Archive · 8 Dec 2025
Loco Pilot Averts Tragedy in Pune
A train driver named R T Wani was driving a train from Secunderabad to Pune.
He saw a small red gas cylinder on the tracks.
He quickly stopped the train to avoid hitting it.
The gas cylinder was from a company called Priya Gold and weighed 3.9 kg.
The train crew removed the cylinder and reported it to the police.
The police are still trying to find out who put the cylinder on the tracks.
They think it might have been done on purpose to cause harm.
Similar incidents have happened in Kanpur, where gas cylinders were found on the tracks.
The police are investigating but haven't found any clues yet.
Loco pilot R T Wani spotted an LPG cylinder on the railway track near Uruli Kanchan, Pune, on December 29, 2024.
The cylinder was a red-coloured, 3.9 kg mini cylinder from Priya Gold company.
Wani applied emergency brakes to avoid a potential explosion and derailment.
The cylinder was removed and handed over to the Railway Protection Force (RPF).
Investigations by RPF, ATS, and Pune City Police are ongoing, with no suspects identified yet.
- Who
- Loco pilot R T Wani and train manager Ketan Ratnani of the Secunderabad–Pune Shatabdi Express
- What
- Averted a potential tragedy by spotting and removing an LPG cylinder from the railway track
- When
- December 29, 2024, around 10:42 pm
- Where
- Near Uruli Kanchan station, Pune, between kilometre markers 219/7 and 219/5
- Why
- To prevent a potential explosion and derailment of the train
- Date of Incident
- December 29, 2024
- Location
- Uruli Kanchan, Pune
- Train Involved
- Secunderabad–Pune Shatabdi Express
- Loco Pilot
- R T Wani
- Train Manager
- Ketan Ratnani
- LPG Cylinder Details
- Red-coloured, 3.9 kg, Priya Gold company
- Investigating Agencies
- Railway Protection Force (RPF), Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), Pune City Police
- Legal Charges
- Sections 125 and 327 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Railways Act, 1989