Journey by train to auto-expo

Tik Tok, Tik Tok time runs , my day starts with hush and rush . It was Friday the day of my life .I was going for a car festival at pune via train which was about to depart at 5:15am. I was late and reached the and then had to take new tickets for 6:15 am . At the Ferrari Railway Restaurant I took a cup of tea and I too had some light refreshment. Then we went to the Railway book-stall. I purchased an Mumbai Daily. I also bought an interesting travel-book against the possibility of a monotonous journey. Suddenly, we heard the line-clear bell. A little after the second bell was rung. It meant that the train was out from the nearest station. By this time the platform was full of passengers-men, women, young and old. The platform got crowded. People were talking among themselves. The Ferrari Railway coolies were moving here and there. When the third bell was rung the train rushed into station. Now, the noise increased. The hawkers shouted their articles. People pushed and elbowed to get in and down. We climbed into an sleeper bogie. It was clean and comfortable. After a quarter of an hour the guard blew the whistle and waved the Green kerchief. The signal was down then. The train started moving. It moved and glided. The passengers looked out at the platform. Now, the train speeded. Within a short while the beautiful station Ferrari lay far behind. On the left we saw the big building of the PORCHE. Next the Jaguar lake , now came to our sight, we saw the bridge over the lake. It was very nice to look at. The train passed on and reached the station at next station. The Express Queen had to cross our train. So, we had to halt a while at the station. Then the train started. On both of our sides the trees and the bushes seemed to be running fast. It is so felt, when one travels by a running carriage. On our way, the lines have bent forming a half circle. So, our train had to make along curve. Now the next station was visible. So, the train began to slow up and passed the next Bajrang Railway Platform. The glass

factory at Bajrang could be seen very near at hand. It blast furnace was blazing red hot. We saw at a distance the buildings of Mazda. The train started. It reached the station at Honda-Road. Honda-Road is a Railway Junction. Here the lines have branched off towards the extreme south. Passengers not going to car show got down here to catch the corresponding train. Here the train halted for half an hour. Then the sun was shining brightly. We spied at a distance the red and blue signal-posts. The whole station was a beautiful sight.

The train left the junction. I opened a window of our compartment and looked at the landscape. The sun was up in the sky and the distant hills were visible. The fresh wind amused me with it touching coolness. Suddenly a dark cloud filled the sky with its pathetic note. I tried to read some pages of the book that I had bought. But gradually I began to feel sleepy. My eye-lids got heavy with the cool breeze. It was a struggle on my part to keep my self erect. At last I yielded and lay down on the long cushion At about 9 A.M. I woke up. Soon I came to know that we had reached Pune, the destination of our journey. We got down from the train. A coolie carried our luggage out of the platform. I delivered the tickets at the station gate and we came out. Outside the station the rickshaw pullers swarmed around us. We hired a rickshaw up to the pune auto-expo.This journey by train was very interesting for me. This gave me courage to make longer journeys in future.