IndianRailways's video: Bagmati 1981 Train Accident ALCO Jaynagar Manihari Janki Chugs Badlaghat Single Line Crossing

Single Line Crossing. ALCO 15705 Katihar Delhi Champaran Humsafar skips Dhamara Ghat. Water everywhere, jumps Bagmati River. Navy blue ALCO 15284 Jaynagar Manihari Janki express honks, skips Badla Ghat. 300+ humans perished when their train going from to Saharsa plunged into the Bagmati River at Badla Ghat in June 1981. The in camera conducted by P.M.N. Murthy, chief of safety, could not come to a conclusion. The driver and two firemen of the ill-fated reportedly corroborated the cyclonic theory, according to which gale force winds pushed the train off the bridge. But according to sources, most witnesses believed that the driver suddenly braked the train because a farmer and his bull were on the track and this jolted the bogies into the water. The bull-and-farmer theory was reportedly confirmed by C. K. Swaminathan, North-Eastern Railway general manager. According to an official press note issued in Patna on June 10, Swaminathan, while talking to a group of newsmen, confirmed that a man with his bullock was crossing the bridge at the time of the accident. The sudden braking was also confirmed by the injured in . Ghat, 36 km from is in district of Bihar. The River runs down from the mid hills surrounding Kathmandu Valley, entering India at District of Bihar. In Khagaria District, the River joins up with the River near Badla Ghat. During season, this area receives concentrated flow of the Bagmati River from embanked upstream channels and backflow from the Kosi River. Janki ( ) WDM3A SPJ 16654. Janki connects Jaynagar and Manihari, covers 393 km. Belongs to East Railway. / Junctions - Darbhanga, Samastipur, Khagaria, Mansi, Saharsa, Banmankhi, Purnea, Katihar. Humsafar connects and Delhi, covers 1474 km. Belongs to Northeast Frontier Railway. Route / Junctions - Purnea, Banmankhi, Saharsa, Mansi, Khagaria, Samastipur, Muzaffarpur, Sagauli, Narkatiaganj, Kaptanganj, Gorakhpur, Anand Nagar, Gainsari, Gonda, Burhwal, Barabanki, Lucknow, Unnao, Kanpur, Govindpuri, Etawah, Shikohabad, Tundla, Barhan, Hathras, Aligarh, Khurja, Ghaziabad, Sahihabad, Shahdara. Humsafar Reversal At Saharsa Junction - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyQeqW1KXNo ALCO Humsafar Honks Chugs Out - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JaSsUqyIxI Non Stop High Speed Run Delhi - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jglsdkhJ37Y Champaran Humsafar Playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcNRE3T23AGr49A71G2JD7-b56zqaZByE