Loco Pilot Stops the Train on a Green Signal | Wrong Route Given | Kutty Story #12

[@muniswamy100]

During my tenure as a signal engineer, I often observed operational errors made by station masters (SMs) and section controllers, particularly those who were new to the role. One common issue involved incorrect execution of route settings on Panel and Route Relay Interlocking (RRI) systems. In some cases, these errors were realized and corrected by canceling the wrongly set routes, but this process inevitably caused delays in setting new routes for approaching trains, resulting in further train delays. Unfortunately, such incidents were often misattributed to signaling system failures by the operating staff. Thankfully, the presence of data loggers, which meticulously recorded all signaling actions performed by the SMs, provided clear evidence to identify and address the actual cause of delays. These records were instrumental in differentiating between system faults and operational mistakes. A good catch Natraj.

[@NatarajanC12119]

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[@maheshnarayan6440]

That you noticed this during a casual journey itself is amazing thala !! Hats off to your alertness !!

[@NatarajanC12119]

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[@msarvi2000]

Very interesting Natarajan. Never seen or experienced an incident like this before. Wonderful narration and explanation as always !

[@NatarajanC12119]

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[@RF_ABD_30259]

Watching your channel after many days. Still can see the same freshness and passion a railfan has! Wonderful vlog btw ❤ And I haven’t seen one like this wrong signalling.

[@NatarajanC12119]

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[@kaushikv7985]

Brilliant narration of an interesting situation, Natarajan. Always look forward to your kutti stories

[@NatarajanC12119]

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[@Roshan_Bhat]

Nice log. Interesting thing to see Controller/BYPL RRI giving Proceed towards Cantonment - SBC route.

[@sureshsn5884]

Brilliant observation after a long and tiring journey. I think these things happen for these special trains

[@NatarajanC12119]

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[@manjunathgt9851]

One can notice that number of train accidents has significantly increased in recent times due human fatigue and equipment malfunction, probably due to inadequate manpower

[@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa1992]

lot of signal faults. We need an overhaul in the signalling system maybe

[@shivaprasad6311]

Sabotage also can't be ruled out

[@banadigan7511]

Totally relying on automation is not safe for Indian Railways as terrain, weather and other conditions vary every fifty kilometre. Also frequency of passenger trains are much more than western countries.This govt is sadly ignoring facts.

[@IndianRailfanZone]

Your narration is as good as your photography/videography.

[@NatarajanC12119]

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[@jadavchowdhury7633]

Beautiful! I enjoyed your talk more than the video. With love from West Bengal.

[@NatarajanC12119]

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[@manjunathgt9851]

Natarajan, you are so special. I can dare so no one India can do the kind of work you do.

[@NatarajanC12119]

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[@rvijayraghavan9645]

Wonderful Compilation with great narration

[@NatarajanC12119]

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[@wneo7]

3:34 This clip was taken after Hebbal. The flyover that comes into view is the one at Bhadrappa Layout. (I had to use Google Maps Street View to confirm. Traced the track all the way from KJM!) I am a frequent traveller on KJM-MAS and this unfamiliar road on the right side of the train coming just before KJM caused a brain crash. It was only after seeing it at 10:54 once again that I realised that you reused a clip. At 10:54 of course, it is chronologically correct. Good message at 3:13. It will take a couple of generations though.

[@NatarajanC12119]

You got it right :)

[@Adityakumar-gc3vj]

Hats off ! This is brilliant observation

[@NatarajanC12119]

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[@whatnow9288]

If your original plan had worked and you had gotten out at KJM, you would have missed this super rare event... Luck was in your side

[@NatarajanC12119]

Yes

[@Ash.84]

You could not deboard at KJM probably to shoot this wrong signal !! Back in 2007, during a journey from YPR to PA via 2629 (now 12629), I have experienced the train suddenly stopping, taking a reverse at a very slow speed for close to 4-5 minutes, halting for some time and then moving ahead. It was midnight and quiet dark so we couldn't notice the exact reason but it could have been a similar case of wrong route set from the section controller.

[@NatarajanC12119]

Very much possible. I was destined to see this

[@cynr-iv2xu]

Something like this happened with my cousin bro who was seated in the 3rd coach from the last in VSKP - DURG VB exp. He had to catch a connecting MEMU train from Raipur to reach my place and the local is given PF no: 1A while the VB arrives at 1 and on that day VB was running delayed by 5 mins. sensing this I told him to come to the front end of VB before the train enters suburbs of Raipur, lazy fella took too much time to act, by the time he decided to leave for front, his coach and the successive coaches and the vestibule area was completeley packed with deboarding passengers along with luggage. He sprinted to 1A as soon as he got down and somehow managed to board the last MEMU train for my place. This happened on Dussehera 😅

[@_the_train_guy]

Funnily, in UK, the Home signal is given a Proceed aspect even when the Junction Indicators are displaying a diverging route ahead. This has caused a few incidents of overspeeding through loop lines, especially at Spital Jn (Peterborough) in the last couple of years.

