WAP-5 and WAP-7

IR's high speed, hi-tech, 3 Phase Passenger class locomotives.

Date: 2006-04-30
Owner: Gallery Administrator
Size: 108 items (152 items total)
Under the hood - WAP7
Album: Under the hood - WAP7
WAP5 Construction and Testing
Album: WAP5 Construction and Testing
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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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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.

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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.

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

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

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