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Today evening WCG-2 #20153 caught fire. No causalities reported. Fire Brigade and Ambulance was seen at the place. (Raj Bhavsar)

Date: 2010-04-18
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According to some 'reliable' sources, this was no accident. 20153 attempted a self immolation to protest against the ACfication drive of CR between Lonavala and Vangani. ;-)

Posted by Vivek Pillay (Oldman) on 2010 Apr 24 06:23:09 +0000

WCG 2 are enjoying their final days of work, before getting replaced by the WAG's.
I feel sorry to see this pic.

Posted by Sriram SN on 2010 Apr 19 14:48:37 +0000

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One old and graceful work horse of the CR driven to death.

I think that this flogging of these locos should stop now and we need to switch over to the new WAG's within this month. I am also reminded of the period 1967-1969 when a lot of...

One old and graceful work horse of the CR driven to death.

I think that this flogging of these locos should stop now and we need to switch over to the new WAG's within this month. I am also reminded of the period 1967-1969 when a lot of Crocodiles met with the same fate in the Ghats. I have myself seen three Kenkadas go uo in flames then.

Posted by S. Srinivas on 2010 Apr 19 02:03:43 +0000

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