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