Date:-1st June 2013.
12124 Deccan queen Celebrates its 83rd birthday with full of honkings and high speed actions.
Seen here दख्खनची राणी blasting and cruising through Ambernath ABH Station Between KJT-KYN at a terrific high speed near to MPS with KYN WCAM-3 #21942 on lead.

The Deccan Queen departs daily from Pune at 07:15 IST and reaches Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST), Mumbai at 10:25 IST. .
The train number is 12124 (Up) while traveling from Pune to Mumbai, a distance of 192 km, and 12123 (Down) for the return journey. It is one of the Classic Trains of India with a history that started in 1930.

It is hauled by Kyn WCAM3 of central railway. The rakes comprise 4 AC Chair Cars (2 MST), 8 Reserved second Sitting (2MST), 3 Unreserved Coaches, 1 luggage Cum Guard Van and a DINING Car.
After leaving Pune, the train stops only at Lonavala and Dadar stations before the Mumbai destination. The train also halts for a few minutes at a point named Monkey Hill (just after Lonavala) at the beginning of a steep descent in order to check its brakes. This is known as a "technical halt" and is not a scheduled halt at a station.

-Aditya Kambli.

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