RU

SMS received from Naveen during March 2010:

AC Loco Links at RU:

1. 2164 - 6381

2. 1042 - 2163

3. 7651 - 1027

4. 1028 - 7652

5. 6382 - 1041

Diesel Links at RU/TPTY:

1.1027 - 6382

2.1041 - Rayalaseema

3.2163 - 7651

4.6381 - 1028

5.Rayalaseema - 1042

6.7652 - 2164

Weekends in CBE - 7

May 21

B1 39 SL Business end Coach 96102 + curtains similar to 2A, power 22220 ED wap4, pf 10. MAS is under utter chaos with hundreds of stranded travellers, courtesy: Ms. Laila. Simbu is also travelling in 73 Dn coach S7 upto CBE.

@ MS: Holy Krishnadevaraya of Hubbali crossed NBK @ 2120 shf with 2631 Nellai. 22264 LGD for 6107 MAQ pf 9, 22603 RPM Monster for 2637 Pandian pf 5, 6128 GUV got into pf 8.

Trip jottings:

MAS 2210

PER 2221

VLK 2224

ABU 2228

AVD 2231

TRL 2246

TO 2302

MSUR 2306

AJJ 2315/2318 PF1 km 68

CTRE 2326

AVN 2328

MDVE 2332

SHU 2334 km 90

TUG 2337

WJR 2343 km 105

MCN 2348

THL 2352

SVUR 2355

KPD 0006 km 130

SA 0248/0252 PF3 km 333

ED 0350/0358 PF2 km 396

TUP 0440/0442 PF1 km 446

Good run.

Charting Status Friday night, May 21 (RAC to CNF-RAC/WL to CNF/WL to RAC/Tatkal CK/Pooled PQ):

6669 Yercaud Exp

2A/8/18/39/13C/1P

3A/4-8/10/0/15C/0P

SL/80/101/267/112C/29P

2657 Mail

2A/8/3/37/10C

3A/9/33/50/18C

SL/100/14/160/79C

2691 Exp

2A/4/11/19/11C

3A/7/25/40/11C

SL/87/138/259/50C

2673 Cheran SFE

2A/4/14/18/4C/0P

3A/12/36/60/20C/30P

SL/80/23/167/61C/17P

1028 Bombay Mail

2A details not legible + crowd factor

3A/4/0/10/12C/???P

SL/48/77/150/28C/16P

May 23

@ CBE tonight: 2672 Blue Mtn/22255 ED dep 2110, 15m late/pf 2. NCJ-CBE Pass arrived in pf1 @ 2050. Am taking 74 Up Cheran to MAS. 2515 TVC-GHY pf 3 @ 2130/2148.

The best gain from Tamil conference in CBE in June would be the day when PTJ-IGU is being used as a Goods only line and PTJ halt is removed for all Kerala trains!!! ;)

A few interesting fwds:

1. wap4 22370/2608 WFD home in 31 mins from BWT. I consider it a gift of god to travel behind this loco - S. Aravind SBC.

2. Sun news reports 2694 had loco failure near milavittan. Another 3D failure. - Dilip Krishnan (I feel a happy - yet another ED 3D has failed!!)

2672 Blue Mtn charting:

1A/0/16

2A/4/5/15/2CK

3A/1/16/23/7CK

SL/50/116/194/27CK

at CBE.

2674/22655 ED pf 2 @ CBE. B3 24 SU Coach no. 97117

CBE 2220 dot dep, starter did not work!

IGU 2245 could feel the left turn to main line @ 100 kmph even in my 3A SUB!!

TUP 2315/2320

PER 0608/0610

MAS 0635 just ontime.

Home 0715 - Subham!

May 24

Today @ MAS: 22005 pushed 6057 Saptagiri from pf 11 @ 0630.

