Hot on Heels HWH WAP4 SDAH Duronto Silently Razes past my DLI Bound MEMU like a Panther!!
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Channel: anirudh27pdk · 2013 · Autos & Vehicles
Not Western Railways,nor Central Railways and certainly not the famous Howrah-Barddhaman.Welcome to NCR the home of triple line Aligarh-Ghaziabad Stretch,where the victims are diverted to the Third line and the Predators like Rajdhani/Shatabdi/Duronto hunt them from the Mainline. While it is a daily routine for the early morning travelers to witness the regular thrashing of their EMU's/MEMU's at the hands of the mighty Rajdhani's,Shatabdi and Duronto,but it was for the first time that i was witnessing a majestic overtake at the hands of a SDAH Duronto aka one of the premier trains of Indian Railways. After the NDLS bound Kanpur Shatabdi rocked past Sikandarpur at MPS, i was all charged up to witness the last aggression of the day from SDAH Duronto. Now after a patient wait,finally the starter turned green and my anxious wait almost came to an end. As i was taking out my camera,an announcement was made regarding my MEMU which was arriving shortly.Now i felt nervous that what if my MEMU arrives and SDAH Duronto doesn't show up,and as i started getting goosebumps about this fact,my Tundla-Old Delhi MEMU turned up from the south end and arrived at the platform.Now as i had no chance but to take this train,so with full frustration i boarded the MEMU and sat at the doors to watch the SDAH Duronto thrashing my MEMU at 130 km/hr. Now as we started from Sikandarpur,we reached Gangraul Halt within 5 minutes and the moment the MEMU made it's halt i took out my camera and prepared myself just in case the SDAH Duronto arrived.Now even after halting at Gangraul for 5 minutes,there was still no signs of SDAH Duronto and then as my MEMU got green, i resumed my journey towards Chola. After arriving at Chola for it's scheduled halt, i again prepared myself for getting a good video of SDAH Duronto,but as i was out of luck there was still no signs of the Duronto.As frustration started to get the better of me i wondered where the Duronto had disappeared.Now my MEMU resumed it's journey which brought me to Wair.At Wair we were halted for 10 minutes and it was there that i was certain that the SDAH Duronto would overtake me.So i got down on the tracks and prepared my camera to catch the glimpse of the approaching thunder from a wide angle.But to my utter dismay the starter for my MEMU turned green and again with no signs of Duronto i walked back to my MEMU with sadness and frustration. As we started rolling out from Wair en-route to Fatehpur Makrandpur,it was then the Savage Beast of ER made it's appearance...Luckily i was sitting on the doors that i was able to see the flashing lights of the WAP-4.As the Duronto closed the deficit with our MEMU,i quickly took out my camera and started recording this fabulous sight.There it was,hot on our heels, the 40 minutes late running 12259 Sealdah Duronto led by the Predatory HWH WAP-4#22408(an ex WAP-6) slowly approached my MEMU like a Panther and then silently thrashed us at terrific pace of 130 km/hr.Really the force generated by the SDAH Duonto almost flipped me and my camera outside. :D.It was an exhilarating experience to watch the speeding Sealdah Duronto thrashing my MEMU which was also at mps from behind.
