Texan Eagle
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Found this video of a rather interesting event someone posted on Indian Railways Fan Club. It goes something like this- one express train Poorva Express is 'pulled over' into siding track at a small station to let a faster train Sealdah Rajdhani Express pass ahead. So far nothing special, happens often. Then a few stations down the line, this train (Poorva) is again 'pulled over' into a siding track to let not one, not two, but three faster trains pass it at once! For an observant passenger in that train it would be quite an experience waiting at the same spot while one after the other three trains blast past them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mItIK1Z1qM4&feature=player_embedded
PS: These are not crossing trains, since the entire section is double tracked, all the trains passing by are heading in the same direction as the stopped train. Imagine you are heading northbound from WAS to NYP on a NE Regional and you are pulled over at an unscheduled halt for a northbound Acela to pass, and then a second Acela, and a third Acela, and a fourth Acela... by this time I bet you'd be going "Dude, what's going on!!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mItIK1Z1qM4&feature=player_embedded
PS: These are not crossing trains, since the entire section is double tracked, all the trains passing by are heading in the same direction as the stopped train. Imagine you are heading northbound from WAS to NYP on a NE Regional and you are pulled over at an unscheduled halt for a northbound Acela to pass, and then a second Acela, and a third Acela, and a fourth Acela... by this time I bet you'd be going "Dude, what's going on!!"
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