The eternal 2952 Mumbai Rajdhani Express cruises through Sarita Vihar at a high Speed of 100 kmph behind GZB WAP-7 30209 "Navchetak". (Vishal Khare)

Date: 2009-05-23
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Make Canon Model Canon PowerShot SX10 IS
Aperture Value f/5.7 Color Space sRGB
Flash No Flash ISO 200
Metering Mode Center Weighted Average Shutter Speed Value 1/500 sec
Digital Zoom Ratio 1 Date/Time 2009 May 23 16:50:22 +0100

Comments
i thought the 2951-52 has been permitted 140k regularly!!
Posted by Sameer Kinikar (guest) on 2009 May 29 16:55:20 +0100
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In terms of Achieveing,From IRFCA Mailing List someone has experienced Patna Rajdhani which has MPS of 130 kmph achieving 142 kmph speed.Don't know how he calculated speed but its possible to take out the speed of a train.Raj's achieve speed...
Posted by Vishal Khare (guest) on 2009 May 28 20:23:13 +0100
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INCREMENTS!!!! Deepak,how can our dear Rajdhanis travel at 140 Kmph???The number of Manned & Unmanned LCs,Cattle,Rail Rokos,Careless jaywalkers etc , make it difficult for these trains to achieve this speed especially for cult trains like the Legendary ...
Posted by Rohit Kapoor (guest) on 2009 May 28 17:54:04 +0100
1969 hwh rajdhani express achieved 120 kmph...but in year 2009 all rajdhani does not exceed 140 kmph...so in very long journey there is no increments in speed....
Posted by deepak verma (guest) on 2009 May 27 15:13:03 +0100
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Deepak:- I have seen this train at 120 kmph as well.One can easily make out the difference between the speed of that time (when at 120 kmph) and this time (when at 100 kmph).Hence i said its about 100 kmph.
Ankit:-this is the same location from...
Posted by Vishal Khare (guest) on 2009 May 26 06:55:30 +0100
Vishal, how far is this spot from the LC?? I presume you know which LC I am refering to.
Posted by Ankit Bharaj on 2009 May 26 06:36:20 +0100
there may be speed limit 100 kmph at site ,,that's why this railfan confident about speed .
Posted by deepak verma (guest) on 2009 May 26 02:49:01 +0100
After a the railfanning gets into you, the railfan gets to understand the speed just as a doctor checks the pulse rate without looking in the watch......
Posted by Milind (guest) on 2009 May 25 05:04:13 +0100
nevertheless 2952 always inspires awe and admiration
Posted by Ram (guest) on 2009 May 24 20:17:41 +0100
Well its approximity.wasn't aware of the exact speed.
Posted by Vishal Khare (guest) on 2009 May 24 15:56:41 +0100
How are you so certain about the 100 kmph speed as if you are carrying some speed measuring device????
Posted by Ujjwal P. (guest) on 2009 May 24 15:54:45 +0100