WAP-4 and Variants

ROLLING THUNDER!! The 2951 comes tearing down the tracks with BRC WAP-4 # 22705 in the lead, running over 8 hrs late as it was diverted through the RTM - Nagda - BPL - JHS - AGC - MTJ due to Gujjar agitation on the RTM - Kota section. (Ankit Bharaj)

GZB brothers proceed to NDLS while Howrah bound Proova Exp approaches Chander Nagar. (Ankit Bharaj)

This is with reference to the current thread about over-speeding.Once while foot-plating the AK Raj,I came across this fault in the speedometer of the WAP4.It regularly crept to the limit of the dial and showed 160 kmph.Of course the drivers never exceede

OHE Indicator fitted in the cab of a WAP4 loco.However,they have mostly been disconnected in Baroda based WAP4 locos.Such indicators have also been provided in new WAG7 locos being turned out of CLW.The Mushroom head pushbutton on the top is the emergency

Erode's WAP4 #22220 pulling an express [name unknown] over the bridge on Bharathapuzha river, near Shornur Junction.Biju Bhasker

Now !! That's what you might define as a BLAST !!Geetanjali Express enroute Howrah thunders past Jhargram.This is the first IRFCA Spot out at Jhargram Station.Dated - 20th April 2008. By - Saurab Basu

The Goa express bound for NZM slowly coasts over the rails with GZB WAP 4 #22731 in charge.

An unknown express hauled by Howrah WAP-4 catched near Dakshineswar station.-Anurag Ghosh,Kolkata email:anuragghosh@hotmail.com (Want a membership;-)

LDH WAP 4 #22699 screams past the Khera Kalan LC at its mps with the Jhelum in tow.

Wide screen version : WAP-4 #22592 from LGD thunders past Chiluvur at 105kmph with the SC bound Janmabhoomi express in tow.

Control panel inside GZB WAP4 22734. I was surprised not to see WAP7 style throttle. Aren't new WAP4's coming with throttle lever instead of the wheel? Sandeep Marzara

Brute force! GZB's first WAP 4 #22612 (which did the honors of hauling the Red Ribbon express too) screams and blasts towards BRC with the BDTS Garib Rath.

BRC WAP-4 # 22678 a.k.a "MAYUR" brings the Mumbai bound 9024 FZR-BCT janta exp. The train was unexpectedly running on time!! Ankit Bharaj.

The smell of fresh dark orange paint.... There was a power chord connected to this WAP 4 22249. The chord was connected to a simple HV plug in the platform and the other end somewhere underneath the loco. I was unable to see where it went since the RP

The sun is about to set on an eventful day of railfanning as WAP-4 22508 from ED, leading the 2841 Coromandel Express, kicks up dust as it storms through Gannavaram.

WAP4 #22221 of Erode sleeping off at a stabling line near Platform 1 of Trivandrum Central. The loco was right there from the previous night, and I was worried about the loco being there for that long - but she wasn't there the next morning!

WAP4 #22341 of Erode rushes off towards Ernakulam with the Chennai bound 2696 Express from Trivandrum. WAP4 #22725 was being carried dead behind the WAP4 (The rear loco was excess at TVC)...

Arakkonam WAP 4 22617 heads the Gorakhpur-Trivandrum Raptisagar Express near Kalamassery. Look at the heavy gradient. The gradient comprises of two separate gradients - 1 in 783 and 1 in 85 for the up track. There is an immediate down gradient too

The legendary Geetanjali Express blasts through Odha with SRC WAP4 #22367. Checkout the gradient.. - Odha Station Revisit - 27 December 2007.

AJJ WAP4 22648 hauls the 2610 express to Chennai. BYPL.

AJJ WAP4 22647 brings in the Shatabdi. Near BNC

ED WAP4 22572 powers the Lalbagh Express to MAS through the early morning fog. Near Whitefield.

Bhubaneswar bound Rajdhani goes past Ghatshila station. Photo taken by Debjit (email debjit_ghosh74@yahoo.co.in)

WAP4 22266 fresh from its home shed at Kanpur now moved to the trip shed and waiting from some link.

VSP stands next to LGD WAP4 22596 at 4.45 am in SC in the morning.

22717 LGD WAP4 waits to haul the machlipatnam express in SC

LGD latest WAP4 hauls the telangana express from SC