Central Railway DC/AC Conversion - KalyanJn - Thane - LTT, Jan 12,2014
Pictures of the historic DC traction to AC traction conversion of Kalyan - Thane - LTT section of Central Railway - January 2014.
Members covering the event can upload pictures directly to this album.
First WAP-4 to reach Pune. BRC WAP-4E doing its return duty with Pune-Jaipur express. Location-Near Akurdi. 2014-01-19. (Lalam)
Superb looking ET WAM-4# 21335 curves into Kasara station with Chhapra Ltt Godan Express. It was running 30mins before time. Yesterday I saw 13201, 11056, 15018, 12173 and 12143 with WAM-4's. (Arzan Kotval)
On a foggy morning, ET WAM-4# 20625 descends the gradient at Dombivli with 13201 Rajendra Nagar Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express. (Arzan Kotval)
BSL WAM4 21343 in nice classic Pseudo Raj Livery, negotiates the various points at Kalyan Jn, to enter PF 6, with RJPB - LTT Exp. Pic clicked by Nitin Kumar. (Nitin Kumar)
1st AC Passenger loco WAP4 / BRC / 22801 to enter Pune junction of CR, post KYN-LTT AC Conversion on Jan 12,2014. Pic clicked by Pune Members. (Pune Members)
1st AC Passenger loco WAP4 / BRC / 22801 to enter Pune junction of CR, post KYN-LTT AC Conversion on Jan 12,2014. Pic clicked by Pune Members. (Pune Members)
On Jan 19,2014, exactly 1 week after AC Conversion of KYN-LTT, 1st WAP4 loco entered CR/Pune section. BRC / WAP4 22801, after bringing in the JP-PUNE exp, is seen resting with WCAM3 21883, inside the Pune ETS. Pic clicked by Pune member Jayaram K. Thanks
BRC WAP4 22801, the 1st AC Passenger loco, to enter Pune Jn, on Jan 19-2014, makes its presence felt inside the Pune ETS, after bringing the JP-Pune exp.Pic clicked by Pune member Jayaram K (Jayaram K)
1st WAP4 Loco / 1st AC Passenger loco, makes its presence into Pune Junction, on CR, on Jan 19, 2014, exactly a week after AC conversion, done on Jan 12, 2014. BRC WAP4 of WR, feels happy after bringing the JP-PUNE exp into Pune on Jan 19,2014. Pic clicke
1st WAP4 Loco / 1st AC Passenger loco, makes its presence into Pune Junction, on CR, on Jan 19, 2014, exactly a week after AC conversion, done on Jan 12, 2014. BRC WAP4 of WR, brings the JP-PUNE exp into Pune on Jan 19,2014. Pic clicked by one of the Pune
Where else, this can be witnessed? Only on Central Railways - Mumbai Divn. 1500V DC EMU with its clearly visible DC Panto, and NEw member 25KV AC Loco WAP4, with its AC Panto with 13201 RJPB-LTT exp, enter Thane in a parallel run, on the day of conversion
See !! How A Simple 1500V DC OHE, became a complex jungle of 25KV OHE, with DC to AC Conversion. WAP4 / ET / WCR - 22973 with 13201, enters Thane, while a light WCAM3 exits Thane, to Kalyan side. Pic captured by Nitin Kumar. (Nitin Kumar)
Railfans posing with 1st WAP7 loco, (1st AC Loco) to depart LTT under the newly converted AC region. L to R: Aditya Kambli, Parag Dhabe, Rahul Sharma, Sushant Susarla, Nitin Kumar, Himanshu Siloiya. Pic clicked on Nitin's Cam by me - Vijay Aravamudhan (Ni
1st Appearance of a 3phase AC Loco from GZB, hauling 12541 DN enters Thane on Day-1 of AC COnversion on Jan 12, 2014, and see, how crazy it made, all of these railfans, who are fluttering around with excitement, to capture this white beast that halted at
A Big Applause for the night riders, who spent entire night in the very chilled night, at Kalyan Junction, right from 11:30pm till morning 7am, to capture entire sequences of actions during the traffic block period, as well as, the entries of dead AC loco
Shining Wap4 (dead)SRC 22743, which hauled 12152 Samarsata exp, till IGP, was made dead, and Ajni WAP7 30310 attached to it, which hauled it till LTT, under newly converted AC region of KYN-TNA-LTT, is captured by Nitin Kumar, on a Fresh Early Morning on
1st AC and 1st 3 phase loco - WAP7 of Ajni / CR / 30310, halted at KYN Jn, on early morning, with 12152 Samarsata exp. Pic clicked by Nitin Kumar. (Nitin Kumar)
Early morning, 1st ever AC Loco Ajni 30310, post AC COnversion of KYN-LTT brings the 12152 Samarsata exp, into KYN. Pic clicked by Nitin Kumar (Nitin Kumar)
As the last EMU service for KJT leaves Platform 6 of KYN before the Megablock for the DC-AC conversion work on the midnight of 11-12th Jan 2014, RPF walked the length of the platform holding the banner requesting people to not travel on rooftops of locals
First Run of 22109 LTT-NZM AC SF Post AC-DC COnversion. Seen here with BSL WAP4#22974 passing Asangaon. (Dhairya Upadhyaya)
LTT - NZM AC Express get's AC loco link from LTT from for the first time!
BSL WAP-4 #22974 hauled LTT - NZM AC Express skips Asangaon at a good speed. (Heth Kansara)
2nd Wam-4 #21355 from ET enters Mumbai Ltt with Jan Sadharan Express in tow. (Dhawal Poladia)
The SRC WAP-4 #22894 with Hatia-LTT express enters its ultimate stop - LTT, Mumbai. (Deep)
AJNI WAP-7 # 30310, the first pure AC loco Live enters in Kalyan - Mumbai Division with a dead SRC WAP-4 # 22673 bringing 12152 Howrah LTT Samarasata Express. Captured at Kalyan Junction on 12th January 2014. (Tushar Dhake)
Aurangabad JanShatabdi on up thru line at Thakurli catching up speed as DC EMU brakes for its scheduled halt. Video recorded by Akshay Marathe can be seen here. (Aamod)
Recent comments
All you guys, take a bow. Super effort really. Amazing.
Posted by Sudhir Moghe on 2014 Jan 17 02:49:46 +0000
Super album!! Great effort guys!!
Posted by Avishek Basu on 2014 Jan 16 17:37:36 +0000
Thank you so0 much Apu Sir.... And fantastic coverage from all of the guys in and around KYN-LTT section.
Posted by Vijay Aravamudhan on 2014 Jan 13 04:20:22 +0000