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Hyderabad Deccan- Chennai Central
CHENNAI SUPERFAST EXPRESS
aka
'SAMBHAR'
Hits Maximum Permissible Speed
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(: Yes, I was shouting out of euphoria of seeing my favorite WDP4D loco. :)
Saturday, January 17, 2015
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Surprise Surprise- You've Fulfilled Two of your Long Lasting Dreams.
*Calls AJ*- No Answer.
*Calls AJ*- No Answer.
*Drives to his home*
*Calls AJ*- No Answer.
*Calls AJ*- No Answer.
*Calls AJ*- No Answer.
"This guy won't lift. He's deep in sleep. Who doesn't want to be, at 5 in the morning, on a cold January."
*Vroom Vroom*
"Sun is about to rise. Its the Orange Hour. I may just have luck to click my dream picture."
___________________
My dream (still) is to click a picture with sun rise or sun set right next just like in this image.
___________________
"I'll go to Aushapur. Train is in three directions. Chance of getting the dream one is too good."
"I've not yet crossed Ghatkesar and the sun is out. Time to not waste time"
*Throttles Throttles*
"Wow, Straight track, sun is just approaching the point in another 5 minutes. I'll be there"
*Parks vehicle. Informs the nearby people to look after.*
Chug chug chug chug- WDM3A from Kazipet flies with passenger right towards the direction where I was about to get the picture.
*Looks at sun*
*Dreams Shattered*
"I hate AJ."
I decide to wait there for some other train so that I can manage the photo and get close to dream by post processing heavily.
*Waits for close to ten minutes*
It was 06:20 AM in the chilly January morning. I could find myself wrapped up in a blanket on my bed. Yet I find myself amidst bushes and weeds, around the Secunderabad- Kazipet railway line, waiting for some or the other train to turn up. These are the moments that make my life livable.
"Oh god, please send some train- I'm happy with the most boring specie- WAG 5 or WAG 7 with a freight"
My prayers are interrupted as I hear honk from distance. I was pretty sure- it was an Electric Honk.
I clutch my camera. Get ready for the click. Train curves into my sight. Foggy conditions with golden sky. Headlight on.
Give the railfans the time to wait for a train, they have all time of the world to wait for a train to pass by.
*Click*
"Out of focus."
*Waits. Looks at sun. Manageable.*
*Waits*
The last few moments of the train entering the correct scenario are more tensed than the entire time while I waited for the train to pass by.
*Waits*
"That is definitely not a normal Electric. Looks like EMD, but the shape doesn't resemble too."
*Observes the Pantograph silhouetted*
"Its some electric. Looks like some early morning arrival is arriving late."
"Woah- LHB rake! Looks like some Vishakapatnam- Secunderabad Special"
Now after looking at the rake- the tension is electric! There is Rumble in Jungle with Bumble on Fire.
*Clutches the camera hard*
*Waits for perfect moment*
*Click*
Voila!!!! "KRISHNAVENI".
She belongs to the most boring specie of locomotives, but she has specially designed shell which makes her stand out. She is called "Princess of South Central Railway" owing to her name and her unique design.
"Wait- whats this design?"
"Wow! It is the IRCTC Tourist special- with a unique livery."
We, all railfans, wait for hours together, just to get a glimpse of the train, and then, it is all over within seconds, and it is no exception here.
My prayers have been answered.
The princess has passed by at right moment, giving me "almost" the picture perfect I had been dreaming about.
Click Here for HD image.
*Calls AJ*- No Answer.
*Drives to his home*
*Calls AJ*- No Answer.
*Calls AJ*- No Answer.
*Calls AJ*- No Answer.
"This guy won't lift. He's deep in sleep. Who doesn't want to be, at 5 in the morning, on a cold January."
*Vroom Vroom*
"Sun is about to rise. Its the Orange Hour. I may just have luck to click my dream picture."
___________________
My dream (still) is to click a picture with sun rise or sun set right next just like in this image.
___________________
"I'll go to Aushapur. Train is in three directions. Chance of getting the dream one is too good."
