Erode's "WDM 3D with a crown" 11201. The livery, and the entire short hood of the new design WDM 3D looks so ugly and out of place with the original ALCO design.

A peep into the gills of the new design WDM 3D - a peep into the future of Indian ALCO short hood

A close up of the modified short hood of GTL WDM-3D #11180, the first loco of its class to feature this modification.

Another closeup of the modified grille on the short hood of the GTL WDM-3D #11180.

Erode's WDM3D #11112 wishes every one a happy new year as she smokes out of Panvel with the Trivandrum bound Netravati Express... Happy New Year to Railfans across the globe...

New Years gift for railfans: ABR WDM 3D #11164 takes charge of a LKO WDM 2A (Prabal) and a BLCA/BLCB rake.

PUNE WDM3D #11224 running light towards Kohlapur :: Vibin Andrews :: railtraction@gmail.com

LKO WDM 3D #11155 rounds the bend from Tilak Bridge with a 2 hour late running LKO Shatabdi special. (Sid Ganesh)

Erode WDM-3D #11188 at the helm of 2634 Kanniyakumari express towards MS, near Chrompet (Ramesh)

Erode WDM-3D #11111 with an unknown express at Kozhikode railway station (Alex P John)

Lucknow's Cheetah WDM3D 11155 leads the Lucknow special shatabdi towards New Delhi. (Abhijit)

Birds flutter as the Nanded bound Sachkhand express lead by a Guntakal WDM3D #11255 negotiates a beautiful long curve at Ankai Killa. ()

Vatva WDM3D #11127 works the recently introduced Kochuveli-Bhavnagar Express through Varkala. All the coaches in this rake was 2011 built.

Another view of WDM3D #11367 with the Builder plate and the leading WAG9 awaiting SIngal to cross to mainline towards MTJ (Shikhar Parjan)