Deadly Alco powered Ajmer Shatabdi Express tears through fog at 110 kmph!
Happy Birthday my dear Indian Railways! 162 years young and getting better day by day!
This certainly was the catch of the day of my Jaipur trip. On a day when many trains were cancelled and few running late by hours,I was lucky enough to spot this train.
Seen here...
more... is the 60 minutes late running Ajmer bound Shatabdi Express literally tearing the tracks at MPS with the Alco. Was expecting this train to come with a TKD based EMD, but in came the Alco.
Train : 12015 New Delhi Ajmer Shatabdi Express
Loco : TKD WDM-3A#14069
Location : Bindayaka, NWR.
The 12015 / 16 New Delhi Ajmer Shatabdi Express is a Superfast express train of the Shatabdi Express category belonging to Indian Railways - Northern Railway zone that runs between New Delhi and Ajmer Junction in India.It operates as train number 12015 from New Delhi to Ajmer Junction and as train number 12016 in the reverse direction serving the states of Delhi, Haryana & Rajasthan.