Bird-hit delays Vaigai Express by 40 minutes
Trichy:1.7.2019
In a strange bird-hit, the Chennai-bound Vaigai Express on Sunday was held up for 40 minutes at the Trichy junction due to technical snag after a peahen got stuck to the pantograph, an equipment mounted on the locomotive to draw power from an overhead line, of the engine.
Railway Protection Force sources said the loco pilot of the train coming from Madurai sensed that something had got stuck to the engine after the train crossed Manapparai station in Trichy district. By the time the train arrived at Trichy station, the engine had started developing trouble. The loco pilot halted the train and informed his higher-ups and the RPF. Some RPF personnel later climbed atop the train and removed the carcass of the bird, which was handed over to the forest department. TNN
Trichy:1.7.2019
In a strange bird-hit, the Chennai-bound Vaigai Express on Sunday was held up for 40 minutes at the Trichy junction due to technical snag after a peahen got stuck to the pantograph, an equipment mounted on the locomotive to draw power from an overhead line, of the engine.
Railway Protection Force sources said the loco pilot of the train coming from Madurai sensed that something had got stuck to the engine after the train crossed Manapparai station in Trichy district. By the time the train arrived at Trichy station, the engine had started developing trouble. The loco pilot halted the train and informed his higher-ups and the RPF. Some RPF personnel later climbed atop the train and removed the carcass of the bird, which was handed over to the forest department. TNN
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