Stunning LGD WAP-7 Chennai Rajdhani tears at MPS with tremendous track sound and honking!!!
.
.
On a hot and sunny evening in the industrial belts of Faridabad, a somewhat dirty looking 30290 LGD WAP- 7 comes and blazes past Faridabad New Town station at a scorching MPS of flat 130 km/hr with the brand new rake of the 12434 Delhi Hazrat Nizamuddin...
more... (NZM)- Chennai Central (MAS) Bi- Weekly RAJDHANI Express in its avatar LHB version!!! Just hear the amazing honking and the stunning track sound made by the white stallion with the German technology coaches. Also note that the rake had 18 coaches, that is, an additional 2 coaches, which include one A.C. 3-Tier and one A.C. 2-Tier. Faridabad New Town is situated on the Hazrat Nizamuddin- Mathura section of NR.
A WAG-7 is seen hauling a freight rake through the slow third line.
The train uses the Hazrat Nizamuddin- Agra Cantt.- Gwalior- Jhansi- Bhopal- Nagpur- Warangal- Vijaywada- Chennai Central route of NR/ NCR/ WCR/ CR/ SCR/ SR, and takes 28 hours to cover 2174 kms.
Giving me company on the trip were railfan brothers Anirudh and Avirudh Koushik and also Anirudh Jolly.