"I've not yet crossed Ghatkesar and the sun is out. Time to not waste time"
*Throttles Throttles*
"Wow, Straight track, sun is just approaching the point in another 5 minutes. I'll be there"
*Parks vehicle. Informs the nearby people to look after.*
Chug chug chug chug- WDM3A from Kazipet flies with passenger right towards the direction where I was about to get the picture.
*Looks at sun*
*Dreams Shattered*
"I hate AJ."
I decide to wait there for some other train so that I can manage the photo and get close to dream by post processing heavily.
*Waits for close to ten minutes*
It was 06:20 AM in the chilly January morning. I could find myself wrapped up in a blanket on my bed. Yet I find myself amidst bushes and weeds, around the Secunderabad- Kazipet railway line, waiting for some or the other train to turn up. These are the moments that make my life livable.
"Oh god, please send some train- I'm happy with the most boring specie- WAG 5 or WAG 7 with a freight"
My prayers are interrupted as I hear honk from distance. I was pretty sure- it was an Electric Honk.
I clutch my camera. Get ready for the click. Train curves into my sight. Foggy conditions with golden sky. Headlight on.
Give the railfans the time to wait for a train, they have all time of the world to wait for a train to pass by.
*Click*
"Out of focus."
*Waits. Looks at sun. Manageable.*
*Waits*
The last few moments of the train entering the correct scenario are more tensed than the entire time while I waited for the train to pass by.
*Waits*
"That is definitely not a normal Electric. Looks like EMD, but the shape doesn't resemble too."
*Observes the Pantograph silhouetted*
"Its some electric. Looks like some early morning arrival is arriving late."
"Woah- LHB rake! Looks like some Vishakapatnam- Secunderabad Special"
Now after looking at the rake- the tension is electric! There is Rumble in Jungle with Bumble on Fire.
*Clutches the camera hard*
*Waits for perfect moment*
*Click*
Voila!!!! "KRISHNAVENI".
She belongs to the most boring specie of locomotives, but she has specially designed shell which makes her stand out. She is called "Princess of South Central Railway" owing to her name and her unique design.
"Wait- whats this design?"
"Wow! It is the IRCTC Tourist special- with a unique livery."
We, all railfans, wait for hours together, just to get a glimpse of the train, and then, it is all over within seconds, and it is no exception here.
My prayers have been answered.
The princess has passed by at right moment, giving me "almost" the picture perfect I had been dreaming about.
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| Homed at Vijayawada electric loco shed, Krishnaveni leisurely rushes towards Secunderabad with the IRCTC Tourist Special. |
Monday, January 12, 2015
The Lost Charm- Forever.
It ain't so easy to come out when someone leaves you. It is hard to come out of the scenes where someone leaves not only you, but everyone.
The tensed faces, the news which a person does not want to hear, turning out to be ultimate truth, numb feeling on fingertips, untold ocean of tears, which are stuck between heart and eyes, the pain that keeps on striking the absence of people- this is something which you do not want even my arch rival to face.
The feeling you get when you face situations in life, at work, where you come across someone of their name, the place in which they lived- you probably end up fighting tears. On a road, if you see a place where we shared some memories, needless to mention, there will be a tear in your eye. At home, when you see a place empty which was occupied.
In the daily life, you get to face many such situations where you are actually in a position fighting your tears.
Life changes. Life drastically changes if you lose people. The home where you've lived. The place where you sat. The taste of the food.
You gain responsibilities, and you will end up losing your charm.
At the end of the day, people who left you weren't part of your life. They were your life.
The tensed faces, the news which a person does not want to hear, turning out to be ultimate truth, numb feeling on fingertips, untold ocean of tears, which are stuck between heart and eyes, the pain that keeps on striking the absence of people- this is something which you do not want even my arch rival to face.
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| FightingTears = = Failed; |
In the daily life, you get to face many such situations where you are actually in a position fighting your tears.
Life changes. Life drastically changes if you lose people. The home where you've lived. The place where you sat. The taste of the food.
You gain responsibilities, and you will end up losing your charm.
At the end of the day, people who left you weren't part of your life. They were your life.
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