Outstanding! Great season opener

Posted by S Ashwin on 2009 Jun 21 17:36:15 +0000

To restore them for historical reason is one.
But CR could restore WCMX and WCG2s as WASMX and WAS2 (for shunting duties)
I will be happy to see the AC machinary fitted WCG2 (now WAS2) and may be painted tiger faced, hauling rakes around BBVT / BCT area.

Posted by mandargb (guest) on 2009 Jun 18 21:04:50 +0000

This is the first WCM 5 of the fleet of 22 ( this was "Lokmanya" No.20083 ) built by CLW in 1961,in a collaboration with English Electric Co.

Posted by Anirban Dasgupta (guest) on 2009 Jun 17 00:55:42 +0000

Superb !!!!

Posted by Jayasankar Madhavadas on 2009 Jun 16 14:48:08 +0000

All EM 2s became WCM 2s.

Posted by Anirban Dasgupta (guest) on 2009 Jun 16 00:52:13 +0000

Sometime back when ER started usage of 3000 volts DC,twelve DC electric locos of EM 2 Class were obtained from English Electric/ Vulcan Foundry.These were re-wired for CR's 1500 volts system,and sent to Mumbai area,where they worked for years ( BBVT-PA/ IGP sections ).I saw one at BBVT in 1998,and I was amazed that it featured push-button pantograph handling.These were of full 3600 hp like EM 1s ( WCM 1s ) and Hitachi built EM 3s ( WCM 3s ).

Posted by Anirban Dasgupta (guest) on 2009 Jun 16 00:50:21 +0000

Alright Mr. Rohit Kapoor, you are wrong in a sense because Jamalpur is not in West Bengal but is in Bihar. Also, WDM-6 is a very rare class of loco from BWN shed which is not used for any freight or passenger service. It is primarily used for shunting purposes around BWN station. It is highly likely that the WDM-6 loco is here at JMP for maintenance purposes as JMP has a large workshop for diesel locos.

Posted by guest (guest) on 2009 Jun 14 22:47:47 +0000

Very nice capture indeed. The LP and ALP are seen discussing something :-)

Posted by Sanjay Desai (guest) on 2009 Jun 14 18:57:56 +0000

I have seen locos of BWN(Burdwan) Shed as far as at Varanasi Jn.I think West Bengal State has got the highest number of loco sheds (9 of them)on IR which are at Howrah,Burdwan,Andal,Asansol,Kharagpur,Jamalpur,Malda Town,Santragachi and Siliguri.

Posted by Rohit Kapoor (guest) on 2009 Jun 14 17:14:39 +0000

14143 is it a WDM-2? Aren't 14xxx WDM-3As?

Posted by Visvanathan (guest) on 2009 Jun 14 15:46:24 +0000