Frankly speaking , I don't understand the logic behind addressing ships, aircrafts, trains as SHE? anything which moves is given a feminine pronoun. So,women always keep changing their places. In this blog, I will address this meter gauge EMU as she.
Exactly a decade ago, she was phased out from her "service" because of uni gauge conversion programme initiated by the government of India. Till then, she was "running" FREELY from chennai Beach to Tambaram(in some cases , upto chengalpattu)and vice versa without any competition.
Most of us "used " her service" to reach our destination. She was ruthless when anyone dared to take her head on. The result-----the confronted personality will be disfigured beyond recognition.Though, horns of the cattle (particularly,
erumai had the ability to slow her down.
These EMUs were manufactured by Toshibha Electric Company Ltd. Japan (there is a film lyrics"
caargalai pol pen inamum kondavanai poi serum but she was posted in Madras, then, Chennai)
Unlike her,some of her peers had "adjusted" to the ground reality and continuing their "services" in African nations.
Let there be a EMU fashion parade,I am sure she will stand apart from the rest. Being out of service for almost a decade,her beauty remains intact. All broad gauge EMUs of her era have grown broader probably, they would fit into Russian railway network because of their broader tracks.
Model wise, power wise, pick up wise she is far superior to other EMU prototypes of her era.
She even earned a nickname called "Olli maravattai"(sleek centipede)as she negotiated the stretch between chetpet and Nungambakkam railway station. Her ravishing beauty turned curvaceous when she passed through that curve section.
But, she is just standing elegantly inside the railway museum thinking of re-starting her "journey". Can she re-start her journey? But, where are the tracks?
