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[By ferroequinologist.cr] SBI WDP-4D + Dead RPM WAP-7 with Doodh Duronto express (Milk special train)

Credit goes to the actual owner.

According to the actual uploader of this video, it was recorded in 15th Sep 2023 & it's from Ajni(Nagpur).

So for the context about this weird train, Indian railways transport milk in a special bogie called "VVN" (Milk Tanker in simple words) & these are used to transport milk by attaching atleast one or two bogie in a medium-to-long distance express train to transport milk to it's destination. One tanker has the capacity of 40,000 litres & are treated on par with passenger stock & rated for higher speeds (110km/h) than most freight stock.

As for the one in this video, this train is called "Doodh Duronto express" & these were introduced in March 2020 by SCR. Reason is due to COVID-19 when the commercial services were halted. The halt in commercial service also affected the transportation of milk too as Milk tankers were always attached behind passenger trains.

This was introduced between Renigunta & New Delhi as a special high-speed milk train to balance the essential commodity supply chain without interrupting it. Covering around 2,300 km of journey in 30 to 33 hours, even competing with Rajdhani express too as there was almost no traffic.

u/Meta_Zephyr — 2 months ago