Dust storm WDP-4 Shatabdi meets crazy WAP-4 overtaking cruising WAG-7 at Baruipara

Date taken: February 2013 Camera used: SONY Camcorder DCR SX45E Just sit back and enjoy the 3-in-1 action. As the 27203 CNB shed WAG-7 pulls from the Down main to the Down loop line, a furious looking 22397 HWH shed WAP- 4 comes roaring through the Down reverse line with the somewhat before time running 13152 Jammu Tawu (JAT)- Kolkata Chitpur Terminal (KOAA) Express. And no sooner had it passed that the 20071 WDP- 4 comes honking and creating a dust storm through the Up main line with the half an hour late running 12041 Howrah (HWH)- New Jalpaiguri (NJP) SHATABDI Express. Location is speed heaven Baruipara on ER's HB Chord enroute. JAT- KOAA uses the Jammu Tawi- Chakki Bank- Jalandhar Cantt.- Ludhiana- Ambala Cantt.- Saharanpur- Laksar- Najibabad- Moradabad- Bareilly- Shahjehanpur- Lucknow Charbagh- Faizabad- Varanasi- Mughal Sarai- Gaya- Gomoh- Dhanbad- Asansol- Burdwan- KOAA route of NR/ ECR/ ER to cover 1991 kms in 45h with "only" 94 halts. Regular link is MGS WAP- 4. A few facts regarding the NJP Shatabdi are: The first Shatabdi Express in India to be hauled by an EMD for the entire journey. The first LHB train to use coaches manufactured by Rae Bareli Coach Factory. The first LHB Shatabdi of ER and Eastern India. The fastest diesel hauled Shatabdi in India, and one of the fastest diesel hauled train if IR. This train is the fastest connecting train between North Bengal and South Bengal, and covers the 566 kms journey in 8 hours flat. The closest competitors for this train are the Darjeeling Mail, and Padatik Express, but those two trains take more than 10 hours. The train has been given an extremely aggressive schedule, where it have to maintain an average speed of 70 km/hr even after covering most of the journey through stretches where MPS varies between 90- 110 km/hr with numerous PSRs and TSRs. The train departs NJP at 05:35, and reaches HWH at 13:35, and would again depart at 14:15, and reach NJP at 22:20. The train gives halts at Bolpur Shantiniketan, Malda Town and Kishanganj stations enroute. ++ Here is the playlist of crossings taken by me:    • CROSSING BETWEEN TRAINS IN INDIAN RAILWAYS   ++ Here is my playlist of numerous off-links in Indian Railway circuit:    • OFFLINKS IN INDIAN RAILWAYS (PART-1)   ++ Playlist of various SHATABDI Express trains:    • SHATABDI EXPRESS