REALLY MISS THOSE DAYS. Got back a memory from my past. Found this pic at IRFCA gallery and just then I went into my childhood days.
That time ASN -PNBE-MGS section used to be an unelectrified section and a heaven of diesel locos. All pnbe bound trains used to get a LC at ASN. This is the pic of the loco that hauled U A TOOFAN EXP and then going towards the trip shed.
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more... That time we used to call it TOOFAN MAIL and it used to be a highly popular train, also used to have around 8 sleeper coaches and probably 2 ac coaches that time and always used to run on time or before time. That time hardly it used to get delayed and used to enjoy the highest priority in the whole ER region staring from HWH to MGS (ECR was not formed at that time)
I wish I could have went back to those days again
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