WCG-1 and WCG-2
Banking and freight specialist DC locomotives of CR. seen more often on passenger trains now.
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.
Dual WCG2 bankers stop for first brake testing halt on UP (3rd) line at Khandala. The person on the PF talked to the Loco Pilot before hopping on the buffers. Khandala, 2005-03-06. By .asHIsh.
WCG2 #20131 is part of a twin loco consist doing banking duties on the Bhor Ghat. This pair has just come off an inspection at the Lonavla trip shed. Lonavla, 6/3/05.
Another shot of the Banker Trip Shed. Lonavla, 27 Mar 05. Jai Narayanan.
Line of Bankers, WCG-2's await the call of duty. Karjat, 27 Mar 05. Jai Narayanan.
The "Triple Lash up" of WCG-2's awaiting 6011 dn Bombay-Madras Exp, to assume Banking Duties. Karjat, 27 Mar 05. Jai Narayanan.
Another view of the same WCG2 20118. The container freight that you see on the left was hauled by twin manually controlled Kalyan WDS6 shunters from the freight yard that can be seen far behind. This is the last photograph of our trip to Igatpuri. Igatpur
A man clings hitches a free ride as a pair of WCG2s head downhill to Karjat after succesfully helping a train climb the famed Bhor Ghats. Lonavla
The blowers of triple set of WCG2s create a heat haze as they haul a colorful rake of container cars towards the JNPT / Nhava Sheva ports. Lonavla
WCG-1. This dinosaur was still used for shunting duties at Mumbai VT (CSTM) station in January 1994. Alexandre Gillieron.
Stars of CR! A WCG-2 and a WCAM-3 pose next to each other at Kalyan
A Dead WCG-2. - M Senthil Kumar
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