[@NatarajanC12119]

We need to talk on differences one day. Hopefully next time when you come back to India

[@sabarinathanmj7016]

Good observation by LP......

[@vsgrailfan]

Very rare moment bro, Enjoyed the whole vlog.

[@Speaker_WAGTAIL]

Had a similar experience in MASS - TRL local. A SPE local departed previously and the line was not changed to AVD side. The TRL local was given proceed and started from the station from PF 14. The Train instead of changing track to AVD line went to SPE line and the LP immediately stopped the train. After 5 minutes train continued in SPE line till Vyasarpadi and changed tracks there to come back to the slow line.

[@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa1992]

doesnt Vyasarpadi come in the avadi line

[@Speaker_WAGTAIL]

@@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa1992 It does, the train continued in SPE line and joined the AJJ fast line at BBQ. Then at Vyasarpadi it changed to the regular EMU line.

[@spiritofecstasy1517]

The MAS-SBC route must be quadrupled. Both SWR and SR should release tenders for this in their respective sections, that can solve the huge amount of traffic on this route.

[@NatarajanC12119]

Yes. Currently Chennai to Puliyamangalam( Just before Arakkonam ) is quadrupled. Bengaluru Cantt to Whitefield work is in progess

[@cynr-iv2xu]

Simple, I'll get down at Krishnarajpuram and take metro for home 😅 04:05

[@raomsr8576]

I prefer to get down at KRP andcreach home so that an additional 1 hour rest I can take. Because KRP or KSR reaching home take almost same. I enjoyed this video , thecfirstcreason being a photographer picture quality was good, no shak8ng, night shooting always good, apart from your voice is good. Nice experience.

[@NatarajanC12119]

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[@ravishankarrhv1199]

Now a days many railway staff are northis who do not have topography of bangslore Earliest days south Indians were more That is the reason I believe for giving wrong signal

[@राकेश_रेल]

Stop rascism, section controller or station master work nothing to do with topography, mistake is mistake

[@NatarajanC12119]

I have no where mentioned who was working at the station. Please dont assume things

[@Rithvik_37008]

Same issue happened with 12673 Cheran where MAS Starter indicated North instead of giving south line indication and then signal was reset and given to south and delayed by 15 mins almost ig

[@Sacchit_16338]

Interesting, seeing this for the first time.

[@saiswaroopvidyasagar5277]

Nattu bro, a doubt. Does every loco pilot will have a good knowledge on the route ??

[@NatarajanC12119]

Yes. During ALP training itself they will start route learning. They will also remember the location of all the signals.

[@railvidz]

I hope this incident would have been investigated & proper correction will be taken in future. Was the mistake because it was a special train & the section controller would not know its route.

[@NatarajanC12119]

All these cases will be checked by officials during routine checks

[@MyWayRailway]

Amazing

[@NatarajanC12119]

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[@mohit_21875]

LP saved SM's job that day 💯

[@nirmalk3423]

Nice capture

[@tsguy-h3q]

I haven't noticed this myself, but I have heard from a TTE once that this occasionally happens at Irugur Junction near Coimbatore. Since trains towards Kerala take either Podanur Bypass or Coimbatore Jn almost at random, it is quite easy to mess up routing. This is complicated by the fact that a train can be made to run non-stop through CBE even if it skips the city and goes direct to Podanur Jn (this will make sense if you look at a track diagram).

[@NatarajanC12119]

Any path can be given based on availability of the route.

[@mushthaqahamed9418]

Explanation is on top 👌

[@NatarajanC12119]

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[@kiranmsdsompura]

I also experiencing in sbc mas route

[@Oktolibre]

Looks like LP regularly runs this route. And convincing why recent accidents occurred.

[@NatarajanC12119]

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[@shrinidhikaulgud17307]

Nice video Sir

[@NatarajanC12119]

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[@whatnow9288]

Be honest, after missing the metro, you wouldnt have minded going straight to SBC 😀

[@NatarajanC12119]

Yes, I was tried and hence metro plan came to mind. Generally I travel all the way in train

[@pranavsubramaniyan5770]

So if the locopilot hadn't noticed then what would' ve happened, would they have realised their error at East?

[@NatarajanC12119]

Generally Loco Pilot's dont miss this. They will have the schedule and caution order with them which gives them the route details

[@craditya]

Thanks for the garbage message! People dont realise that stuck garbage on tracks can cause accidents!

[@r.a.j.a.n.r.g1212]

💜💜💜💜💜

[@peringandurjayaraman2780]

How to solve the problem of the recently occurred Balasore incident

[@NatarajanC12119]

Regular maintenance and checks

[@adr23]

Balasore incident is different,,,it's definately s&t issue,,,signal will not come to occupied line,,,

[@sathyanarayanan1654]

Anna I will choose metro

[@TheVynatheya]

We badly need metro late in the night also last mile connectivity is bad in Bangalore.

[@NatarajanC12119]

Exactly. trains should be run till midnight and start by 4 in the morning

[@sathyanarayanan1654]

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[@sankarv9062]

Boring

[@NatarajanC12119]

ok

[@Harshiv_12016]

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