I don't know if trains are allowed at pakwheels, but I'm posting the photos here anyway
It was a wonderful experience. This was my first journey on train in thirteen years; so while other people were worried about the speed of the rail car, I was in a state of bliss (being a train lover .<br />
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Pakistan Express goes to Karachi from Rawalpindi via Faisalabad, while other trains use the Lahore route. Having a shorter route, this train should arrive sooner, but I don't know for what reasons the speed was not more than 60 kmph. Therefore it takes 12 hours from Multan to Rawalpindi, the same as the Tezgam. But for me these twelve hours in train are far <a href="http://qadeerahmadjanjua.blogspot.com/2014/02/lhr-mul-shalimar-express-at-its-best.html">better than those</a> eight/nine hours in bus.<br />
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Faisalabad Railway Station, 7:50AM, 13th April, 2014<br />
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Another train at Faisalabad<br />
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Our people just can't help throwing trash to corrupt such beautiful scenes.<br />
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My berth was in Coach 13, but I spent half of the journey standing in the door :D</div>
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To imagine the cool weather, you should have been there.<br />
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The area was totally green.<br />
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Love the clouds and the rain they were pouring on us.<br />
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The puddle formed due to rain at last night.<br />
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That tree line in the distance...<br />
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Engine replaced at Hafizabad with the oncoming Pakistan Express from Rawalpindi.<br />
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Used the cool water of the Nalka (hand pump) to freshen up before breakfast.<br />
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Whizzing past the trees.<br />
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The footsteps are too high, you notice it if you drop off without a platform.<br />
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Just curious about what's under the carriage.<br />
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Waiting for the signal to come down.<br />
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Tezgam at Lalamusa.<br />
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Lalamusa Junction, the name sounded fantastic in childhood.<br />
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Quite an interesting architecture of the station buildings.<br />
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Clean tracks and better light makes a beautiful picture.<br />
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They are trying to make Tezgam a premier train of Pakistan. It's economy class has the same awesome coaches as the parlour class, the suspension system is great, the train feels virtually static even at a speed of 100kmph.<br />
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Pakistan Express has only economy class coaches, as of now.<br />
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Just noticed a Qulli (porter).<br />
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The Potohar plateau.<br />
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It looked awesome in real.<br />
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The Grand Trunk Road kept going almost parallel, left or right.<br />
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It got sunny later.<br />
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The train and the terrain.<br />
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A truck on the G.T. Road<br />
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Missa Keswal, a picturesque station. I particularly liked this raised pathway.<br />
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Our train had to wait to let Awam Express cross.<br />
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About to leave the station.<br />
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