Tag: IRFCA

  • A Superfast with a Phobia of Speed

    The title seems ironic; but IMHO it applies perfectly to 22106 Pune Mumbai Indrayani express – at least on the particular day Saturday 24th March. That day I had reached Pune by taking 11301 CSMT-SBC Udyan express – for the blog of that journey please refer https://ashwinkumar1989.online/2018/03/25/a-summer-saturday-morning-trip-to-pune/ . At Pune, as per plan; I bought the…

  • A Summer Saturday Morning Trip to Pune

    Yes. Yet another outing to Pune – hope you won’t get bored by now 😛 . Nearly a month ago, I had made a similar trip in order to buy Shrewsbury biscuits from the famous Kayani bakery – only to end up buying from Naaz Bakery (which is not as good as the former) instead;…

  • Mega Block Blues – Part 2

    Where were we? Ah! The  megablock of Sunday March 11th…it had taken its toll on 11024 KOP-CSMT Sahyadri express – as it took 2 hrs 45 mins to cover a distance of merely 63 km from Pune to LNL – at a speed of approximately 23 kmph – something that could have been achieved by…

  • Mega Block Blues – Part 1

    Being the crazy railfan that I am, I had decided upon another sleep-killing trip 😛 – to Pune this time instead of Manmad; to know what I am talking about, please visit the blogs of my last trip: https://ashwinkumar1989.online/2018/03/03/half-a-day-and-300-miles-away-from-home-part-1/ and https://ashwinkumar1989.online/2018/03/04/half-a-day-and-300-miles-away-from-home-part-2/ . Coming back to this trip, it started with an overnight journey to Pune by 51033…

  • Half a Day and 300 miles Away From Home – Part 2

    There was nothing for me to do at MMR station, except for trying (in vain) to get some sleep; while sitting in the waiting room on Platform 2. The constant announcements (useful for the passengers of course, though! ) didn’t help. At 04 45, I washed my face and brushed my teeth – at one…

  • Half a Day and 300 miles Away From Home – Part 1

    A weird title for a blog – this ; but then, this “trip” itself was weird – involving a sleep-killing overnight journey to Manmad by 11015 LTT GKP Kushinagar express, which starts from LTT at 22 45 and reaches MMR at an unearthly time of 03 10 – involving a distance of 245 km. The…

  • A Sunday Excursion to Pune – Part 2

    I had a short but memorable outing of Pune; during which I had lunch at Sagar Restaurant (near the station), bought Shrewsbury biscuits from Naaz Bakery in East Street, and had a brief railfanning session in Kasarwadi (This video captures it in essence 😉 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms7pwCmqF_M ). The local I took from Kasarwadi (to return to…

  • A Sunday Excursion to Pune – Part 1

    For a change (after all those big trips 😀 ), I decided to have a one-day railfanning trip to Pune. I was to take 11029 Mumbai Kolhapur Koyna express on Feb 25th. Being a Sunday, I would normally have got up around 9 am; but this time I had to wake up at 06 30…

  • The end of a whirlwind trip – Part 2

    Time for me to wrap up my account of the last leg of the whirlwind trip – the journey by 11028 Chennai Mumbai Mail. Where had we left off? The change-over from electric to diesel at Wadi. For the first part, refer https://ashwinkumar1989.online/2018/02/14/the-end-of-a-whirlwind-trip-part-1/ . Our diesel power was APU-fitted Pune WDM3A 14093R. We departed at 15…

  • The end of a whirlwind trip – Part 1

    A whirlwind trip (which involved at least 70% of travel) was coming to an end. I had travelled from Mumbai to Chennai by 11027 Mumbai Chennai Mail (taking 2 nights and a day), met my grandparents and a close friend at Chennai, travelled to Trichy (by taking the overnight 12653 Rockfort express) for my BFF’s…