Another NDM6 is been named !!

NDM6 #604 named as SHERPA to dedicate them by respecting their hardwork...

Specially thanks to Sr DME / DLSS for accepting the proposals for naming the locomotives.......
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RAILFANNING AT BOLPUR

Here are some more clicks of Bolpur from my trip on last Saturday

Pic 1,2,3- kaziranga exp (BNC GHY) running wth an...
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hour delay arrived Bolpur with HWH alco in he lead
Pic 4,5 - #TB of Kaziranga exp
Pic 6 - newly converted RPH SDAH MEMU (ex RH SDAH pass) arrived on pf 2
Pic 7,8,9 - Just as soon as kaziranga exp departed, shahid exp made its arrival on pf 1 with red beast of Howrah leading it from the front
Pic 10 - #TB of Shahid exp
Pic 11,12 - Maa Tara exp arrived on pf 2 with HWH p4 in the front after RPH SDAH MEMU vacated the platform. Note the newly augmented D5 coach between D4 and C1
Pic 13- Howrah based red beast warming up to haul Kaviguru exp after getting delayed by 1.5hrs
Pic 14 - #TB of kaviguru exp
Pic 15,16 - #SB of bolpur

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"It is better to die than be a coward."
These are the words that are taught to all Gorkha batallion personal. So thus Naik Bishnu believed in this from heart.
On September 2, 2010, Bishnu Shrestha, a 35-year-old retired Gurkha soldier, was on his way to Gorakhpur (further ahead to Nepal). The 35 year old veteran was finally on his way back home, having just retired from his position as a Naik (Corporal) in the 7th Battalion of the 8th Gurkha Infantry – a famous, battle-hardened regiment of ass-whompers that had produced balls-out...
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awesome war heroes like Lachhiman Gurung, and a unit in which Shrestha's own father had served during Vietnam.
He was travelling via the Maurya Express (Hatia-Gorakhpur) when 15 to 40 armed robbers attacked the train near Chittaranjan, West Bengal and robbed the passengers of their valuables such as money, jewelry, cellular phones and laptops.
According to some reports, when the bandits reached Shrestha, he was prepared to give up his valuables, but the 18-year-old girl sitting next to him was grabbed by the robbers who intended to rape her. The girl, who knew Shrestha was a retired soldier, appealed to him for help. He pulled out the large, curved khukuri knife that all Gurkha soldiers carry and attacked the bandits.
In the narrow aisle of the train, a trained fighter like Shrestha had the advantage. Although some of the bandits had pistols, they were either fake or mishandled by the robbers. After approximately ten minutes of fighting, three bandits were dead and many were wounded. The remaining bandits chose to drop the stolen goods (200 cell phones, 40 laptops, a significant amount of jewelry, and nearly $10,000 in cash) and flee. Shrestha suffered a severe injury to his left arm and required two months of medical treatment to recover his injured hand.
When the intended rape victim's family offered him a large cash reward, he refused it with the following comment: "Fighting the enemy in battle is my duty as a soldier. Taking on the thugs on the train was my duty as a human being."
He was not from India. He was from Nepal, But he showed Humanity doesn't sees nation.
Salute to Brave Son Of Humanity. _/\_
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