Winds of change are blowing at Indian Railways, the place where one would least expect such winds to blow even if they were to be hauled by a couple of WAP7s. But it is happening now. IR has just announced a “Premium” Air Conditioned special train between New Delhi and…
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It is that joyous time of the year again! On the run-up to the railway budget, shopping lists are being prepared by all and sundry listing goodies they would like to be gifted not unlike a kid writing a letter to Santa. I though it would be a good idea…
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NOTE: This is about Winter Special trains for Last Year (2013-14). For details of this year (2014-15) Winter Special Trains Click Here. Central Railway (CR), Northern Railway (NR) and Konkan Railway (KRCL) have announced Winter special trains for November and December 2013 and January 2014 to be run from Mumbai and…
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NOTE: Given here are Sabarimala Trains announced for last year, 2013-14. Click Here to View Sabarimala Special Trains from Andhra/Telangana for this year, 2014-15. South Central Railway (SCR) has announced a slew of special trains for the Sabarimala pilgrimage season. These trains will run from all parts of Andhra Pradesh and a…
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Southern Railway will run special trains for the winter season 2013-14 between Coimbatore and Thiruchirappalli (Trichy) and also to Melmaruvathur and Chengalpattu Jn on account of the Thaipoosam festival, Irumudi festival and Pongal and also Christmas and New Year, to cater to the extra rush of passengers. The trains will…
Read More » The annual pilgrimage season (Mandalakkaalam) for 2013 – 2014 to the Sabarimala Sree Dharma Shastha temple (dedicated to Lord Ayyappa) in Kerala has started and Southern Railway (SR) has announced special train services for the benefit of Sabari pilgrims in November, December 2013 and January 2014. These trains will run through…
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Kerala is a great state where it is easy to swindle anyone and make money, easy to migrate from, easy to make new-generation movies, easy to tie and untie the lungi, easy to get drunk and easy to crack Mallu jokes. But what is not easy here is traveling. By…
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Details and descriptions of the all the WDM (Broad Gauge, Diesel, Mixed traffic) series ALCO locomotives of the Indian Railways.
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Northern Railway (NR) and North Eastern Railway (NER) are running special trains between states in the Northernmost sectors of the country such as Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Bihar bypassing Delhi to clear extra rush of passengers on occasion of the 2013 Diwali/Chhath Puja festival…
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Locomotives (popularly called train “engines”) are the heart and soul of the Railway system. Locomotives give life to coaches and wagons which are otherwise dead hunks of metal which can best qualify as shelters during rains, converting them into trains. Locomotives work based on a really simple principle. Be it…
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