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!!
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Rail rhymes for babies
Weekends in CBE - 05
May 7
Bangalore City Island
May 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!!
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!
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.
1028/89
3352/294
6669/69
2621/49CK/99-222/49PQ
2657/48CK/239
2673/48CK/109/29PQ
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
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.
*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.
Saturday, April 3, 2010
Guidelines for effective night railfanning in VM-DG single line section
1. Sleep well in the evening. You ought to be awake all through the section.
2. Get down at VM and TPJ, take a brisk walk, buy something solid to eat and a small bottle of drink to pass time. Do not switch platforms during your walk. A goods train may come in between and you may stand there hearing your train start and go!
3. Be thorough in your LR. You should know that you are being regulated at KDMD home to get the loop, if your train does not notch up fully after taking the chord line curve.
4. Don't stick to one side, you have to move left and right quite rapidly. SL or LB is the ideal one. If you don't get them, avoid travel or book tickets until you get one, then cancel the old ones.
5. Strictly no doorplating during night travel. You can't dp during daytime given the heat.
6. Note down all crossings w/time. Ideally like Home/Pf/Other starter/Crossing/Our starter/LSS.
7. Be 100 p.c sure on position of AC coaches and their count. Helps in train identification. A fast moving GOC wdm2 will sound similar to an ED 3D.
8. Record clear audio clips of crossings. Video clips are anyway black screens only. These are real treasures...
9. You should 'expect' things. Over a period of time, you will develop the instinct.
10. Beware of all those festival, winter and summer specials that mar your calculations. Travel during off-peak season week days.
11. Whenever possible, book in advance in PQ. Take different trains during each travel, even if it means you reaching your destination in wee hours.
12. SL berth when 'berthed' will hide vision partially for tall people. So, make it 'seated'.
13. Best way to avoid trouble when asked why aren't you asleep is to say that you are a night-shift guy and working through your mobile (sms based or qwerty/email based)
14. No loud talks especially when travelling in groups. You may disturb fellow travellers. Gain the confidence of local cops and if inquired say the truth that you are a rail-fan, it builds trust.
15. No funky gadgets, GPS devices that are not easily saleable to a common man.
16. Do not invite unwanted attention when waiting for a crossing. Switch off all lights promptly.
17. Your eyes and ears should be razor sharp. Do not expect to note down all loco numbers. GOC 16858 will be similar to 16868 even in broad daylight, imagine a night spotting with your drooping eyes!
18. Be calm and patient.
19. All locos waiting in loop will have their headlamps switched off. You would have to identify that you are getting mainline with the speed of the train near outer and by the marker lamps of the train in loop. If there are two loops, make best use of curves before platforms.
20. Do not conclude a loco or a train to be a monster just with a one-night-stand. Sometimes it may have got 'All Proceed' and nothing else. So, recommend others to watch out, analyse and then conclude. On similar lines, monsters are equally viable to be screwed up by a poor section controller.
21. No getting down at intermediate stations. Take adequate care of your bags.
22. Lesser the use of gadgets (including camera and cell phone), better the enjoyment.
23. Take a small notepad with thick back (available in Landmark for Rs. 10) and a pen that can write even in damp/oil paper, to take notes. Mobiles will run out of battery.
24. Enjoy every moment of railfanning. A missed crossing may be a costly expense, but it is okay - there is always next time and VM-DG will not get doubled in full until after 2025, the trend says so!
25. SAFETY FIRST. Everything else next.
Happy Railfanning!!!
Aravi.
2. Get down at VM and TPJ, take a brisk walk, buy something solid to eat and a small bottle of drink to pass time. Do not switch platforms during your walk. A goods train may come in between and you may stand there hearing your train start and go!
3. Be thorough in your LR. You should know that you are being regulated at KDMD home to get the loop, if your train does not notch up fully after taking the chord line curve.
4. Don't stick to one side, you have to move left and right quite rapidly. SL or LB is the ideal one. If you don't get them, avoid travel or book tickets until you get one, then cancel the old ones.
5. Strictly no doorplating during night travel. You can't dp during daytime given the heat.
6. Note down all crossings w/time. Ideally like Home/Pf/Other starter/Crossing/Our starter/LSS.
7. Be 100 p.c sure on position of AC coaches and their count. Helps in train identification. A fast moving GOC wdm2 will sound similar to an ED 3D.
8. Record clear audio clips of crossings. Video clips are anyway black screens only. These are real treasures...
9. You should 'expect' things. Over a period of time, you will develop the instinct.
10. Beware of all those festival, winter and summer specials that mar your calculations. Travel during off-peak season week days.
11. Whenever possible, book in advance in PQ. Take different trains during each travel, even if it means you reaching your destination in wee hours.
12. SL berth when 'berthed' will hide vision partially for tall people. So, make it 'seated'.
13. Best way to avoid trouble when asked why aren't you asleep is to say that you are a night-shift guy and working through your mobile (sms based or qwerty/email based)
14. No loud talks especially when travelling in groups. You may disturb fellow travellers. Gain the confidence of local cops and if inquired say the truth that you are a rail-fan, it builds trust.
15. No funky gadgets, GPS devices that are not easily saleable to a common man.
16. Do not invite unwanted attention when waiting for a crossing. Switch off all lights promptly.
17. Your eyes and ears should be razor sharp. Do not expect to note down all loco numbers. GOC 16858 will be similar to 16868 even in broad daylight, imagine a night spotting with your drooping eyes!
18. Be calm and patient.
19. All locos waiting in loop will have their headlamps switched off. You would have to identify that you are getting mainline with the speed of the train near outer and by the marker lamps of the train in loop. If there are two loops, make best use of curves before platforms.
20. Do not conclude a loco or a train to be a monster just with a one-night-stand. Sometimes it may have got 'All Proceed' and nothing else. So, recommend others to watch out, analyse and then conclude. On similar lines, monsters are equally viable to be screwed up by a poor section controller.
21. No getting down at intermediate stations. Take adequate care of your bags.
22. Lesser the use of gadgets (including camera and cell phone), better the enjoyment.
23. Take a small notepad with thick back (available in Landmark for Rs. 10) and a pen that can write even in damp/oil paper, to take notes. Mobiles will run out of battery.
24. Enjoy every moment of railfanning. A missed crossing may be a costly expense, but it is okay - there is always next time and VM-DG will not get doubled in full until after 2025, the trend says so!
25. SAFETY FIRST. Everything else next.
Happy Railfanning!!!
Aravi.
Sunday, March 28, 2010
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.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Weekends in CBE - 02
Mar. 19 --
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.
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
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.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
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)
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