Adventurous Ride to Capture trains…….

          

       I am on my way to Hebbal in a bus. I get a message from the loco pilot that he has already arrived Hebbal and he is ready with his loco 978. Without any further delays, I make it in time. Our journey goes smooth until we stopped at Yelahanka home to let 2 trains pass. First up was the Yesvantpur bound Kacheguda Express led by an EMD locomotive. Then it was the turn of the smoke bomb, yes you got that right. An Alco with Indore - Yesvantpur Express. We then made through Yelahanka without any slow down. Next stop was near Rajankunte to let the King pass and also to finish our Lunch. King Karnataka Express blasted past us at nearly 100kph and the clouds were becoming thick indicating heavy rains. I ate Idly Vada while the Loco Pilot had Puri’s. As soon as we finished our lunch it started to rain which meant that our stay here was longer. We waited for nearly an hour before departing again. We stopped again just a km from where we started to let a freight train overtake us. It was a short mixture of BCNHL and BCN led by 9000 horses from Gooty. It started to rain again and we were waiting for the rain to go away. Finally we departed again after another long break from Rajankunte, then slowly entered Dodballapur to find the main line cleared which meant we had to stop again to let a train overtake us. This time it was the return journey of Yesvantpur – Indore Express which had crossed us at Yelahanka before. With no trains in sight for the next 1 hour, we were assured that our next stop will be at railfan's paradise, Makalidurga. We reached our next destination where many trains will overtake us before we change direction towards Bangalore, totally 6 trains overtook us here. It was getting dark by the time the last train overtook us so we reversed direction and did a non-stop run from Makalidurga to Malleswaram. This was one of my best rides resulting in seeing trains at different location.

The details of trains are

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      At Yelahanka Home, 

            We crossed 2 trains. First one was Kacheguda - Yesvantpur Express led by KJM WDP4 #20042. then RTM WDM3A #18626 with Indore – Yesvantpur Express at the same spot. 

      Near Rajankunte, 

            Bangalore bound Karnataka Express led by MLY WDM3A twins #16658R and #14035.Mixed freight train with Gooty WDG4 twins.

 

          At Dodballapur, 

               RTM WDM3A #18626 with Yesvantpur - Indore Express. 

         At Makali ghats, 

            Bangalore - Bhubaneswar Prasanthi Express led by KJM WDP4B #40015. Yesvantpur - Machilipatnam Kondavedu Express led by GY WDM3D #11339. Yesvantpur – Kacheguda Express led by KJM WDP4 #20057. KZJ WDG3A twins #14842 & #14573 with BTPN / BTFLN. Coimbatore – Lokmanya Tilak Express led by KJM WDP4 #20041. GY WDG4 twins #12605 & #12318 light.

      Video Compilations from this trip can be seen below..

                                        Kacheguda - Bangalore Express led by KJM WDP4 #20042

                               A special thanks to the friendly loco pilot Dheeraj rao and his loco Bajaj discover... :)

Hope you all enjoyed...