An extensive compilation of a total of 12 overtakes and crossings of 59439/Mumbai Central-Ahmdabad Passenger for a journey from Andheri to Surat.
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Me and 3 of my railfan friends - Nitin Kumar, Himanshu Siloiya and Anshul Vipat, set off on a railfanning trip in the train which sees the best traffic in its journey.
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September, 15.20 - We are looped at Vangaon station for a double overtake.
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12th September, 15.24 - Aggressively honking Vadodara WAP4 #22705 with 12480 Suryanagari Express overtakes us at Vangaon
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12th September, 15.29 - It was just 5 minutes when Suryanagari ripped us at Vangaon when we could hear another scream. The scream of Vadodara's Amul liveried WAP5 #30050 with 12933 Karnavati Express in its tow following Suryanagari in overtaking us.
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12th September, 16.20 - We are looped at Sanjan. We knew some more action is in the pipeline when we saw Ghaziabad's WAP1 #22035 approaching from the other side with 19024 Firozpur Janta Express just 2 minutes after we arrived.
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12th September, 16.24 - The stream of premiums continued as Vadodara's WAP5 #30058 approached screaming vigorously with BCT-ADI Double Decker Express in its tow.
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12th September, 16.45 - Come Bhilad and we are looped again. With a loud honk, Vadodara's "Chetak" WAP4 #22382 dusts past us with 12989 Dadar-Ajmer Express.
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12th September, 17.45 - And so the journey continues and we arrive at Vapi for our scheduled halt. So does 19115 Sayaji Nagari Express lead by Vadodara's decorated WAP5 #30070. After a brief halt, 19115 was given a go while we were allowed to follow.
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12th September, 18.28 - Arrive Billimora Jn. But wait, this is not a normal halt. We were taken into the loop that was beyond the up line. We knew we were in for an aggressive action. And so it was....
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12th September, 18.31 - Shouting and announcing its arrival, Vadodara's WAP5 #30073 just ignores the presence of the station and rips past us with 12010 Ahmedabad-Mumbai Central Shatabdi Express. You could see railfan Himanshu Siloiya to the right and Railfan Nitin Kumar at the end of the video some distance away.
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12th September, 18.35 - It was just 4 minutes when Shatabdi has crossed us and we could see green on the down line. It was 14708 Ranakpur Express which overtook us with the power of Vadodara's WAP4 #22810. But wait.....Billimora has more in store!
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12th September, 18.39 - It was time for some chugging and smoke. Ratlam's Alco WDM3A #16849R came chugging down with 12287 Kochuveli-Dehradun Superfast Express and filled the air with its smoke.
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12th September, 19.09 - And now comes the king! The moment all of us were waiting for was here. We wanted to capture the King-Rajdhani Express at its Maximum Permissible Speed (MPS) after the line got cleared for 130 km/h run. And we were not disappointed. Ghaziabad's WAP7 #30225 left no stone unturned and flashed past Vedchha with 12951 Mumbai Central-New Delhi Rajdhani Express at flat 130 km/h.
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12th September, 19.42 - After satisfying our hunger for MPS, the only thing left was witnessing the mighty Garib Rath at its best. And for so, we were looped at Maroli. But before GR could overtake us, Hubballi's WDP4 #20065 crossed us with 16507 Bhagat ki Kothi-Bengaluru Express at a sedate pace.
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12th September, 19.46 - And now for the second catch of the day. Ghaziabad's WAP5 with 12909 Bandra Terminus-Hazrat Nizamuddin Garib Rath Express overtakes us at Maroli at flat 120 km/h leaving us in awe and pleasure.
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12th September, 20.23 - As our journey was nearing its end, we were treated with one last overtake at Udhna Jn. Vadodara's WAP4 #22703 overtakes us at a moderate speed with 12797 Bandra Terminus-Jaipur Superfast Express.
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Not to forget, 12953 August Kranti Rajdhani Express was also one of the trains that overtook us. But that was after we alighted at Surat.