@ MS: 2638/Pf 4

22001 with a small rake in pf 1

14139 ERS LHF/6102 Boat - pf 6

22698 ED/2164 - pf 7

sparkling clean 16866 GOC shf/6853 Cholan - pf 8

22728 ED/2642 - 0650h @ MPK, 13h late

11149 ED 3D lhf/2634 - 0700 @ MSC 'B' line

22268/2662 saw being halted @ MKK 0705h 'A' line. My guess is that 2662 arrived TBM before 2634 and hence given A line and made to wait at MKK for 2634 to go first.

Weekends in CBE - 6

May 14

Trip jottings:
2673/22220 ED/p10 Coach 91217 S3 52 LB Emergency window Business side Rear facing

MAS 2212

PER 2224

VLK ripped @ MPS

AVD 2234

TI 2238

TRL 2246/2248/2249 crossed 3352

KBT 2254 c/o before TO 2256-2301

TO 2302, 31185/BOXN loop twds KBT

c/o after TO 2303-2306

mps @ Puli

AJJ 2313/2315

CTRE 2326

ANV 2328

slow run from 2328

MDVE 2334 picked up speed @ 2335

KPD 0002/0005/0006 214SW/BZA wam4 in pf5, crossed 2864 @ LSS, crossed 6382 @ 0015

KVN 0018

GYM 0022 ripped @ mps - kozhandhai pattaiya kelapiduthu pongo, a list of stations through which I love trains rip the platforms in main/through line will be sent as a separate sms.

VLT 0028

MPI 0032

PCKM 0036

AB 0040, crossed at normal speed - not at MPS

VGM 0045 ripped at MPS!!

VN 0050 crossed a slowing down 6670 with waist level headlamps @ LSS, crossed 213SW @ 0056 with BZA wam4, took new Dn line

KDY 0057, crossed 2625 with top headlamp wap4

JTJ pf 1 0104 Home/0108 Stop/0115 Start, 2658 in pf 4/22627 dispatched @ 0110, 22712/rake of JP in the next line.

Meeting with nithradevi held for 5 hrs.

IGU 0520/0535, gave way for YPR GR headed by ED dm2 shf, allowed 14642 shf + 14835 lhf MUed GOC/BOXN rake to pull into loop.

PLMD 0547, c/o 20 for Hope College and Sanganoor Palam

CBF 0602/0603 pf 2

CBE 0610 pf 1 Subham.

22220 ED has nothing special in it.

To charting gang: May 14 data

2621 2A/9/12/32/26P/23R-BZA/15R-WL/7R-NGP/28R-AGC

2621 3A/8/3/13

2673 3A/12/23/44/20C

2673 2A/3/7/12/6P

6669 SL/74/107/285/37P/86C

2829 SL/16CNFP

6222 SL/50/12/154/40C

6041 SL/100/20/156/59P/29C

2621 SL/74/9/138/45C/0P

2673 SL/57-80/0/101/29C/6P

Surprise only RAC 57 got CNF!!

May 16

2674 B4 54 UB Coach 97150. Power ED 22671 'Ramkrishnan'. Pf 2 @ CBE.

Chart clearance:

2A/4/17/21/4 CK/0 PQ

3A/12/37/58/10C/5P

SL/72/140/322/12C/38P.

Trip jottings:

CBE 2220, 2679 @ home

CBF 2229

MAS 0645, late by 10m. Infact, I overslept!! Got up (like the majority of the crowd in my coach) only at 0700 :)

@ MS - May 17:

7652/22829-9

6853/17619 lhf-8

2662/22522-7

6102/14127 shf-6

2634/5

22261? LGD w/rear view mirrors for 6127.

Rail rhymes for babies

Deemer deemer golden rock

Horny wonder if you laugh!

Up above shed wall so height

Like a tiger on the flight!!

Dippy dippy odi va

Katpadi thandi va!

Hills meley eri va

High tonai adichi va!!

Weekends in CBE - 05

May 7

@MS: 20663/2664, lhf dp4/2631, 22767 RPM/2637-5, 22697/6177-4, 22766 RPM/6107-9.

