I had a misfortune of using this excuse of a train for a round trip from Bangalore to SC (3 AC) with my wife and 2 kids last/this week . Here are the some of the train highlights .
Still uses the old ICF rakes that look like they were made in the 40s .
The insides were super duper dirty, filth, more filth everywhere
Garbage stacked everywhere blocking the doors & jammed between the connecting plates
Could not enter the toilets, skid marks and crap on the floor . yuk
Soup dispenser kept on the floor touching the garbage
The bedsheets were like cardboard paper - Starched up, open it and flakes of some sort falls out in chunks
The food was really crappy . carry your own food
Roaches everywhere - I sprayed deo all over the crevices before switching off the lights . still my baby of 1.5 yrs old had 4-5 insect bite marks in the hands.
The SC to bangalore sector ran on a diesel engine:( , the Delhi to SC sector was powered by a WAP7.
Journey was very uncomfortable from SC to Bangalore as the rake was rolling like crazy