Rare Overtake.. TKD WDP4B Raipur-Lucknow Garib Rath Ruthlessly Thrashes WDP4D Sanghamitra Exp.!!
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Channel: anirudh27pdk · 2015 · Autos & Vehicles
One of the most scintillating moment of my recent RF Trip to Jabalpur..was this deadly overtake of the ET WDP-4D led 12295 Sanghamitra Express at the hands of TKD WDP-4B led 12536 Raipur-Lucknow Garib Rath which is precisely one of the rarely captured train of the Indian Railways. The sight of seeing a TKD EMD making it's presence felt in the territory dominated by the ET's Alco's and EMD's was surely spell bounding and at the same time an enchanting one.Ever since i landed at JBP for a short trip,my focus was exclusively set on this train.While Jolly and Chirag had their focus set on KYQ-LTT AC Exp,i was eyeing on something extra and something rare which was the Raipur-LJN Garib Rath. Very few train spotters have captured this train in action and all have been in and around the Raipur region of the SECR section,but when we talk about the WCR stretch of Katni-Satna,capturing this train becomes a daunting task due to it's odd timings and as this route has few stations which offer good lighting conditions,so it is impossible for a railfan to get a good capture of this train doing mps. But for me each difficulties is a challenge,so this challenge as well as my thirst to capture this Garib Rath acted as a catalyst to look for a station which offered good lightning conditions.After thorough analysis,we ie. me,jolly and chirag landed up at Jukehi station for a night long RF station after we suffered a set back on hearing that Maihar,which was our first choice,was cursed by TSR on both ends. Jukehi was the only station after Maihar which offered good lightning conditions. Our session began with some amazing EMD and Alco actions,which gave way to this penultimate catch for me.At the stroke of 8 pm,i asked jolly to check the location of the Raipur Garib rath,through NTES we got to know that Garib Rath had arrived Katni just behind the late running Sanghamitra Exp. After checking the status of both trains,we concluded that we will witness back to back EMD actions first by Sanghamitra Exp and later Garib Rath,how wrong we were as god had other plans for us.It was 8:30 pm and we saw a beam of light approaching from the Katni end,thinking it will be Sanghamitra Exp,we all readied our camera and our focus shifted towards starter,we waited and waited but the starter remained red.We thought that the Sanghamitra exp may come to a dead halt,but on inquiring the deputy SM,we got to know that it was a freight which was going to be looped on the second loop line.Just as the freight completely entered the loop we saw a beam of light approaching it from the Katni end again.After being certain ,that this was definitely Sanghamitra exp,we again prepared our camera to capture the mps action of the 12295 Sanghamitra Exp.The gap between Patwara(station before Jukehi),where the Sanghamitra Exp was stationed, and Jukehi is of 9 kms so we concluded that this gap was enough for an EMD to notch upto mps with the 24 coacher Sanghamitra exp.Now we again focused on the starter and we waited and waited but the starter refused to turn into green.Just as we were thinking about the last minute green for the Sanghamitra Exp,out came the Deputy SM who informed us that the Sanghamitra Exp was going to be looped.In no time our mood swung from disappointment to joy as we knew that the looping was done solely for the 12536 Raipur-LJN Garib Rath which had left from Katni.Now we were all excited about this rare overtake which was going to happen anytime.After a good 5-6 minutes wait since the looping of Sanghamitra Exp,we again saw a beam of light ray approaching from the Katni end.Being certain that it was Raipur Garib rath i prepared my camera and again focused towards starter.This time the starter turned green and we geared up to see the thumping action of one of the most awaited trains of our night RF session.Finally at 8:50 pm,the moment arrived and we geared up for a spectacle of a lifetime. Led by the mighty hunk TKD WDP-4B,the12536 Raipur-Lucknow Jn Garib Rath announced it's arrival with light honking which later on turned out to be loud and monstrous one the moment it approached the platform and then this honking show was outnumbered by the sizzling speed show as the 12 coacher Garib Rath darted past Jukehi station at 100 km/hr pace.The force with which the beast WDP-4B belted past the station literally raised both the adrenaline in my body as well as the dust lying on the station.The wandering passengers of the stranded Sanghamitra Exp along with me,jolly and Chirag were left spell bounded by majestic blast delivered by the Raipur-LJN Garib Rath.I was content and breathed a sigh of relief after this capture as not only did i captured this most awaited train at mps, but also i got to see such a rare overtake of Sanghamitra Exp.Really one of the most amazing overtakes i have seen till date.The Jukehi night out had many sizzling actions like this,which i will reveal by uploads later on till then stay tuned folks...!!
