These look terrible! The original ZDM3 design was so much more elegant. And its not like visibility was hampered that much in LHF operation - the loco's length was short to begin with and the cab windows were always higher than the hood. A complete waste of effort and money, in my opinion.

Posted by Bharat Vohra on 2009 Nov 04 15:58:47 +0000

Dp3A of narrow gauge i suppose....

Posted by Deepak Murali on 2009 Nov 04 17:27:22 +0000

Shanx, interesting that there are now 4 of these in existence. Do you (or does anybody else) have further info on these mysterious machines? Such as why classified as ZDM3 - are they extensive rebuilds? If a new design then why plain ZDM3 when 3A and 3B versions exist for minor variations? And why use an already used number sequence? Questions, questions...

Posted by Dan Cross on 2009 Nov 05 09:24:33 +0000

Bharat, they don't look that bad when viewed from the Long Hood side. See here http://www.irfca.org/gallery/Locos/Diesel/NG_diesel_locos/Shimla+Rly+Stn+Shivalik+Deluxe+Express+with+ZDM-3+%23156.JPG.html

Posted by Dr.Jitendra Mulky on 2009 Nov 06 10:59:07 +0000

@Dr.Mulky: The link you've provided is the original design where I agree the LHF doesn't look bad at all ;-)

Posted by Bharat Vohra on 2009 Nov 06 21:00:03 +0000