Powerful WAG-9H Freight & WAP-7 Gurudev Express | Railfanning at Kottekad, Palakkad- 7 August 2026
Railfanning from Kottekad near Palakkad Junction, Kerala, on the busy Palakkad-Coimbatore railway section.
Kottekad Railway Station, code KTKU, comes under the Palakkad Railway Division of Southern Railway. It mainly functions as an operational/block station and does not have regular passenger train halts.
In this video, we spotted—
WAG-9H Freight Locomotive #42303
A heavy-haul electric freight locomotive equipped with Medha propulsion and homed at New Guwahati Electric Loco Shed under Northeast Frontier Railway.
Train No. 12660 Gurudev Superfast Express
Route: Kolkata – Nagercoil Junction
Locomotive: WAP-7 #37547
Loco Shed: Royapuram Electric Loco Shed, Southern Railway
The Gurudev Superfast Express is a weekly long-distance service covering approximately 2,583 km across multiple states.
Kottekad is located close to Palakkad Junction Railway Station and Malampuzha Dam. The exact railfanning location is given below.
📍 Location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/KqjYTKZaej92rHZK9?g_st=ic
Which did you enjoy more – the WAG-9H freight train or the WAP-7 hauled Gurudev Superfast Express? Tell us in the comments.
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August 8, 2026 at 09:00AM
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