They clearly said that after the following weeks trip, we'd have to write a small exam, after which 14 members will be sacked as they needed just 46. We all were taken to the Lallaguda Electric loco shed and an experienced driver gave us brief idea on how to ride an electric locomotive. We were taught how to couple the train with engine and many more new things like switching tracks, communicating with the other trains and stations nearby us etc. We were taken to Hyderabad Deccan railway station to show us practically how to communicate with other train officials when they are more than two. By 20:00 hours, we reached Secunderabad Junction railway station, where we had our train scheduled at 21:20 hours for our one week tour.
The Lallaguda Electric Loco Shed.
By 21:00, the train successfully came to a halt at Secunderabad Junction at Platform 10. We were taken to our special coaches where we took our respective seats. We were instructed to observe everything keenly and asked us to write a diary type thing on what all we observed, day by day. The train was given green signal and train started moving. We kicked off our one week journey successfully and this journey was named "Pratham Yaatra", a hindi word, which means first travel.
Stay tuned to know what happened later!