Offlink RPM Saptagiri WAP-1 "Jawahar" Swarna Jayanti Superfast tears past Akathumuri
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Hauled by off-link 22005 WAP- 1 "JAWAHAR" of RPM (Royapuram) shed (MU cables at one end for working Sapthagiri Express), which was India's first WAP- 3 locomotive in the yesteryears, the bang on time running 12644 Delhi Hazrat Nizamuddin (NZM)- Trivandrum Central (TVC) Weekly SWARNA JAYANTI Superfast Express tears past...
more... our 22269 ED (Erode) shed WAP- 4E hauled 16346 Trivandrum Central (TVC)- Mumbai LTT (LTT) NETRAVATI Express. Location is near Akathumuri.
Swarna Jayanti follows the Nizamuddin- Mathura- Agra Cantt.- Gwalior- Jhansi- Bina- Bhopal- Itarsi- Nagpur- Balharshah- Warangal- Vijaywada- Gudur- Renigunta- Tirupati Main- Katpadi- Salem- Erode- Coimbatore Main- Palakkad- Ernakulam South- Alappuzha- Kollam- Trivandrum route of NR/ NCR/ WCR/ CR/ SCR/ SR to cover 3013 kms in 53h 15m with 29 halts enroute. Regular link is ED shed WAP- 4.
NETRAVATI uses the LTT- Panvel- Ratnagiri- Madgaon- Karwar- Udipi- Mangalore Central- Kannaur- Kozhikode- Shoranur- Ernakulam South- Allapuzha- Kollam- Trivandrum route of CR/ SCR KR/ SR to cover 1501 kms in 30h 50m with 44 halts enroute.