Rare Scene. Breakers haul the 1014 down the ghats. 1014 was 22 coaches long today. (C G)

Date: 2010-04-10
Owner: Gallery Administrator
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Make Canon Model Canon PowerShot SX100 IS
Aperture Value f/4 Color Space Uncalibrated
Flash No Flash ISO 80
Metering Mode Multi-Segment Shutter Speed Value 1/810 sec
Digital Zoom Ratio 1 Date/Time 2010 Apr 10 14:14:26 +0100
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Ultimate catch!!!
Posted by Bhushan Kale on 2010 Apr 12 04:58:28 +0100
Great catch Chaitanya.
Posted by Arzan Kotval on 2010 Apr 11 19:03:47 +0100
are these Brakers used on the Freight traffic also. Many of the freights are more than 22 on the bhor ghats??
Posted by Ritesh Jokhakar on 2010 Apr 11 16:11:42 +0100
Bhor ka Raja kaun? WCG-2 :-)
Posted by Vivek Pillay (Oldman) on 2010 Apr 11 11:20:23 +0100
And the limit of bogies allowed in the Thull ghats is also not 18 coaches but is 23 coaches. 23 coach trains do not need brakers down the ghats. It is hauled by single WCAM-3 down the ghats quiet comfortably.
Posted by Chaitanya Gokhale on 2010 Apr 11 06:48:40 +0100
@Jainand: The threshold for passenger trains is 21 coaches, not 18. Bhor Ghat didn't see any 21+ coach passenger trains and hence no brakers were employed, but on this particular day, 1014 came up with 22 coaches, and hence this need.
Posted by Karan Desai on 2010 Apr 11 00:58:07 +0100
I guess the same rule of heavy rake's (18 or more Coaches)would be accompanied by Pilot's applies here as in the Thull.
Posted by Jainand Narayanan on 2010 Apr 10 21:37:36 +0100
A rare scene indeed, good catch, Chaitanya.
Posted by Jainand Narayanan on 2010 Apr 10 21:14:50 +0100
Actually, the correct terminology would be "Pilot's". Assisting Loco's ahead of the main power would be a pilot, the same at the other end would be "Banker's. In this perticular situation the term "Braker's" would also be appropriate
Posted by Jainand Narayanan on 2010 Apr 10 21:12:35 +0100
Wonderful! WCG-2's working as brakers too on passenger trains before retirement. Nice photo! :-)
Posted by Aamod on 2010 Apr 10 19:46:00 +0100
The correct word should be 'brakers' - these locos help to 'brake' the heavy trains and not 'break' them into pieces. Excellent photograph.
Posted by Apurva Bahadur on 2010 Apr 10 19:05:23 +0100
It should be breakers or brakers?
Posted by Samar on 2010 Apr 10 19:04:56 +0100
Breakers is really a rare one! Something worth a watch of WCG 2 before the conversion is expected next Sunday (17th) as per sources from LNL.
Posted by Abhishek Risbud on 2010 Apr 10 18:52:06 +0100
wow thats really N1!!
Posted by Deepak Murali on 2010 Apr 10 18:23:26 +0100
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