Collection of all messages sent to the gang, whilst traveling:
22516 LGD/2603 pf8, met Vivek. Dep MAS 1647 BBQ home 1650/1700 BBQ 1705 passed @ 30 KOK 1708 TNP 1709 TNPM 1711 TVT 1715/1717 pf loop line, main line was free!! WCN 1724 arr starter danger slowed to 10 kmph dep 1726 KVM 1732 EN 1734 creek 1736/1737 CD/20 kmph AIPP 1741 AIP 1742 nandi Halt 1743 MJR 1745 anup 1746 PON 1750 precedence over GDR passr / 23112 ET wag5 kavar 1754 going to cross border... GPD 1800 good speed elavur 1804 aramb 1810 TADA 1813 ripped at MPS. LGD proves its monsterousciousness. SPE 1823/1825 poli 1836 nayu 1845/1848 GDR 1917/1922 - late 2078/22002 @ GDR pf 1 an exp (krishna 7406?) crossed @ 1925 venkatachalam 1937 some exp (hwh-ypr 2863?) crossed @ 1940 vedayapalem 1943 Nellore south 1946 NLR 1948/1952 pf 1 - late by just 5 mins, LPs have stripped the clothes of GDR-NLR section with a sharpened pair of scissors. We literally flew. Though a die-hard ED wappie fan, I wish 'God Bless Lallaguda'. Though physically dirty - has raw power, like labourers in harbour quays. Wow.. Alluru Rd 2015 BTTR 2021/2023 late by 6 mins. Not losing time in BZA section is a himalayan task! Well done, CLP & ALP. Prec over a passr at srivenkatesapuram @ 2030. It was hauled by a moustached baby - BZA wam4. KVZ 2039/2041 late by 10 mins. High speed crossing w/274SCR TPTY passr @ 2049. Tettu 2151... 3351 crossed @ 2057, ulavp 2058 singarayakonda 2104/2106 unsch halt at TNR 2120/2130 km 280 surareddipalem 2141 km 284 2145/2152 ONG 2200/2202 late by 25 mins.. Got precedence over the culprit freight rake that slowed us, at karavodu(?) - bloody he got main line and we crawled through loop to overtake - 24010 JHS. Next stn @ 2220, prec over twin wag-5 hauled bcn rake. Uppugunduru crossed at 2228, slowed down @ km 318 @ 2232, CD/~35 kmph/km 319/2235 Chinnaganjam. Station after c.ganjam @ 2238 smelled brake shoe iron theenja vaasanai @ 2242 (can someone store that eternal dhaeva gandha sugandha vaasanai in a kuppi to store it for posterity??) - slowed down from 115+ to pass vetapalem @ 2243 @ 60 kmph. Km 340 CLX 2249/2253 PA for VSKP-TPTY 7488 Tirumala exp / pf 2.. Gained momentum all of a sudden - flying again after Chirala!! Stn after CLX @ 2259 CD/80 BPP 2304/2306 22516 has clear diesel trumpets as HT :) mediocre run through Appikatla @ 2314 - more like "my Home-He also has gone to a kutch slum". NDO 2324/2326 - late by 20+ mins as per Working TT. Modukuru? 2330, Tsunduru 2335 flying again... Slowed down CD/75 before TEL, TEL 2344/2350 pf 5. 21341 ET/CBE-JP blasted non-stop through pf 4 twds BZA @ 2349. Nice twin tones!! As always - a bottle of mango juice & a pack of lays to keep me busy!! Took GNT line. Enter FESL territory from FEDL -- Anga??uru 2358, next stn 0006 - our spouse 2604 was waiting in the loop. LED 'proceed aspect' discs guiding us only to stop at GNT outer 0019/0023 saw 2 policemen chasing 2 thieves in the adjacent street, while at GNT Outer. GNT 0030 - walked to front... Could hear him!!! 22516 LGD detached w/thx 0034, making way for 'The Majesty' to take over the sengOl. LHF Dippy attached @ 0040, #20039 KJM. Curious onlookers for the fucking ceremony as usual... Dep 0045 after a delay of 35 mins. Let us wait & see what the dippy has to offer! Nallapadu Jn 0057 to 0059, very slow pass-by. Crossed a train w/4 AC coaches @ end just after Piduguralla @ 0224, NDKD Jn 0232/0234 Pondu*** 0246 Krishna girder bridge ripped apart @ 0255 VNUP 0258/0259 kondr*** 0310 MRGA 0315/0317 - very good speed run in this stretch - NLDA 0345. Courtesy CTT buffer, we were mostly ontime as per Working TT. Subham.
Return trip jottings: 20041 shf - 2604/S7 WGSCN 05312. Tipparthi 1914 MRGA 1929/1935 VNUP 1955/1956 Krishna bridge crossed @ 2000 Pondugula 2008 NDKD 2015/2020 Piduguralla 2043/2045 Full coasting + MPS ride begins as we descend the Deccan Plateau crossed 13560/bcn @ 2055 km 59 ex-GNT, SAP 2116/2118. Peddakondavalu? 2031 negotiated a long stretch CD~35 Linganguntla 2136 MPS again next stn 2138 Bandarpalle 2144 Nallapadu Jn 2152/2155 GNT pf 1 2207/2240. 20041 gave way to 22569 GZB - a surprise link instead of the regular LGD wappie! Vejendla 2300 - took loop to allow 17508 MLY shf/RAL-SC Passr. Went to sleep after that - heard Nellore station aapka swagath kartha hai PA, saw SPE flying by, 0525 TNP 0553 MAS pf 4 brakes applied - 2 mins BT in BZA-MAS section through night. Overall, both Dn and Up journeys were very good. Hope you enjoyed the trip messages. Thx to KK & Sriram for forwards. Ara. :)
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