Before going to the background of the video, let me time
travel back in time…
My first memory of seeing a train,
Generally, all the kids like trains during their childhood and
main reason for that is either their Father or Grand Father used to take them
to nearby railway track and show them trains. How many of reading here will
agree on that?
Same was the case with me and it was my Father on most of
the occasions. For many, that kid who likes trains grows into adult and move
away from trains. Well that is not the case with railfans, that kid continues
to remain within them and follows trains. I continued to spend more time with
trains all my childhood. One interesting event happened in 2000, I was caught
by officials at Erode junction. They thought I had run away from home reason
being they saw me the entire day at the station. Luckily for me, my brother was
searching for me and he knew that either I would be playing cricket or watching
trains.
Now, let us move 10 years down the line, 2010. The year I got
the internet connection at home. I was fascinated by youtube and I decided to
upload train videos in it. I asked my Appa (father) if he could come with me
for capturing the Shatabdi near Bangalore city. He agreed and we went. Well
first capture was not Shatabdi but Kurla Express and that was my first video on
youtube..
Present day,
We (My Father and I ) were returning back from Hebbal after
a hospital visit. We had planned to take the ring road route back home in order
to avoid the traffic towards Makri side. We were waiting for the signal below the
hebbal flyover for taking a right turn when ALCO horns were heard. I was
wondering what train it could be as no passenger trains are seen around 18 hrs.
After 15 seconds it was revealed, my favorite shed ( Golden rock ) Alcos with a freight. I asked Appa (
Father) if we could chase it and he readily agreed and result can be seen in
the video below.
We followed the train till the underpass near BEL circle
then took a left to Mathikere for capturing it again.
Well, I am railfan today because of my Father ( He likes to
see and capture trains as well ) and Family. I am also getting the same support from 44000+ people online. Thanks a ton for
that J
Hopefully I will get the same support in future as well.
