Weekends in CBE - 03

This time, I had a unique / rare opportunity of travelling in coach F2 :) Normally trains that have an FC coach have only one FC coach in them, F1. Here are the jottings:

27072 JHS Blue wag7/Pf 2/0621 CBE Spl Exp/F2/Cabin H/Lower/WCG90894

MAS 2235

AVD 2305

AJJ 2355/0000

SHU 0015

c/o @ TUG

MCN 0035

THL 0038

SVUR 0042

KPD Home 0051/0055

SA 0340/0350

CV 0442

ED Home regulated, 0450/0510

TUP 0550

IGU 0620

PLMD 0630/ (2680/ 22549 ED @ 0635)

CBF 0646/0651

CBE 0710 (0650) Subham.

For the benefit of frequent travellers on weekends, here is the confirmation position in SL Friday night @ MAS:

(Train # RAC moved to CNF/WL moved to CNF/ WL moved to RAC)

0601 60/51/145

6669 80/0/223

2673 80/19/183

2621 79/95/138 pq 12 rq 105

6041 97/22/184 pq 78

2671 13/325 pq 53

2829 80/39 pq 20

6222 50/188

Return trip jottings - not as interesting as it used to be!

22555 ED our-river-carum-went-to-a-kutch-slum like nothing-special-in-me wap4 for 2674. S10/Coach 98350/24 SU :( ages since I got a darned side upper...

CBE 2221

PER 0618/0620

BBQ 0629

MAS 0635 pf 10

very much uneventful :(

at MAS: 22274 ED/Duronto pf 11

at MS: 22249 ED/2164 pf 7

14123 ERS shf/6102 pf 6

27486 tiger/7644 pf 9

22829 RPM Smarty/2632 pf 4

27864 blue/7652 shunt, 11179 lhf/2634 @ MSC

22008/2662 0700@MKK, 11013 shunts NCJ spl @ MKK. Subham.

Weekends in CBE - 02

Mar. 19 -- Fresh-o-fresh 22829 ROYAPURAM hauls 6177 at moderate speed through SP. 22357/3-coach spl, B line twds MS, 18533 shf/1063 @ MSC.

At MAS: 22646/Coro-8, 22627 RPM/7, 112SR/21221-6-19368 shunted out, 2691/1, 2522/ P1 22027@2330-4, addl 3A attached @ MAS end after loco took points to Road 3.

Mar. 20: MAS-22294-pf 4-2511-22787 RPM-BBQ. Arr 2355 of Mar. 19, loud high tone whistle for dep 0030 (late by 45m!). It stayed in Central for ONE DAY :). Took Fast line only upto Jiva. SL thence, AVD 0100 VEU hi-speed 0110, much awaited moment of TRL mainline hi-speed happened @ 0115.

TO 0127

AJJ 0135

Would like to nominate 22787 for monster. Amazing (infact, exceptional) pick-up and very very good sustainabilty of picked up speed. KPD 0220/0225 met 2672 as he was passing KPD home.

KVN 0240

GYM 0243 ripped @ MPS

MEH 0250

VLT 0253

PCKM 0257

AB 0300 again @ MPS

Crossed 1 M/E every 5 mins after KPD!!

VGM 0305 took precedence over a train most probably 214SW TPTY-MYS passr

VN 0310

KDY 0318

JTJ 0327/0330

slowed down @ 0450, I was telling myself," don't tell this is Salem!"

SA 0456/0500 bang ON TIME gaining 45 mins - REAL MONSTER! Proves yet again!! Through pf 3, pf 2 was occupied by 573SW YPR Passr. The adjacent berthwala just discovered @ 0515 that he has overslept for SA...

MVPM 0530

SGE 0535/0600 unscheduled kkkkrrrreeeeecccchhhh stop.

@0545, RMM-OKHA Exp halted for a minute and started from pf-less mainline. Holy hills of Shervaroyan! We did overtake 6669 mid-way :P 22728 ED recd in pf line @ 0554. We got the starter!!!

ANU 0608 ripped @ mps

CV 0612

Cauvery girder bridge plundered @ 90+

ED home 0616 man! What a run to doorplate :)

ED 0621/0640-2 (starter off @0635)

6669-0630a-3

28022 ED/JTJ Passr-4

TPM 0648

PY 0653

IGR 0657

VZ 0701

UKL 0708

TUP 0720

SNO 0734

SUU 0738

IGU 0745/0753

CBE 0815 (late 20m purely due to ED)

Return trip - Mar. 21, 2010

At TUP: 2602/22572 dep 10 mins after starter off 2325h. PGT passr MEMU+just 4 persons. 14662 shf lead+14694 both GOC mued lhf, live kakkifying thick smoke twds ED w/BOXN coal. Saw same scene at IGU yday morning! Light ET wag5a barbie 23459 twds SUU @ 2342. 6381/handsome smarty 22829 RPM & 6042/22662 @ 2300h. PA for 2515 running late by 2 hrs.

