Mumbai - DC to AC Conversion, February 5, 2012

Pictures taken during the historic conversion from DC to AC in WR/Mumbai (February 2012). Members can upload pictures directly to this album.

Date: 2012-02-05
Owner: Gallery Administrator
Size: 120 items
Last
First •
P08

The First Class compartment. (Vivek Manvi)

Date: 2012-02-04
Owner: Vivek Manvi
Views: 845
P06

The trademark yellow-ochre coloured Second Class compartment. This is the motor coach. (Vivek Manvi)

Date: 2012-02-04
Owner: Vivek Manvi
Views: 853
P05

Something that will be sorely missed. The diamond shaped DC pantograph! (Vivek Manvi)

Date: 2012-02-04
Owner: Vivek Manvi
Views: 832
Comments: 1
P04

The driving cab of the DC EMU with ancient controls and switches. (Vivek Manvi)

Date: 2012-02-04
Owner: Vivek Manvi
Views: 655
P03

The Old & The New! All attention however is on the DC EMU. (Vivek Manvi)

Date: 2012-02-04
Owner: Vivek Manvi
Views: 981
P02

The brightly decorated DC EMU arrives at Bandra. WR had planned a final run with a DC EMU between Bandra & Churchgate one day before the conversion of the VLP-CCG section to 25KV AC. (Vivek Manvi)

Date: 2012-02-04
Owner: Vivek Manvi
Views: 698
IMG_0459.resized

His highness the "King", Mumbai Rajdhani was the first train to leave from Mumbai after successful DC to AC conversion. Here loco is seen coupled to rake and ready to go. (Aamod)

Date: 2012-02-05
Owner: Aamod
Views: 1134
Comments: 3
WCAM-1 1st Run

The trial loco run was conducted by WCAM-1 #21839. Honored (shehbaaz)

Date: 2012-02-05
Owner: Shehbaaz Kadri
Views: 1165
Comments: 2
IMG_0051

Finally!!! The first run of retro AC EMU under AC wires, crossing Vile Parle. (shehbaaz)

Date: 2012-02-05
Owner: Shehbaaz Kadri
Views: 1130
IMG_2995

Retrofitted pure AC rake #3010 was inducted into service today. In this pic, it can be seen at Churchgate, working on a Borivali slow service. (Akshay Marathe)

Date: 2012-02-05
Owner: Akshay Marathe
Views: 1146
IMG_2908

The second last train to leave Mumbai in DC - the 9215 Saurashtra express. WCAM-1 #21846 does the honours. This sight will be missed on WR now - locos with DC panto raised. (Akshay Marathe)

Date: 2012-02-05
Owner: Akshay Marathe
Views: 1136
Comments: 1
IMG_2892

Early in the morning, WCAM-1 #21845 coasts through the Vile Parle NZ, hauling the Valsad - BCT fast passenger (Akshay Marathe)

Date: 2012-02-05
Owner: Akshay Marathe
Views: 1274
Comments: 1
Joy ride

And the Joy ride starts..... (Dhawal Poladia)

Date: 2012-02-04
Owner: Dhawal Poladia
Views: 1147
IMG_0129 (Copy)

Mumbai Gang present to capture the DC EMU posses for the pic at CCG station. R-L Rajendra Aklekar,Nirav Gala,Amit Patel, Vivek Manvi, Akshay Marathe, Myself, Aadil sheikh, Pratik Joshi, Aamod Nerurkar, Karthik Gopalan, Kunal Khairnar (IRFCA-Nasik). (Raj

Date: 2012-02-04
Owner: Raj Upadhyay
Views: 1185
Comments: 1
DSC_1252

Media people covering the event. (Apoorva)

Date: 2012-02-04
Owner: Apoorva Karlekar
Views: 1159
Comments
(view all 22 comments)
I don't think we will miss WCAM-1/2P. They're here to stay....
Posted by Deep Soni on 2012 Feb 27 10:11:16 +0000
| show full
Totally agree with Sachin and Akshay. Indeed it feels so weird; until the day of conversion it was WCAMx with all our fav trains. And suddenly, very next day entire landscape has changed. Feels I'm away from home..

Now, even ADI bound...
Posted by Aamod on 2012 Feb 11 06:25:06 +0000
| show full
Agree with you Sachin. The WCAM-1s and 2s will be sorely missed. I have mixed feelings regarding these AC locos. After being used to seeing these workhorses (WCAMx) for my entire life, it feels extremely weird to suddenly see the WAPs in Mumbai. Somehow...
Posted by Akshay Marathe on 2012 Feb 11 04:20:21 +0000
Last
First •