The South Western Railways prestigious train - The Legendary Karnataka Express always seen chugging with those mighty Twin double headed ALCos in the Southern Terrain is not so lucky when it comes to its Loco provider.
The train has always been seen hauled by Diesel Locomotives from various other Shed's over the years such as Erode, Kazipet, Itarsi, Moula Ali, Gooty, Guntakal. How ever it has never been towed permanently by its own Home Zone Shed i.e. Krishnarajapuram (Diesel Loco Shed based out of Bangalore , South Western Railways).
Here is one extremely rare encounter where the train is towed by its own Home Zone ALCo's , KRISHNARAJAPURAM WDG-3A ALCo Duos furiously chugging towards its last leg of journey with the 24 coached Legend bound to Bangalore City.
The same KJM ALCO's towed the New Delhi bound Karnataka Express back in the evening.
12627/12628 Bangalore City - New Delhi Karnataka Superfast Express.
The trains runs with Diesel power between Bangalore upto Manmad and vice versa. Further the Train gets a Tughalkabad WAP-7 between Manmad to New Delhi and vice versa. Electrification between Bangalore - Guntakal - Wadi - Solapur - Daund - Manmad is in progress and once completed we can expect the train to run completely in Electric, though its not my personal wish :D
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