IR WDM3A 16654 19166 JHS 120319
Samastipur WMD3A 16654 at Jhansi Junction with train 19166, the 04:35 (MWSO) Darbhanga Jn - Ahmedabad Jn "Sabarmati" Express on Tuesday 11th March 2019. Not the loudest chugger but it did have a nice jet engine like thrashy growl once flat out.
I was very surprised and pleased, in equal measures, to see this roll in 5+ hours late at Kanpur Central, thinking 19166 was a sure bet for a Ratlam WDP4D (then without the knowledge that RTM had happilly binned them all off).
I'd arrived at Kanpur at around 02:00 and was then going to sit it out until an Alco turned up on a train to Jhansi, the last resort being the 07:05 Passenger - very slow, always late and would mess up the rest of my planned move. Since elctrification it's now a pretty tricky bit of track to do with the correct power but on a Tuesday morning there are a number of trains that could potentially drop an Alco in addition to 19166 and the Passenger: 12184, the thrice weekly Pratapgarh - Bhopal SuperFast; 19322 the weekly Rajendra Nagar - Indore; 12144, the weekly Sultanpur - Lokmanya Tilak SuperFast and 12174, the bi-weekly Pratapgarh - Lokmanya Tilak "Udyog Nagri" Express.
Some of these trains were minuses from my arrival time (+delay) but they were all running well late, so that was a good start. First 12184 turned up with a JHS WDG4 (er, no thanks!) and second was 19322 with an electric (again, no). Fortunately with 16654 appearing I didn't need spend anymore than the 4.5 hours I'd already spent festering!
IR WDM3A 16654 19166 JHS 120319
Samastipur WMD3A 16654 at Jhansi Junction with train 19166, the 04:35 (MWSO) Darbhanga Jn - Ahmedabad Jn "Sabarmati" Express on Tuesday 11th March 2019. Not the loudest chugger but it did have a nice jet engine like thrashy growl once flat out.
I was very surprised and pleased, in equal measures, to see this roll in 5+ hours late at Kanpur Central, thinking 19166 was a sure bet for a Ratlam WDP4D (then without the knowledge that RTM had happilly binned them all off).
I'd arrived at Kanpur at around 02:00 and was then going to sit it out until an Alco turned up on a train to Jhansi, the last resort being the 07:05 Passenger - very slow, always late and would mess up the rest of my planned move. Since elctrification it's now a pretty tricky bit of track to do with the correct power but on a Tuesday morning there are a number of trains that could potentially drop an Alco in addition to 19166 and the Passenger: 12184, the thrice weekly Pratapgarh - Bhopal SuperFast; 19322 the weekly Rajendra Nagar - Indore; 12144, the weekly Sultanpur - Lokmanya Tilak SuperFast and 12174, the bi-weekly Pratapgarh - Lokmanya Tilak "Udyog Nagri" Express.
Some of these trains were minuses from my arrival time (+delay) but they were all running well late, so that was a good start. First 12184 turned up with a JHS WDG4 (er, no thanks!) and second was 19322 with an electric (again, no). Fortunately with 16654 appearing I didn't need spend anymore than the 4.5 hours I'd already spent festering!