Watch non-stop actions of Parallel Trains speeding over the Rails of Chennai, chasing and overtaking one another in succession.
Trains and Locomotives featured in this (20 in 1 trains) episode of 'Potpourri of Parallel Train Actions' include the following;
16795 / 16796 Chennai Egmore - Tiruchchirappalli Cholan Express (06795 / 06796).
Featuring from its glorious end to end Diesel days, Cholan Exp plays a major part in this compilation having involved in about eight exciting parallel actions alongside MEMU & EMU locals.
Golden Rock's rebuilt ALCO, WDM3A 16499 teams up with Cholan Exp in at least a couple of its runs. The EMD gang in action comprises the likes of GOC WDP4D 40093, 40405, 40444.
56867 / 56868 Madras Egmore - Pondicherry Fast Passenger.
An important & the only morning fast service out of Egmore, 56867 involves in one of the interesting parallel runs from the times when it used to run with conventional ICF passenger coaches. Now the train is operated with MEMU trainsets and has been renumbered as 66051 / 66052 MS-PDY MEMU (06025/06026).
22671 / 22672 Chennai Egmore - Madurai Tejas Exp (02613 / 02614)
Tejas Exp moves swiftly, honking through a Ray of Sunshine to parallelly overtakes a Kanchipuram bound local (wrongly mentioned as CGL). This capture has been published previously though.
17644 / 17643 Kakinada Port - Chengalpattu Circar Express (07644 / 07643)
Circar Exp lets go of a EMU Local in the race and catches up just as the local slows down for a Halt.
Three phase Locos from Lallaguda WAG9 31147, Royapuram WAP7 30392, 30575 and some of their other shed-mates play the powers of various trains.
16127 / 16129 / 16128 / 16130 Chennai Egmore - Guruvayur / Tuticorin Express (06127 / 06128)
66043 / 66044 Madras Beach - Melmaruvattur MEMU
BCNA Freight Train
12632 / 12632 Tirunelveli - Chennai Egmore Nellai Express, 22624 / 22623 Madurai - Madras Egmore Exp and 12651 / 12652 Madurai - Hazrat Nizamuddin Tamil Nadu Sampark Kranti Exp make cameos.
12651 has been wrongly mentioned as 22624 in the video.
(02632 / 02631 Nellai Special), (06157 / 06158 Mahal Special), (06155 / 06156 TNSK Special)
Chetpet, Kodambakkam, Mambalam, Saidapet, Guindy, St. Thomas Mount, Palavanthangal, Minambakkam, Tirusulam, Pallavaram, Chrompet, Tambaram Sanatorium are the stations that see trains race past through them.
Also today, the amazing network of Railways in India completes 168 years of existence (Baring the Redhill Railroad, of course) and seamless service . It's been quite a ride over the years. Do share your experiences and memories with Indian Railways in the comments below.
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