@MAS: 22681 BSL/2655-10, 2673/22389 ED, 3352-9, 4 Mail-11.

My seat is enviable :) S9 17 LB Coach 96391 Emergency window business end, front facing - the best combo ever, given that I can hear loud horns from 6th coach!!

MAS 2212

PER 2228

VLK 2231

KOTR 2234

C/O thro' ABU 2236

AVD 2242

TI 2247

TRL H2254-S2300

AJJ 2318/2320

SHU 2336

WJR 2347

MCN 2352

THL 2354

KPD 0001/0010 handled in loop

JTJ 0120a

SA 0250a

ED 0404/0410

TUP 0450a

IGU 0510/0542 covered 475 kms in 7 hrs @ 68 kmph flat. Full load pulled @ first notch, MONSTER!

Action @ IGU: 2673 got left loop. An SWR train with yellow boards reading as Bangalore City Island? was already in right loop. YPR GR crossed us majestically, then SWR was let go first @ 0525. 28102 ANGL pulled from PTJ side, 11207 ED 3D with Kurla was received in right loop as we were dispatched.

PLMD 0557

CBF 0609/0614

CBE 0630 - Pf1

22389 has super melodious twintones - they ripped the still air @ IGU :)

2680/22508 ED - crossed @ 0620 as we were waiting at Home. Still not able to digest the fact that we were 0510 @ IGU and ended up 0630 @ CBE

Subham. Hope you all enjoyed the report. Ara.

Friday evening WL clearance status (# upto which it has moved to CNF/RAC):

1028/89

3352/294

6669/69

2621/49CK/99-222/49PQ

2657/48CK/239

2673/48CK/109/29PQ

May 9

@ CBE:

2674/pf2 S4 57 LB Coach 09255 very new and neat. Power: 22728 ED.

Charting details:

1A/GN/WL1

2A/GN/1/29/40-CK/WL1-PQ/WL2

3A/GN/12/46/72-CK/WL8-PQ/WL15

SL/GN/80/194/352-CK/WL57-PQ/WL34

Report jottings:

CBE 2222

CBF 2234/2238 x-2679

PLMD 2249, x-2695 in loop, c/o 20-Hope College

IGU 2258 (I always love the way 2674 thunders to enter the trunk line @ 90+, tonight was superb!!)

TUP 2322/2330, 6381 rolled out at home, 22775/SBC-KCVL came stopped briefly in mainline while at pf 2324-2326h.

MLPM 0528/0530

AJJ 0538/0541

ANNR 0620 x-2007

PER 0635/0637

VEJ 0643/0646

BBQ Home 0649/0651, Pf 0652

Home 20500 ET/2512 rolls out, 22380 ED/2622 waiting, light 22515 LGD, 22647 RPM to ETS/BBQ

MAS 0702 pf 10, 6042/22787 RPM-11, 2616-9. Very very uneventful, ordinary, mediocre run. Nothing special..

Subham.

Weekends in CBE - 04

@ CBE May 2 - 2145h:
*2672 rolling out/2, 50m late
2515 receipt/22380 ED/3, amazing braking
22775 being readied for my 2674/2 (spotted earlier today w/2671 @ CBE)
22568 in Rd 3 light.
*ED 3D arrival LHF/4 @ 2155
*2674 rake in @ 2215, all set to be royally screwed (Courtesy: Controller) as 2515 dep 2215!!!

B3 52 LB, coach # 97117 has curtains, SLB has the foldable berth split as 1/5th and 4/5th such that the berth portion split of SLB does not affect your stomach but it somewhat adjusts under your shoulders and chest area. The seat portion of SLB is as it is now. Good thought process has gone behind this!!!

CBE 2250d L 30m
TUP 2350/2355 L 60m
ED 0045/??
TRL 0600
ABU 0630
PER 0641/0643
BBQ 0650
MAS 0700 L 25m/Pf 4
22755 RPM is just an average performer. Nothing spl.