photo and video coverage of 45th birthday of 12951/2 New Delhi - Mumbai rajdhani express from Mumbai end. Railfans took pains to decorate the loco and also cut the cake at mumbai central. All was done in just 5-6 hrs.
Mumbai rajdhani express is one of the fastest rajdhani train of indian railways. Zoned under Western Railways, It covers 1394kms between Mumbai and Delhi in 15hrs 35 minutes which is the fastest till now among rail transport.
Introduced in 1972, This rajdhani used to be hauled by twin WDM2 locomotives and then in 1987 when full Delhi - Mumbai got electrified, WCAM2P from Mumbai to Vadodara and WAP1/5/7 from Vadodara to new delhi took over.
12951 departs Mumbai central at 5pm and arrives New Delhi at 8:30am next day, 12952 departs New delhi at 4:35pm and arrives mumbai central next day at 8:15am. Enroute it has 7 halts: Kota, Nagda, Ratlam, Vadodara, Surat and Borivali.
In the video, photo coverage by udit mehta at mumbai central and video coverage by me at andheri station. Thanks to Udit mehta for the pics and helping me in compilation.
