WDP-4 vs WDP-4.. Dibrugarh Town Rajdhani meets Lohit Weekly Express at over 100 km/hr!!!
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Finally I managed to catch one of the most eagerly waited crossings between two EMDs. As I and fellow railfan Sayantan Banerjee was waiting at Aluabari Road for a train to head to New Jalpaiguri, I saw the starter of the up line turn green. I started...
more... recorded, and found that it was for the 1 hour plus late running 15652 Jammu Tawi (JAT)- Guwahati (GHY) LOHIT Weekly Express. Hauled by 20081 WDP- 4 of SGUJ shed, the train galloped past at 30 km/hr due to a speed restriction at the outer of the station. And simultaneously, the on time running 12423 Dibrugarh Town (DBRT)- New Delhi (NDLS) RAJDHANI Express with 20064 WDP- 4 of SGUJ shed thunders through the down line at close to 100 km/hr. Aluabari Road is situated on NFR's Barsoi- New Jalpaiguri stretch.
LOHIT Express follows the mammoth 2349 kms Jammu Tawi- Chakki Bank- Jalandhar Cantt.- Ludhiana- Ambala Cantt.- Saharanpur- Moradabad- Bareilly- Lucknow Charbagh- Gonda- Basti- Gorakhpur- Bhatni- Siwan- Chhapra- Sonpur- Hajipur- Barauni- Katihar- Kishanganj- New Jalpaiguri- New Cooch Behar- New Alipurduar- New Bongaigaon- Rangiya- Kamakhya- Guwahati route.
12435/ 12436 Dibrugarh Town (DBRT) Bi-Weekly RAJDHANI follows the New Delhi- Moradabad- Bareilly- Lucknow Charbagh- Varanasi- Ballia- Chhapra- Hajipur- Barauni- Katihar- Kishanganj- New Jalpaiguri- New Cooch Behar- New Alipurduar- New Bongaigaon- Rangiya- Guwahati- Lumding- Dimapur- Mariani- New Tinsukia- Dibrugarh Town route.
12235/ 12236 Dibrugarh (DBRG) Weekly RAJDHANI follows the New Delhi- Moradabad- Bareilly- Lucknow Charbagh- Varanasi- Ballia- Chhapra- Hajipur- Muzaffarpur- Samastipur- Katihar- Kishanganj- New Jalpaiguri- New Cooch Behar- New Alipurduar- New Bongaigaon- Rangiya- Guwahati- Lumding- Dimapur- Mariani- Simaluguri- Dibrugarh route.
12423/ 12424 Dibrugarh Town (DBRT) RAJDHANI follows the New Delhi- Kanpur- Allahabad- Mughal Sarai- Patna- Barauni- Katihar- Kishanganj- New Jalpaiguri- New Cooch Behar- New Alipurduar- New Bongaigaon- Rangiya- Guwahati- Lumding- Dimapur- Mariani- New Tinsukia- Dibrugarh Town route.