Myself and a friend Srijit had emraked upon a daylong trip to Adra-Asansol and back. We took the 12885 Aranyak Express from SRC in the morning for Adra. The 12-coach train, hauled by a BIA WAM-4 that day, takes the KGP-MDN-BQA route to Adra. We got a fantastic view of the complex Kharagpur Yard on board the train as it took the BBS bound tracks after Kharagpur. The tracks of the Hijli bypass pass beneath us and then meet us just after the MEMU shed. We procced stoutly only for the UP TATA tracks to divert and go straight towards Kolaikunda. We pass below two bridges, one carrying the DN TATA tracks and the other carrying the tracks from the Nimpura Marshalling Yard. Finally we meet the single track that had diverted post Kharagpur for Midnapur before Gokulpur. After thatm we cross the Cossye River and finally pull into Midnapur meeting a stationery passenger there...
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