to roll our camera to catch the incoming hurricane.Due to network issues we were not able to track the movements of both the BCT Raj and Pune Duronto,so it was a surprise gift waiting to unfold. We had already concluded that the loco will be a WAP7 but of whom was a mystery.As the light grew bigger and as the honking became louder,we both started getting goosebumps and it was when the GZB WAP-7 led 1.5 hours+ late running 12263 Pune-NZM Duronto stormed past the Shri Mahabirji station that our hour long suspense unfolded.It was quite good on the part of the controllers to allow the Pune Duronto to pass first and allow it to maintain the 15-20 minute gap. Really it was an amazing thunder blast delivered by the Ferocious Hurricane in the name of Pune Duronto.Also you can notice how the powerful horn of the beast WAP-7 echoed in the station as the Duronto made it's present felt.Many people were waken up from their deep slumber when the Duronto roared past at flat MPS. Really an amazing night out we had at Shri Mahabirji. Later on Mumbai rajdhani, hot on the heels of the Pune Duronto by a gap of 20 min,too blasted past SMBJ at full ferocity.
