Leaving her five-year-old back home, Anupama Patil sneaked out of her Byculla home before sunrise on Monday, May 4 to reach CSMT to prepare the locomotive of a parcel special train till Howrah scheduled at 6 am.

Patil, an Assistant Loco Pilot with Indian Railways (IR) with 13 years of experience, knew that if she had to take the 6 am train out on time, the preparations needed to start early.