Bsp korba trips in the 7.20 am bsp gad passenger were the first ones.
Even visiting dongargarh bamleshwari temple during navrati was a charm those days and was like a dream come true, especially, in Mumbai Mail in sleeper class.
Running with number 8001/02 it was the only 24 coacher train and only pf1 had the length to contain it.
Even it had...
more... markings at the end for the lp of Mumbai Mail
But the first reserved sleeper class travel came very late, in 2005, up to Puri in Kalinga Utkal.