WDS class of locomotives

WDS-4B shunter at Howrah shed. Photo by Vijay Balasubramanian.

'Viram', perhaps the last WDS-4 loco. Photo by Apurva Bahadur.

WDS-6 #36006 at Pune's GIT yard. Photo by Apurva Bahadur, April 2003.

Pune GIT yard pilot #36103. Photo by Apurva Bahadur, 19 April 2003.

Another view of WDS-6 #36103. Photo by Apurva Bahadur, 19 April 2003.

Yet another view of WDS-6 #36103. Photo by Apurva Bahadur, 19 April 2003.

A WDS-1 locomotive, preserved at the Diesel Locomotive Works, Varanasi. Photo by Prakash Tendulkar, 2001.

Yard pilot WDS-6 #36006, Ghorpadi GIT yard. Photograph by Apurva Bahadur, 2003.

A WDS-4 loco at Katpadi. Photo by Jay Balakrishna, 2003.

WDS-5 #19106 loco at Mughalsarai. These locos are available at Mughalsarai shed of ECR and BNDM (Bondamunda) shed of SER. Photograph by Rabibrata, 11 May 2003.

WDS-5 #19106, short hood view. Photograph by Rabibrata, 11 May 2003.

WDS-4A #19354 from Vatva at Ajmer Jn. Photo by Vicky, Nov 2003.

KJM WDS-4B #19258 just outside Byapannahalli goods yard. Bangalore, 8 Nov 2003. By Sandeep Mohan.

KJM Shed WDS-6 #36243 very much alive at the Baiyapanahalli yard. Bangalore, 8 Nov 2003. By Sandeep Mohan.

A Royal Enfield Bullet Electra #KA 03 EG 2325,strikes a pose with a KJM shed WDS-4B #19258.. BYPL goods yard, 8 Nov 2003. By Sandeep Mohan.

The strange short hood of the rebuilt WDS-6 engaged in oil tanker shunting at Cochin Refinery Ltd. Cochin Refinery, 18 Nov 2003. By Jimmy Jose.

Shakurbasti WDS-4 #19686 shunts in the New Delhi yard against the backdrop of the trip shed. December 2003. By Shanx 'Stormcatcher' Nanda.

WDS-4B #19150 getting ready for some shunting jobs. Ajmer, 2004-01-08. By Vicky.

[For Showcase] MUed WDS-6 shunters of VSKP shed galloping towards western part of marshalling yard. Marripalem, Visakhapatnam, Dec 2003. By M. S. M. Saifullah.

I have always said light and single locos make a great pic. The WDS-6 of KJM shed idles at BYPL. I saw this guy every time I went to rail fan there! BYPL, 2004-01-18. By Ranganath Eunny.

A Pune WDS-6 #36103 waiting for duties at Solapur. SUR, 07/12/2003. By Binai.K.Sankar.

TNP shed shunter spotted at YNK.I have a feeling that this was the same shunter that Sandeep spotted at BYPL on Friday. Yelehanka,Bangalore, 2004-02-22. By Raghuram CG.

WDS-6 #36079 from Itarsi diesel shed rumbles light through the Ajni yard. Nagpur, 2004-03. By Shanx.

We leave Pune bidding adieu to the shunters. Pune, April 12, 2004. By Anand Krishnan.

WDS-6A # 36120 belonging to the Kalyan diesel loco shed is seen shunting the empty rake of Mumbai-Kanyakumari express into CST (VT: Chatrapati Shivaji terminus). Notice the suburban EMU winding out of the station. Mumbai CST,, August 2001. By Nikhil Ganu.

Erode diesel loco shed WDS-6 shunter #36013 waits patiently on the loop line for the starter signal. The loco was hauling a short load of crushed stone (8 cars). The picture is taken from the LTT-TVC Netravati express. Vicinty of Alwaye (Kerala), January

A WDS-6 from VSKP shed moving towards the marshalling yard for its duties. Marripalem, Visakhapatnam, 2003-12. By M. S. M. Saifullah.