Channel: Best of Indian Railways

Category: Travel & Events

Description: A humble tribute to one of the most powerful locomotive combinations in India -- twin Alcos. Totaling over 6,000 HP -- as good as a WAP7. Twin Alco pairs provided yeoman service to the railways over the past 4 decades, hauling passengers and freights with equanimity. Capable of notching up to 130 kmph, it once used to haul the Bombay and August Kranti Rajdhanis from Ratlam to Vadodara. Recently, it would shatter the silence of the Konkan with the Tejas Express at 120 kmph. Particularly suited to steep inclines of various ghat sections and the undulating terrain of the Deccan plateau, the various distinct shed liveries made these locomotives an uniquely picturesque and grand sight. This compilation covers over 70 crossings of expresses with twin diesels, featuring primarily twin diesel combinations from the Itarsi, Kazipet, Ernakulam and Visakhapatnam. Also included are diesels hosted by Abu Road, Bardhaman, Bokaro Steel City, Bondamunda, Erode, Golden Rock, Gooty, Guntakal, Howrah, Kalyan, Katni, Krishnarajapuram, Moula Ali, Pune, Ratlam, Tondiarpet and Vijayawada. 1. LTT Pataliputra Express (Itarsi WDM3Ds) 2. Karnataka Express (Erode WDG3As) 3. Mumbai Karmali Tejas (Pune WDM3As) 4. Secunderabad Rajkot Express (Kazipet twins) 5. Ernakulam Okha Express (Ernakulam WDM3As) 6. Tata Alleppey Express (Visakhapatnam WDM3As) 6. LTT Rajendranagar Express (Itarsi WDM3Ds) 7. Padatik Express (Bardhaman WDM3As) 8. Narayanadri Express (Kazipet Alcos) 9. Goa Rajdhani (Ratlam WDM3As) 10. Okha Ernakulam Express (Ernakulam WDM3As) 11. Parasuram Express (Golden Rock WDM3As) 12. Amarkantak Express (Itarsi WDM3As) 13. Mahanagari Express (Katni WDM3As) 14. Bhubaneshwar Rajdhani (Visakhapatnam WDM3Ds) 15. Rajya Rani Express (Krishnarajapuram WDG3As) 16. Visakha Express (Kazipet Alcos) 17. Circars Express (Vijayawada WDP1s) 18. Kochuveli Sriganganagar Express (Ernakulam WDM3As) 19. Amaravati Express (Gooty WDM3As) 20. Pawan Express (Itarsi WDM3As) 21. Chennai Asansol Express (Bondamunda WDM3As) 22. Mysore Jaipur Express (Kazipet WDG3As) 23. Mahanagari Express (Katni WDM3As) 24. Samata Express (Visakhapatnam WDG3As) 25. Jammu Tawi Ahmedabad Express (Abu Road WDM3As) 26. Gandhidham Nagercoil Express (Ernakulam WDM3As) 27. LTT Ernakulam Duronto Express (Kalyan WDM3Ds) 28. Mumbai Howrah Mail via Allahabad (Itarsi WDM3As) 29. Mumbai Chennai Express (Guntakal WDM3Ds) 30. Danapur Pune Express (Kazipet Alcos) 31. Karmali Mumbai Tejas Express (Pune WDM3As) 32. Puri Ajmer Express (Visakhapatnam WDM3As) 33. Kaziranga Express (Howrah WDM3As) 34. Veraval Trivandrum Express (Ernakulam WDM3As) 35. LTT Karaikal Express (Erode WDG3As) 36. Mumbai Allahabad Duronto (Itarsi WDM3A) 37. Pune Danapur Express (Pune WDM3Ds) 38. Puri Gandhidham Express (Visakhapatnam WDG3As) 39. Tata Yesvantput Express (Bokaro Steel City WDM3As) 40. Bhavnagar Kakinada Express (Kazipet WDM3As) 41. Secunderabad Rajkot Express (Maula Ali WDM3As) 42. Saket Express (Itarsi WDM3As) 43. Circars Express (Vijayawada WDM2s) 44. Alleppey Dhanbad Express (Visakhapatnam WDM3As) 45. Mahanagari Express (Katni WDM3As) 46. Ajmer Hyderabad Express (Kazipet Alcos) 47. Shirdi Chennai Express (Tondiarpet WDM3As) 48. Rajendranagar LTT Express (Itarsi WDM3As) 49. Chamundi Express (Krishnarajapuram WDM3As) 50. Bhubaneshwar Bolangir Express (Visakhapatnam WDM3As) 51. Bangalore Ernakulam Intercity Express (Erode WDM3As) 52. Narayanadri Express (Kazipet Alcos) 53. LTT Ernakulam Duronto Express (Kalyan WDM3Ds) 54. Goa Rajdhani (Ratlam WDM3As) 55. Okha Ernakulam Express (Ernakulam WDM3As) 56. Bangalore Guwahati Express (Howrah WDM3As) 57. Pataliputra LTT Express (Itarsi Alcos) 58. Hatia Yesvantpur Express (Bondamunda WDM3As) 59. Gandhidham Puri Express (Visakhapatnam WDM3Ds) 60. Shesadri Express (Vijayawada WDP1s) 61. Visakha Express (Kazipet Alcos) 62. Amaravati Express (Gooty WDM3As) 63. Rajkot Secunderabad Express (Moula Ali Alcos) 64. LTT Rajendranagar Express (Itarsi WDM3As) 65. Durg Nautanwa Express (Katni WDM3As) 66. Dhanbad Alleppey Express (Visakhapatnam WDM3As) 67. Madgaon LTT Double Decker (Kalyan WDM3Ds) 68. Secunderabad Rajkot Express (Kazipet WDG3As) 69. Mumbai Karmali Tejas Express (Pune WDM3As) 70. Okha Ernakulam Express (Ernakulam WDM3As) 71. Samaleshwari Express (Bondamunda WDM3As) 72. Rajendranagar LTT Express (Itarsi WDM3Ds)