Pune-Indore descends the Bhor ghat with twin WCAM1s..the rear being dead(WCAM1s cannot be MUed)...look at the smoke coming out from the wheels on the first axle...a brake binding scenario.

Date: 2007-11-29
Owner: Sachin Buddhisagar
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excellent pic, sachin nice to see your action in the Bhor
Posted by Jainand Narayanan on 2007 Nov 30 14:20:46 +0000
Good shot against the backdrop of the mountains!
Posted by PVS Praveen Kumar on 2007 Nov 30 09:09:14 +0000
The rake in the background is probably the CSTM-Bhubaneshwar Konark Expess. You can see the ascending train's leading WCG2 power on the far right side of the snap. Quite evidently, the Pune-INDB has descended using the 3rd line via Nagnath.
Posted by Kharad Zarir Variyava on 2007 Nov 30 08:54:04 +0000
Yes. This train gets a WCAM-1 regularly. A couple of other trains from Pune to WR area also get WCAM-1.
Posted by Akshay Marathe on 2007 Nov 30 08:04:05 +0000
Are WCAM-1s seen on Bhor Ghat regularly? Ankit Bharaj.
Posted by Gallery Administrator on 2007 Nov 30 06:30:14 +0000
Does this train regularly gets WCAM1? Dushyant Jani.
Posted by Gallery Administrator on 2007 Nov 30 06:26:55 +0000
Superb shot.
Posted by Arzan Kotval on 2007 Nov 30 05:11:09 +0000
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Not exactly a brake-binding scenario, I would say. The driver just started to apply the brakes during the descent to keep a control over the speed and the first result is the appearance of "smoke" at the loco wheels. Nevertheless, a fantastic picture of...
Posted by M S M Saifullah on 2007 Nov 30 01:54:51 +0000
The collector pan of the panto of WCAM1 is also unique
Posted by Colin Peter on 2007 Nov 29 19:37:19 +0000
Wow! Twin WCAM1s!! I can see a WCG2 also at work!
Posted by Karan Desai on 2007 Nov 29 17:17:08 +0000
Fantastic shot.
Posted by Siddhartha Ganesh on 2007 Nov 29 17:04:15 +0000
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