0:50 WAG7 with an unknown train sneaks through #Khallikot along scenic #Chilka Lake, snakes, honks and disappears into the mountains.
2:43 WAP4 11020 Bhubaneswar Mumbai #Konark express passes under #Monsoon clouds and drizzle to next halt #Chatrapur.
Locomotives – WAG7 #Vijayawada BZA 28380. WAP4 #Santragachi SRC 22840.
#Khallikot, 57 km from #Brahmapur is in #Ganjam district of #Odisha.
#Chilka #lake is a brackish water lagoon, spread over the Puri, #Khurda and #Ganjam districts of Odisha, at the mouth of #Daya River, flowing into the Bay of #Bengal. Covering an area of over 1,100 sq.km. It is the largest #coastal #lagoon in India and the 2nd largest lagoon in the world. It is the largest wintering ground for #migratory #birds on the Indian sub-continent. The lake is home to a number of #threatened #species of plants and animals.
The lake is an #ecosystem with large #fishery resources. It sustains more than 150,000 fisher–folk living in 132 villages on the shore and islands. The lagoon hosts over 160 species of birds in the peak migratory season. Birds from as far as the #Caspian #Sea, #Baikal, #Aral Sea and other remote parts of Russia, #Kirghiz steppes of #Mongolia, Central and Southeast Asia, #Ladakh and #Himalayas come here.
#Konark connects Mumbai and #Bhubaneswar, covers 1932 km. Belongs to #Central #Railway.
#Route / Junctions – Dadar, Kurla, Diva, Kalyan, Neral, Karjat, Pune, Daund, Kurduvadi, Hotgi, Wadi, Vikarabad, Secunderabad, Pagidipalli, Kazipet, Dornakal, Vijayawada, Nidadavolu, Samalkot, Visakhapatnam, Kottavalasa, Vizianagaram, Naupada, Khurda Road.
Konark Honks Speed Overtakes #Tirupati #Kakinada – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq_83QZD7d4
#ALCO Bangalore #Rajdhani Overtakes Konark – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMWIp51iAHE
ALCO Konark Chugs Speeds Teases #Tamil Nadu – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaR1Q4lCIfc
Konark playlist – http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEB1ACDEC9205BEB3
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