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BLN/Ballygunge Junction (4 PFs)
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Ballygunge Station Rd, Ballygunge Gardens, Ekdaliya , Kolkata - 700019
State: West Bengal

Elevation: 9 m above sea level
Type: Junction   Category: SG-3
Zone: ER/Eastern   Division: Sealdah


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Oct 27 2019 (01:06)   12871/Howrah - Titlagarh Ispat Express | HWH/Howrah Junction (23 PFs) | SRC/WAP-7/37010
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TATA ♥️
Blog for the week is here.
Birthday Special Week of 20th October 2019 to 26th October 2019.
3 back to back days of RailFanning.
Day 1 :- 24th October 2019. Journey to TATA from HWH and back to SRC. (Pictures 1 to 27).
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2 :- On my birthday (25th October 2019) near my house at Bondel Gate. (between PQS and BLN). (Pictures 28 and 29).
Day 3 :- 26th October 2019 at Dasnagar and Howrah. (Pictures 30 to 53). Pictures 51 to 53 is available in reply 1.
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Picture 1 :- SRC WAP 7 37010 in lead of 12871 Ispat Express at PF 23. This was my first LHB Ride of Ispat. Trip was like a gift to myself. 😅
Pictures 2 to 6 :- Various TBs of 12871/2 Ispat Express. By looking at the EOG we can call it as Ispat Humsafar Express. 🤣🤣
Pictures 7 and 8 :- Vegetable Breakfast of ₹30. Nicely presented by the Catering Staffs.
Picture 9 :- Approaching KGP.
Picture 10 :- At KGP ETS stands two stallions of SER. Both are with their original shed now.
37121 Original TATA and always of TATA.
37152 Original SRC and now SRC but once was homed at TATA so both the locos are sporting TATA ELS logo. 😃
Picture 11 :- Skipping Kalaikunda.
Picture 12 :- Large SB of Chakulia.
Picture 13 :- All Blue. Blue Passenger train crossing Blue Freight at TATA outer.
Picture 14 :- TATA WAG 9Hi 31561and BNDM WAG 9HC 32500 at TATA ETS with TATA WAP 7 30754 peeping between the gap of the two freight haulers. It was raining so heavily at that time. Later captured some close ups with 30754.
Picture 15 :- TATA front entrance.
Picture 16 :- 2nd FOB stairs. Inaugurated few days back.
Pictures 17 and 20 :- GZB WAP 7 30756 with 12443 HLZ ANVT Express.
Picture 18 :- TATA WAP 7 30740 with 18182 CPR TATA Express.
Picture 19 :- TATA large SB with 12443 HLZ ANVT Weekly on one side and 18182 CPR TATA on the other.
Picture 21 :- GMO WAP 7 37071 with 13301 Swarnrekha Express.
Pictures 22 and 23 :- The last working WAM 4 doing Mainline Duties, TATA WAM 4 21397 with 58142 HTE TATA Passenger.
Pictures 24 to 27 :- ET WAP 7 37056 the link of 22169 HBJ SRC Humsafar. My coach was just after the EOG (S4) so had a nice run behind the ET. B14 of Humsafar is recently attached.
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Pictures 28 and 29 :- A nice birthday capture near my house. HWH WDM 3D 11572 with BCNA Rake standing at Bondel Gate signal.
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Picture 30 :- A rough shot. SRC WAP 7 37108 and dead SRC WAP 4 22855 lead 58016 Shiromani Fast Passenger.
Picture 31 :- NKJ WAG 9Hi 32078 standing light at HWH PF 23 siding.
Picture 32 :- 12814 TATA Steel Express entering HWH with SRC WAP 7 37109.
Picture 33 :- EMU actions at DSNR outer
Picture 34 to 36 :- 18410 Shri Jagganath Express being taken out from DSNR PF 3 and link of 18410 was TATA WAP 7 37076.
Picture 37 :- SRC WAP 7 37162 with TATA markings still hauling 12847 HWH DGHA Super AC.
Picture 38 :- KGP WDM 3A 16316 shunting the rake of 20889 HWH TPTY Humsafar Express.
Pictures 39 and 40 :- 22804 Sambalpur Weekly with it's link SRC WAP 4 22639.
Picture 41 :- 18645 East Coast with VSKP WAP 7 30741.
Picture 42 :- 12074 BBS Janshatabdi with VSKP WAP 7 37082.
Picture 43 :- TATA WAP 7 37209 attached with 12860 Gitanjali Express being shunted.
Picture 44 :- MGS WAG 7 27509 with Freight skipping DSNR.
Picture 45 :- SRC WAP 7 30633 powering up 20889 HWH TPTY Humsafar.
Picture 46 :- TATA Steel Liveried TATA WAP 7 37026 with 12278 PURI HWH Shatabdi.
Picture 47 :- 12859/60 Gitanjali Express large TB.
Picture 48 :- The crossing of Gitanjalis at DSNR.
12859 CSMT HWH Gitanjali with Mega Offlink RPM WAP 7 30420 and 12860 HWH CSMT Gitanjali with Away Link TATA WAP 7 37209.
Picture 49 :- Red Royal Royapuram WAP 7 30420.
Picture 50 :- HWH WAP 7 37185 with a rake of ER's LHB InterCity gang.
Pictures 51 to 53 in reply 1.

