WAP-5 and WAP-7

The WAP-7 is a high-speed passenger version of the WAG-9, with a service speed of 130km/h. At the time (summer of 2000) it was undergoing trials on the Faridabad-Mathura section in 2000. Photo by Sujeet Mishra, 2000.

Sujeet Mishra of CLW with WAP-7 #30201 just before driving it on its first line trials. Photo by Sujeet Mishra, 2000.

A bogie of the WAP-5 loco. Photo by Sujeet Mishra, 2000.

One of the first runs with a WAP-5 for the Howrah Rajdhani. Photo by Vijay Balasubramanian.

NZM - Chennai Rajdhani at BZA: WAP-5 #30010. BZA, 2003-10-25. By Wp7713.

WAP-5 #30010 with Delhi-Bhopal Shatabdi Express. Agra Cantt station, 2004-02-21. By Paul Molyneux-Berry.

WAP-7 #30218 at the head of 2303 Poorva Exp at Asansol Jn. Asansol Jn, 05.11.2004. By Samit Roychoudhury.

The Mumbai bound 2952 Rajdhani is hauled by a fresh off POH WAP5 #30002 from Ghaziabad. The Agfa livery of these locos is begining to be a bit too long in the tooth. I suppose IR could have changed it to something more refreshing during the POH. Okhla (De

A rare shot of Three Generations of locomotives line up one behind the other with a GZB wap5 30011 leading the pack behind it is a LGD wap4 and behind that a BZA wam4 loco. SC, 18-01-2005. By LakshmanT.

Good to see a old friend after a long time no 30011 of GZB shed which brings in the SC rajdhani sits idle at SC station watching it older cousins perform duties around it. SC, 18-01-2005. By Lakshman T.

A loco undergoing electronic component test. Cittaranjan Loco Works, February 2005. By Prakash Tendulkar.

The first WAP-5 GZB's 30000 departing with the SDAH Rajdhani. NDLS - 24/3/2005. Akshay.

wap7 30204 at Howrah station. It has just hauled in the coalfield exp. February 8, 2005. Bharath Narayan.

WAP-7 30215 "NAVGATI" with the SDAH Rajdhani. NDLS, 22nd March 05. Akshay.

Gleaming 30013 back in SC after a long summer vaction. SC, 03-07-05. Lakshman.

The WAP5 by night. SC, 03-07-05. Lakshman.

GZB WAP 7 #30203. NDLS, 07-08-2005. Siddhartha Ganesh.

CLW built WAP5 #30013 proceeds light towards New Delhi coming in from home base Ghaziabad. The loco's bodyshell originally belonged to the ABB built WAP5 #30008 which was rendered useless after a fire. Shivaji Bridge, New Delhi, 2005-09-11. Shashanka Nand

WAP 5 30015 "Vijay Utkarsh" is the power for our Prayag Raj" express. New Delhi, 2005-10-12. Abhijit Lokre.

The onward run to New Delhi will be taken care by WAP5 #30011 'Navodit' from Ghaziabad. Vadodara

Early morning sunlight reflects off WAP5 30009 which has just brought in the Prayag Raj express to Allahabad

The WAP 5 has detached from the train and is now on the way to the trip shed.

WAP7 30211 Ghaziabad shed leaves from platform 5 at New Delhi with the Sealdah Raj. Surprisingly, the name boards proclaimed it to be the Kolkata raj. The train left 15 minutes late at 1700.

The WAP-7 30219 hauling the Sealdah Rajdhani passing Dum Dum Jn. at about 30 Km/h due to a speed restriction, as it has to cross over to the Dankuni line to join the main HWH-NDLS line. May, 2005 -- Pulastya Parekh.

An Erode WAP-4 and a Ghaziabad WAP-5 at rest after a long haul. Chennai, Sep 2005. By Karthik N.