Back to Back Crushing Overtakes : Kalka Mail + Seemanchal Express overtakes Sikkim Mahananda Express

Описание: Indian Railways:- Legendary 12312 / Kalka Mail hauled by Howrah (HWH) WAP7 #30205 and 12488 / Seemanchal Express hauled by Mughalsarai (MGS) WAP4 #22947 overtakes 15483 / Sikkim Mahananda Express hauled by Mughalsarai (MGS) WAP4 #22955 at Chola stn of NCR.

Kalka Mail is the name of a train in India connecting Howrah near Kolkata in the Eastern Indian state of West Bengal to Kalka, Haryana, the railhead for Kalka-Shimla Railway. This connects it to Shimla, the hill station capital of Himachal Pradesh and one-time summer capital of India.

Kalka Mail at present is among the longest trains running in the country, it has a total of 25 coaches (12 Sleeper, 2 SLR, 4 General, 1 First A/C, 2 3Tier A/C, 3 2Tier A/C) and has total 4 rakes. One A/C 3 tier coach gets attached in Mugalsarai to the train from train and its detached at Mugalsarai on the return journey. It is the longgest train in the I.R. This train is categorised as super-fast and runs at a maximum speed of 110 km/hrs. The engine attached to this train is the modern 6350 HP, WAP-7 based in Ghaziabad. In between Howrah and Kalka the train stops at 37 Stations. Passengers boarding the train have to abide by distance restriction: the minimum travel distance is 160 km in all AC classes and 480 km in Sleeper and 2S. However, it carries all passengers on the Delhi-Kalka route.Kalka Mail is the primary & most important Mail Train running in the Eastern Corridor of the country.The train has operational RMS sections b/w Chandigarh Delhi,Delhi Allahabad,Allahabad Gaya(Sr Supdt RMS 'A' Div)& Gaya Howrah(Sr Supdt RMS 'C' Div) & half of a GS coach is allotted for the RMS operations. At Howrah end the trailing Mail bags are handed over to Mail Agent Howrah RMS who forwards the R Bags to MA Calcutta RMS & ordinary & Speed Bags to MA Kolkata AP TMO.From KolAPTMO these bags are sorted & forwarding bags are sent to other RMS.Kalka Mail is very important of its class because it passes through certain National Sorting Hubs of SpeedPost which dont have Airport viz Kanpur,Allahabad,Varanasi(MughalSarai),Gaya,Dhanbad,Barddhaman.So for quick disposal of these bags they are handed over to either Delhi/Kolkata for quick air connectivity.

History of Kalka Mail :-

Run by the East Indian Railway Company, the train (originally numbered 1 Up / 2 Dn) began operation between Calcutta and Delhi in 1866 as the "East Indian Railway Mail". Its run was extended from Delhi to Kalka in 1891. The train was the principal mechanism by which British civil servants moved to their summer capital in Simla from Calcutta with the entire government machinery traveling on the train at the start of the summer months and returning by it at the end of summer. Both stations, Howrah as well as Kalka, had internal carriageways running along the platform so that the Viceroy and other high-ranking officers could drive right up to their rail coaches. The carriageway at Howrah is still used and runs between Platforms 8 and 9 but the carriageway at Kalka has been converted into platform. With the rationalization of train numbering in the 1990s, the Kalka Mail lost its 1 Up /2 Dn numbering and is now the 12311 from Howrah and the 12312 from Kalka.

The Mahananda Express or Sikkim Mahananda Express is an Indian express train connecting the cities of New Delhi and Alipurduar. This is a direct train origination from Old Delhi to Alipurduar Junction. The train connects the Eastern and Northern regions, as well as parts of India in the Bihar & Uttar Pradesh areas.

The name of the train is derived from the Mahananda River which runs through North Bengal and Eastern Bihar.

As the entire route is not electrified, the train runs with both an electric and diesel locomotive. Usually the train gets a WDP4/WDP4B from the Siliguri Diesel Loco Shed for the non-electrified territory and a WAP4 electric locomotive in the electrified section.

Location:- Chola stn of NCR, Uttar Pradesh, INDIA.

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Prathamesh Yeram