Central Railway DC/AC Conversion - KalyanJn - Thane - LTT, Jan 12,2014

AJNI WAP-7# 30310 becomes the first pure Ac loco to enter in Mumbai with a dead SRC WAP-4# 22673 and 24 coach long 12152 Howrah Ltt Samarasata Express at Vidyavihar (Arzan Kotval)

This ET WAP-4 came dead with MFP-LTT Pawan express. This was the first AC loco to enter the Mumbai Central Railway division officially. Later it took the charge of down LTT-MFP Pawan express. (Deep)

HWH WAP-4 resting at VVH trip shed after been hauled dead by a WCAM-3 with 18030 Shalimar-Mumbai (LTT) express. This loco will take tonight's down 18029 LTT-SHM express. (Deep)

The first AC loco in live mode to enter Mumbai Central Railway - an Ajni WAP-7 and a dead SRC WAP-4 hauling the Howrah-Mumbai (LTT) Samarsata express. The SRC WAP-4 will go with tomorrow's Mumbai (LTT) - Howrah 12101 Jnaneshwari express. (Deep)

Loco parade at Vidyavihar - GZB WAP-7# 30252, ET WAP-4# 22967, HWH WAP-4# 22327, KYN WCAM-3# 21951 and KYN WCAG-1# 21977 (Arzan Kotval)

Massive HWH WAP-4# 22327 rests at Vidyavihar. It had arrived into Mumbai dead behind a KYN WCAM-3 with 18030 Shalimar Ltt express (Arzan Kotval)

11th January 2014 - the last day when km 49/2 saw DC rakes such as the one in the background. Its curtains down for the oldest type of Mumbai's local trains in Thane - KYN sector now.

A video of a DC rake accelerating on the last day of DC...

2nd AC Loco, and 1st 3 Phase AC Loco - Ghaziabad WAP7 30252, brought dead, alongwith 11058 - ASR-LTT exp, clicked by Nikhil Karunakaran at Kalyan Junction at start of Jan 12, 2013 just after AC conversion. Kudos to Central Railway. (Vijay Aravamudhan)

Pre AC Conversion: DC EMU alongwith Siemens ACDC EMU captured at Diva Jn, by Railfan Nitin Kumar, 1 day before AC Conversion, i.e. on saturday (Vijay Aravamudhan)

Pre AC Conversion: DC EMU captured at Diva Jn, by Railfan Nitin Kumar, 1 day before AC Conversion, i.e. on saturday (Vijay Aravamudhan)

FINALLY MUMBAI CENTRAL RAILWAY GOES 25000 VOLTS AC!!!

WITH THIS CONVERSION, KALYAN - THANE - LOKMANYA TILAK TERMINUS (KURLA)MUMBAI SECTION OF CENTRAL RAILWAY GETS CONNECTED TO THE REST OF THE 25000V AC ELECTRIFIED TERRITORIES OF INDIAN...