Album: Workhorses of the Bhore Ghats

Kalyan WCG-2 #20147 at Pune Jn hauling an empty BCCN (bulk cement) rake towards Daund. Photo by Apurva Bahadur, April 2002.

Another view of Kalyan WCG-2 #20147 at Pune Jn. Note the DC OHE isolator on the adjacent line. The triangular plates over the wheels (above the pinstripe) are the covers to the sandboxes. Photo by Apurva Bahadur, April 2002.

Kalyan WCG-2 #20150 waits in the pouring rain at Lonavala. This loco (and the two others MUed to it), had just banked the 1081 express through the ghats. Photo by Apurva Bahadur, 29th June 2003.

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A pair of WCG-2 bankers at Lonavla. Photo by Vivek Manvi, Nov 2003.

A pair of descending Karjat bound WCG-2s patiently wait while completing the mandatory brake testing halt at the MHC yard. Monkey Hill, 13th Dec 2003. By Apurva (iti@vsnl.com).

GIP's Sir Leslie Wilson, India's first generation Electric locomotive. Later reclasiffied as WCG-1. By From Indian Railway Magazine, Uploaded By Jimmy Jose (jimmy@southernelectromag.com), From The Private Collections Of Mr. Prakash, SM, Cochin Terminus.

Sir Leslie Wilson in it's hey days. By From Indian Railway Magazine, Uploaded By Jimmy Jose (jimmy@southernelectromag.com), From The Private Collections Of Mr. Prakash, SM, Cochin Terminus.

Original swiss Krokodil locomotive. By From Indian Railway Magazine, Uploaded By Jimmy Jose (jimmy@southernelectromag.com), From The Private Collections Of Mr. Prakash, SM, Cochin Terminus.

A WCG-1 loco, rumbles past Parel Workshops. By From The Private Collections Of Mr. Prakash, SM, Cochin Terminus. Uploaded By Jimmy Jose.

Captured in the terminus WCG-1 #20057 awaits its next duty. Bombay Victoria Terminus, 1984-07-21. By Malcolm Peakman.

The WDM2 gave way to WCG2 #20106. It will haul the Sahyadri express between Pune and Mumbai CST. Notice the ON (lit) markers. A curious by-stander observes the loco keenly. Pune Jn., August 2001. By Nikhil Ganu.

WCG 2 # 20138 and two others work a BCN rake on the 3rd Bhore ghat line. Monkey Hill, 2005-02-12. By .asHIsh.

Triple WCG2 Bankers emerge out of tunnel on UP (3rd) line. MHC, 2005-03-06. By .asHIsh.