WP 7209 at Lucknow
A total of 755 of these stylish WP class broad gauge pacifics were built for the Indian Railways between 1947 and 1967. Unfortunately they never reached the heady speeds suggested by their streamlining. WP 7209 was one of the initial prototype batch of 15 locomotives built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1947 and was still going strong when photographed on the Northern Railway at Lucknow in November 1978.
Date: 2012-05-18
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Beautiful...this is probably one of the few pictures that shows WP with boxpok driving wheels. The other pictures show regular solid spoke wheels or mix of both types.
Would have loved to see WP's unique leading wheels.
Is it poor...
Beautiful...this is probably one of the few pictures that shows WP with boxpok driving wheels. The other pictures show regular solid spoke wheels or mix of both types.
Would have loved to see WP's unique leading wheels.
Is it poor wheel balancing lob on the second leading wheel in this image?
Posted by Satish Gune on 2012 May 21 07:31:32 +0000