Hi,
I would definitely recommend you to send the car by train. It saves your car from a lot of wear and tear and other unforseen events while transporting them on road. My father while on transfer from Bhubaneswar to Hyderabad had transported his Padmini (still with us) way back in the 90's by a goods wagon. The car took 1 month almost to reach a distance covered by passenger trains overnight. The car reached in spic and span condition with no dents, stains except for a layer of dust that had settled on the car. It took one month because the wagon was by mistake detached enroute and attached to another train travelling to Mumbai and later discovered and detached at Sholapur. The railways didnt bother to inform us about it. My father new one of the Executive Directors of Railway Board (who recently retired as Railway Board Chairman three months ago) then who helped it locate and send it back to Hyderabad.
Moral of the story is it could get indefinitely delayed but your car would reach in good condition. Now, it would be much easier to track your wagon as things have improved vastly at the railways. |