WCG-1 and WCG-2

Banking and freight specialist DC locomotives of CR. seen more often on passenger trains now.

Date: 2006-05-01
Owner: Gallery Administrator
Size: 128 items (147 items total)
20126

Doublets going down the ghats. (Chaitanya Gokhale)

20127-2

KYN WCG-2 # 20127 leads the 1008 Up Deccan Express towards Bombay through Kamshet. (Chaitanya Gokhale)

P6271517a

Triple bankers decend Bhore ghats near Monkey Hill, as fog slowly descends on Rajmachi point and around ()

P6271641a

A WCG2 pair leads a BTPN rake on the UP line, while a banker pair (on the left) waits for brake testing on MID line in a misty atomosphere at MHC. The visibility was hardly 100 meters. ()

DSC_5552-Edit

A dangerous way to travel on the Ghats. (Dinesh Hukmani)

IMG_2190

A WCG2 quadruplet pair heads down the ghats towards karjat. ()

P1030841a

Permanent Way workers takes a break as a banker doubler rolls down the viaduct across Zenith waterfalls on DN line in Bhore Ghats ()

20119

Twin KYN WCG-2's bank the 1009 Sinhgarh Express up the ghats ! (Chaitanya)

P1040047a

WCG-2s, 8 of them lined up at Karjat, awaiting banking duties. Seen in the picture are 20155+131+124, 20132+126+134, 20145+134. Not seen in the picture are 20153+116+123, which had taken its position to bank 6351 CTSM-Nagercoil Express ()

The driver of KYN WCG-2# 20146 seems to have forgotten to put off the light at Palasdhari after it left the last tunnel.   (Arza

The driver of KYN WCG-2# 20146 seems to have forgotten to put off the light at Palasdhari after it left the last tunnel. (Arzan Kotval)

PA170001

WCG-2 triplets rushing towards my 1019 at Karjat to bank. (Ranjeet Ramaswamy Iyer)

A profile of twin KYN WCG-2# 20160 resting peacefully between Karjat and Palasdhari stations. Image taken from a Khopoli Emu. (A

A profile of twin KYN WCG-2# 20160 resting peacefully between Karjat and Palasdhari stations. Image taken from a Khopoli Emu. (Arzan Kotval)

P1050066a

The final WCG2 to run an Express train out of Pune was #20125, hauling 6340 Nagercoil-Mumbai Express. The very last WCG2 were #20152 & #20145 which hauled a good rake today(Dec 10, 2009) at 8:30 AM. ()

P1050131a

A WCG2 banker pair rolls slowly down the third line. The gaurd rails on the girder bridge can be seen, ()

Twin KYN WCG2# 20151 and 20141 curve in from the rock cuttings near Palasdhari station. (Arzan Kotval)

Twin KYN WCG2# 20151 and 20141 curve in from the rock cuttings near Palasdhari station. (Arzan Kotval)