The elusive WCM-6 reverses to get attached to a BOBYN rake at BSR . (Aadil)

Date: 2012-02-27
Owner: Aadil S
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Kharad, pls read chapter 1.1 of RDSO Certificate HERE:
http://www.rdso.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/File/WCM6%28AC%29%20%20Provisional%20speed%20certificatefor%20operation%20%20max.%20speed%20at%2065%20kmph%20dt%2027.04.10.pdf
Posted by Anamitra Ghatak on 2012 Mar 12 02:23:24 +0000
Anamitra, they are re-built to WAM4 specs. Have look at: http://www.irfca.org/gallery/Locos/Sheds_Workshops/BSLShed/
Posted by Kharad Zarir Variyava on 2012 Mar 05 11:29:08 +0000
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Brilliant Capture Aadil, Thank you for sharing this pic. Even if WCM-6 is still written on the Locomotive, one can easily observe the words "Fit to work under 25kV AC OHE" on the Locomotive, further a quick glance at the Pantograph & the protective...
Posted by Kaushik Dharwadkar on 2012 Mar 04 11:59:36 +0000
Nice image - hope WCM6 do productive work now.
Posted by Apurva Bahadur on 2012 Mar 02 02:39:09 +0000
WCM-6s have been re-built with WAG-7 spec and certified to run @65 kph over Mumbai Divn of CR.
Posted by Anamitra Ghatak on 2012 Mar 01 18:45:06 +0000
lucky capture.

hope that someday we will even see WCG-2 working just like this WCM-6
Posted by Nirav Gala on 2012 Mar 01 17:49:25 +0000
nice shot!!!
Posted by Adithya V on 2012 Mar 01 08:04:20 +0000
Good to see him work on his own, which was never the case previously.
Posted by Kharad Zarir Variyava on 2012 Mar 01 05:32:34 +0000
No matter, there is a mistake! But there is a history!
Posted by Ranjeet Ramaswamy Iyer on 2012 Mar 01 05:30:56 +0000
Nice catch!
Posted by Vivek Manvi on 2012 Mar 01 03:16:24 +0000
I am surprised that this beast is still called as a WCM. Kudos to BSL for giving it a new life.
Posted by Anamitra Ghatak on 2012 Mar 01 03:13:04 +0000
Surprise catch! :) Good to see them visiting WR.
Posted by Aamod on 2012 Mar 01 02:53:35 +0000
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