2674/22273 ED top headlamps 2310a 2315d coach 96252/S6-28 LB. ED @ 2350/0015: 6042 rolling out/pf 1, 2674 got into pf 2, MYS-MV pf 3, TN-MYS/in 18554 ED shf out 17968 ERS shf pf 4.

SA 0115

KPD 0415

AJJ 0455

TRL 0515

TI 0528

AVD 0534

ABU 0537

PER 0546/0549 (PA for 7652 claims it to be late running by 2 hrs)

VYJ 0555

BBQ 0600 switched to slow line after a brief halt at pf. (2007/22602 RPM, with SBC R. Aravind in it)

MAS 0610 pf 10.

2675/22390 ED-11

3 Mail/22693-8

2269-7

6042-6

At MS @ 0635: 2632-6, 2164/22543 ED-7, 7644 In circar/20549 dusty, rusty & nasty AJJ wam4-8. 14046 ERS shf/6102, guided to Rd 5. 11213 lhf/2634, 0642@MKK

SP 0650.

Weekends in CBE - 01

MS: 6177/22647, 1063/18598 ed lhf, 104SR/1063 link confirmed. 21240 came out light out of pf 1. MAS: ADI2632 8400/15B, dep 1028/5, 3352/9, 2657/3, 2840/8, 2691/1 arr 2522/6 @ 2320, 2511 expected @ 0010. 20622/jans pf 4.

MAS: 6031 shunted into PF 1 by a WDS-4B 19482 @ 0010. GPD unit went out @ 0020/PF 10. 17375 TNP/1 SLR + 1 3A both military @ PF 3 end facing in SHF. 2511 got usual PF 6/0035a 0050d/late by 65m. In 20613 Out 22220 'R. Harish Kumar'. (MAS) SLR GS GS A1 B3-1 PC S12-1 GS GS SLR (BBQ) (24c full load).

Coach# 05209 S6 44 LB

Slow line@BBQ.

PER 0105

ABU 0115@MPS

AVD 0122

TRL 0137 moment worth waiting for! Ripped through pf4 @ 115-120 kmph, continuous melodious low tone.

KPD 0245/0250 (PA for 7230/pf3) crossed SBC S.Ara's train near VIT (I missed that crossing though).

TTE @ 0305 :( super speed upto Valathoor 0315

Slowed down for a complete stop for 30s before PCKM because of a blue wag7 hauled long(est) BOXN load. Overtook @ PCKM @ 0332. Nice run from ~JTJ to SA.

SA 0545/0550 Pf2

DC 0610 saw ill-fated flyover

MVPM 0617 slowed down to 20+

SGE 0624 @MPS

ANU 0629

CV 0634

ED Home 0644/0645 Pf 2/0650a 0705d

At ED: KCVL-YPR GR was in Pf1 w/KJM dm2. CBE passr in Pf4. 7230 chased us and arrived in Pf1 @ 0705 just as we started rolling out. Happened to be 22603 for Sabari, you could have now expected the chase! 13164 in a very different non-GOC blue livery + 13436 both GOC wait with a rake towards TUP.

TPM 0717

PY 0723

IGR 0726

VZ 0730

UKL 0741

KUY 0745

TUP 0750 Subham. 7 hrs total. 45m more than Kovai, 30m more than Cheran!!

Return by 2674 Cheran - Coach 00137A B4 45 MB

At TUP: 2515 just left as I entered at 2245 - heavy nasty north indian rush in **ALL** coaches. 6042/22648 ROYAPURAM in side, AJJ logo in front - 2254a 2257d. 6381 CSTM-CAPE/22647 AJJ - 2258a 2302d. 2674 Cheran/22729 - 2309a 2312d + shtb livery addl SLR (1st) + addl GS (21st). Peak hour / heavy activity in TUP :) PA was running non-stop!! Just as we started, one freight entered pf 1 loop, and as we cleared AS, a non-stop M/E crossed at jet speed twds CBE.

AVD 0545

BBQ 0625 d (stopped at platform for quite a long time)

MAS 0630 a (5 mins BT)