Tamil Nadu Express: once a jewel in the crown of Southern Railway, now overshadowed

The Tamil Nadu Express, connecting Madras (now Chennai) with the national capital, was one of the three fastest trains in the country at the time, alongside the Delhi-Kolkata and Delhi-Mumbai Rajdhani Expresses. Painted in sleek Red and Yellow, it used to cover 2,188 km in less than 30 hours, with stops only at Vijayawada, Nagpur, Bhopal, Jhansi