"It's hard to forget someone who gave you so much to remember"
Presenting the pics of my forever last journey in Dhanbad - Chandrapura section . . .
Date - 24 March 2017 , My brother & I decided to go Bokaro for a railfanning trip in DC section . By reading the news of the closure of DC line in the newspapers from so many years , this time we were almost sure that this gonna be our last journey in this awesome route .
Dhanbad...
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- Muri Passenger , one of the lifeline of Dhanbad was placed on Pf - 6 . Its schedule departure was at 18:00 hrs , but that day 11448 Shaktipunj Exp was a bit delayed and the controllers never allowed this passenger to move ahead of Shaktipunj so we had to wait . As soon as Shaktipunj departed the WAP 4 whistle blew and we moved .
The Railway board may construct an alternative route but the beauty of this section is still unmatched , I will badly miss the journeys in DC section . Don't know how much time the people of this area will be able to recover this heavy and ir replaceable loss
Pics 1 - 4 are clicked at Dhanbad Jn and 5 & 6 are clicked at Chandrapura Jn
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The Grand Old Wammie of MGS charging up at Pf#6 of Dhanbad to start its journey with 53341 DHN-MURI Passenger
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Pic 1 - MGS WAM-4P 21333
Pic 2 - GS coach
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A FOND REMNESCIENCE OF A HISTORICAL RAILWAY LINE, SOON TO BE EXTINCT!
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It was a normal monday! I had been home for a while and went off to see my friend and Ex-IRI 'Hotshot' Suriender Singh...
Suriender had encountered a challan for rash-driving and had to surrender his 'Driving license' to ASDP Police...and had to pay off his fines to clear his name...
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and ID :P
And being his 'jigra Bangali dost', he almost compelled me to accompany him to Asansol! So we set up for a chain journey to Asansol by catching up the MURI-DHN passenger up to DHN and then subsequent journey upto ASN would been be covered up by the RNC-HWH intercity...
So we bought an express ticket from SJA-ASN, how we made this journey is a tale for some other day,and I am attaching the same as a fond memory, as from tomorrow onwards such tickets won't be available in any of the plethora of stations lying on the DHN-CRP railway line stretch....
It is my deep regret that inspite of covering many journeys on this track section countless time, I never considered saving a ticket as a souveneir....
This line along with the DHN-JRI-PTD lines have given me some of my fondest childhood memories and at this juncture, when this line is said to become inoperational from tomorrow, and while I lie musing about it in Hyderabad, I confess that I have been overcome with moments of poigant sorrow and fond remnisciences....
Yes the line had to be closed, yes it's mere operational existence was akin to gambling with people's lives......but still deep down somewhere in my heart, there is a small child crying out, lamenting that a railway line that provided him with some of his most cherished memories....a railway line where he saw the last surviving legacy of the 'Steam Engines'......a railway line where he saw his favourite ALCOs being towed to trains like 'Shaktipunj' and 'Maurya'.....a railway line that made him a ferroequinologist in the first place......and most importantly a rail-line where his 'Late grandfather' would often spend puttering around as a guard of the great 'Eastern Railways'!!!
Alas, all good things must come to an end. At the stroke of midnight tonight a chapter, a legacy, a 130 year endeavour that started during the days of slavery in the 1880s under the reigns of 'Eastern Indian Railways' would fade into the pages of history..........
Farewell 'DHN-CRP' line, thee served well!!!
In forever fond remembrance
Arnab