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Nov 11 2020 (16:07)   33530/Hasnabad - Sealdah Local | DGNR/Durganagar (2 PFs)
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Nov 09 2023 (00:15)   BLN/Ballygunge Junction (4 PFs)
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Mar 20 2020 (15:32)   HWH/Howrah Junction (23 PFs)
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Maximum permissable speed of routes of Eastern Railway #mps /ER

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•Twin Single line section are i) Andal-Pandabeswar & ii) Andal-Topsi
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•One Train Only (OTO) system section are i) Belur Store Yard-Belur Math, ii) Arambagh-Goghat, iii) Gokulnagar Joypur-Maynapur, iv) Kalyani-Kalyani Simanta v) Jasidih-Baidyanathdham

Corrigendum:- Raising of speed:
∆1. ASANSOL division
•Pandabeswar-Sainthia section (Km.20.34-70.56 Ex.Andal) from 90 Kmph to 100 Kmph (as per Sr.DOM memo/Oct 2020)
•Deoghar-Banka section raised to 90Kmph
•OMS Trial done at 150Kmph over CRJ (excl.) - JAJ (excl.) section, at 120Kmph over Deoghar-Banka section.

∆2. SEALDAH division
•Over Shantipur-Krishnanagar Single line, train services should run only during day time at 30KMPH strictly due to unmanned L/C (CHC/SDAH)
•Baruipur-Diamond Harbour to 100KMPH
(as per Sr.DOM circular dt.27.04.2022)
•Sealdah-Naihati (Up/Dn Suburban) & Naihati-Krishnanagar from 95KMPH to 100KMPH , Krishnanagar-Lalgola to 110KMPH (excluding Sealdah-Naihati Up/Dn Mainline, which is still at 90KMPH)
•Baruipur - Namkhana, Majerhat - Budge Budge to 100KMPH (as per WTT Oct 2022)
•Dumdum-Bongaon & Barasat-Hasnabad from 90KMPH to 100KMPH (as per T/409)
•OMS Trial run completed at 130Kmph over NH-LGL section, at 120Kmph over SDAH-KNJ section & at 120Kmph over BLN-BRP section.


∆3. HOWRAH division

•Sectional speed of Arambagh-Goghat is lowered to 60 Kmph as per T/409 issued in Sept '21.
•Bandel-Azimganj cabin raised to 110kmph (as per Dy. PCE dt.29.12.2022)
•Bandel-Saktigarh from 100Kmph to 110Kmph
•Azimganj Cabin-Nalhati UP LINE sectional speed raised from 60Kmph to 80Kmph/100Kmph (as per AOM/Chg dated 03.01.2022)
•Khana-Bonidanga from 105Kmph to 110Kmph
•Sikaripara-Dumka from 50Kmph to 70Kmph
•Work in progress: Howrah-Bandel-Barddhaman targetted for 130Kmph after OHE modification works, Khana-Bonidanga targetted for 130Kmph

∆4. MALDA division
•Malda Town-Kiul (excl.) & New Farakka-Azimganj cabin (excl.) raised to 110Kmph
•Bhagalpur-Mandarhill raised to 110Kmph
•Mandarhill-Dumka raised to 100Kmph

•Automatic signal sections are also attached.
i) Auto signal is extended from Ichhapur to Kalyani (Up Home) & Shyamnagar station converted from Block station to Flag station.
ii) Auto signal has been extended from Belmuri to Cheragram BH (Up starter) (as on June 2021)

• Train Management System (TMS) is started on experimental basis over HWH-BDC & SHE-AMBG section of Howrah division

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Oct 13 2023 (21:00)   SDAH/Sealdah (21 PFs) | SRE/WAG-12B/60043
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