WDS class of locomotives

Smoking in Public!! The WDS6 may have helped increase global temperatures by a centigrade or two ;-) It is powering away with the Sewagram Exp rake. Maybe the driver is in a bad mood or came in for work after playing MSTS. Nagpur, July 2002. By Alok Patel

Perhaps the throttle got stuck. Smoke shows no sign of going down. Nagpur, July 2002. By Alok Patel.

A WDS-6 pulls the rake of the Sealdah Rajdhani in towards Sealdah Station. Calcutta, 02 Jan 2005. By Samit Roychoudhury.

WDS-4D(or C? see bottom right of loco)#19624 waits to shunt a goods rake at Delhi Cantt. By Vicky.

Pune WDS 6 # 36115 pauses outside the ‘hump’ of the Goods Inter-Transhipment (GIT) yard at Ghorpadi. The hump (the small incline near the hut in the background) was in use in the past when the rakes were marshalled at GIT. Even earlier in the past, the

Well tuned WDS 6 bringing in refurbished coaches of Jan Shatabdi and Ernakulam-Canannore Express to Ernakulam. This WDS 6 is now hauling 23 coaches!!. Ernakulam Jn, 2004-01-15. By Jimmy Jose.

A WDS6 from Itarsi removes the brake van from a goods train to be reversed at the goods yard. Nagpur, September 2003. By Alok Patel.

A Tondiarpet WDS-4B rolls by gallantly, content in its long time service. Bangalore East. By Sandeep Mohan.

Sheer patience, luck and timing produce pictures like this. A WDS 6 banks as it negotiates a sharp curve with a water tanker rake. Near Alwaye, 2005-02-07. By Jimmy Jose.

Rebuilt Ernakulam WDS 6R 36188 at Ernakulam Jn. 2005-02-13. By Jimmy Jose.

Short hood of the nasty rebuild up close. Courtesy - GOC workshop. 2005-02-13. By Jimmy Jose.

A Kurla WDS4b#19458 shunter awaits duty outside CSTM. Between Masjid and CSTM, 2005-02-26. By Binai.K.Sankar.

WDS-6 #36138 of Kalyan Diesel Loco shed with overhead maintainace equipment. Lonavla, 2004-01-15. By Lalam.

WDS4B with a small rake of two coaches behind it. The red coach was marked 'from Deuteshland'. Gift from Germany??. Bangalore, 2005-04-02. By Abhijit.

The ageing, hardworking yard pilot Pune WDS 6 # 36140 makes yet another foray from the neck into the labyrinth that is the GIT (Goods Inter-transhipment) yard. Ghorpadi yard, 2005-04-16. Apurva (iti@vsnl.com).

A Bandra WDS4B#19085 shunting the rake of an unknown WR express towards BCT. Dadar, 17/04/2005. Binai.K.Sankar.

A Kalyan WDS6#36252 awaiting shunting duties. Mumbai CST, 17/04/2005. Binai.K.Sankar.

Pune's WDS 6 # 36140 takes a breather in between duty. GIT yard Ghorpadi, 2005-04-16. Apurva (iti@vsnl.com).

Pune's WDS 6 # 36106 hauls a small rake of BOBY hoppers towards Pune. Hadapsar, 2005-04-22. Apurva (iti@vsnl.com).

Hard working WDS-4 shunter. Dadar Terminus, 4 Apr 05. Jai Narayanan.

Special appearence by WDS-4B#19156 at Ambala. 01-05-05. Vicky.

WDS 19633, shunting away!. Pune Junction, April 16, 2005. Vinod Jairaj.

Inside look through one of the opened doors of WDS4B. Experts can provide exact description. Arrakonam Jn., 2005 06 01. Pavan Kumar.

Inside look through one of the opened doors of WDS4B. Experts can provide exact description. Arrakonam Jn., 2005 06 01. Pavan Kumar.

A newly painted WDS-6. There is another one at the end of this water tanker rake. Ernakulam Jn, 2005-06-02. Jimmy Jose.

Vatva new livery no.1. WDS4b 19217 in a coy pink suit shunts the Bhavnagar express to the yard. Ahmedabad, 2005-06-18. Abhijit.

Vatva new livery no.2. This time it is 19291 in a smart grey suit trundling off on platform 5. Ahmedabad, 2005-06-18. Abhijit.