WDG5 - 5500 HP diesel electric locomotive
These are the first images of # 50001, the prototype WDG5 locomotive at DLW, Varanasi. At 5,500 HP, this is the most powerful diesel locomotive to be ever made in India. The locomotive is ready, except for the RRT (Real Road Test) clearance from CRS. The locomotive or the series is named Bheem, after the strong Pandav brother from epic of Mahabharat. The loco has a 20 cylinder EMD prime mover and an AC-AC transmission.
Download a powerpoint on the WDG5 by clicking here.
All photograph are by Subhabrata Chatterjee/IRFCA Kolkata with due permission from the concerned authorities. March 2012.
Recent comments
Thanks for sharing...
Posted by Chitrarth Parghi on 2012 May 02 04:55:34 +0000
@Anamitra , I did not find any cctv in LHF. Regarding LHF driving, this loco has better visibility than WDG4. The LPs are not that much uncomfortable in driving WDG4/WDP4 LHF mode. In fact few driver takes LHF as their life saver in some past...
Posted by Subhabrata Chatterjee on 2012 May 01 05:14:59 +0000
I must thank Apurva for his extreme efforts to find technical meaning of my meaningless pictures.
Posted by Subhabrata Chatterjee on 2012 May 01 04:43:58 +0000