IR WDM3A 16289 14546 FN 200318_1
Lucknow's heap of a WDM3A 16289 at Farrukh Nagar with the daily Unreserved 'Janta' Express from Saharanpur Junction, train 14546. Tuesday 20th March 2018.
All was not well with it and the load on the engine violently and somewhat randomly surged - entertaining and quite enjoyable. Lucknow machines generally have a poor reputation amongst us ALCo fascists and this met with the low performance expectations!
I'd made tentative efforts at getting this little branch in for a number of years without success, wish I'd done it in the Metre Gauge days when I had the chance. It made a pleasant rural respite from the rancidity of the Rewari - Delhi line commuters of overcrowding, frustrating delays and the rank lineside suburbs of filth. The train was 90 minutes late in, 65 late out and then sat for an hour outside the junction station of Garhi Harsaru. I'd like to say inexplicably sat but it is sooo easily explained by apparent feckles insouciance; just one Passenger and one small freight were allowed to pass.
IR WDM3A 16289 14546 FN 200318_1
Lucknow's heap of a WDM3A 16289 at Farrukh Nagar with the daily Unreserved 'Janta' Express from Saharanpur Junction, train 14546. Tuesday 20th March 2018.
All was not well with it and the load on the engine violently and somewhat randomly surged - entertaining and quite enjoyable. Lucknow machines generally have a poor reputation amongst us ALCo fascists and this met with the low performance expectations!
I'd made tentative efforts at getting this little branch in for a number of years without success, wish I'd done it in the Metre Gauge days when I had the chance. It made a pleasant rural respite from the rancidity of the Rewari - Delhi line commuters of overcrowding, frustrating delays and the rank lineside suburbs of filth. The train was 90 minutes late in, 65 late out and then sat for an hour outside the junction station of Garhi Harsaru. I'd like to say inexplicably sat but it is sooo easily explained by apparent feckles insouciance; just one Passenger and one small freight were allowed to pass.