IR WDG4D 70491 04767 HMH 190318
The second 'turd in the pool' of the trip: Abu Road WDG4D 70491 at Hanumangarh Junction with the 14:25 Passenger Special (04767) to Shri Ganganagar. I'd done remarkably well to have only had two of the rancid things in 18 days, so shouldn't complain too much, although this heralded the beginning of a pretty crap 30 hour period of bowl outs. Monday 19th March 2018.
I will always try to give an engine a fair listen but this thing was as pathetically dull sounding as the rest of its bretheren, despite pumping out 4500 hp - washing machines on full spin are louder, with more character.
All dolled up and formed of a six Sleeper coach offlink scratch set due to the recasting of the Shri Ganganagar - Hanumangarh - Sadulpur timetable that weekend, including some new services that this loco and stock must have worked. I wasn't aware of the timetable alterations until I stumbled into them, and as if having an EMD wasn't bad enough, they'd cancelled some of my planned move resulting in me now still needing the 15.3 kms of track from Banwali to SGNR! Grrr.
IR WDG4D 70491 04767 HMH 190318
The second 'turd in the pool' of the trip: Abu Road WDG4D 70491 at Hanumangarh Junction with the 14:25 Passenger Special (04767) to Shri Ganganagar. I'd done remarkably well to have only had two of the rancid things in 18 days, so shouldn't complain too much, although this heralded the beginning of a pretty crap 30 hour period of bowl outs. Monday 19th March 2018.
I will always try to give an engine a fair listen but this thing was as pathetically dull sounding as the rest of its bretheren, despite pumping out 4500 hp - washing machines on full spin are louder, with more character.
All dolled up and formed of a six Sleeper coach offlink scratch set due to the recasting of the Shri Ganganagar - Hanumangarh - Sadulpur timetable that weekend, including some new services that this loco and stock must have worked. I wasn't aware of the timetable alterations until I stumbled into them, and as if having an EMD wasn't bad enough, they'd cancelled some of my planned move resulting in me now still needing the 15.3 kms of track from Banwali to SGNR! Grrr.