Nice atmospheric colours.

Posted by Arzan Kotval on 2008 Jul 01 10:55:11 +0000

Nice angle on a curve!

Posted by Rahul on 2008 Jun 30 17:33:22 +0000

This probably was the last this loco ran... as of now, it stands hoisted with its trucks being removed

Posted by Vibin Andrews on 2008 Jun 30 14:17:14 +0000

Great capture. I think the smoke must have entered in your mouth too.

Posted by Arzan Kotval on 2008 Jun 30 09:27:15 +0000

Great informative picture, Samit. Dushyant Jani

Posted by Gallery Administrator on 2008 Jun 30 08:48:19 +0000

Thank you Dan for your most logical and relevant explanation . In the good old days all WDM2 used to smoke a lot. Now it seems that changes have been made to the governor and even if the LP notches up like crazy the governor cuts out the sudden spurt in oil injection. In this particular oil burner that we see in the picture the governor for some reason has not cut out the sudden spurt in oil injection. Or it could be any of the reasons that have already been mentioned.
Regards.
Zubin.

Posted by Zubin J Dotivala on 2008 Jun 29 16:22:30 +0000

Nice pic......

Posted by Ranjeet Ramaswamy Iyer on 2008 Jun 29 13:28:30 +0000

Nice pic Ankit.

Posted by Ranjeet Ramaswamy Iyer on 2008 Jun 29 13:26:44 +0000

pure acceleration produces amazing pics too...at first glance i thought fire caught the loco...amazing holy smoke pic!!

Posted by Deepak Murali on 2008 Jun 29 12:21:30 +0000

Zubin - it's simply an ALCo! They're known the World over for their responsiveness to the driver's command, which means if the LP asks for a rapid increase in lots of notches the loco replies by dumping an excessive quantity of fuel into the cylinders - not economic but dutiful and spectacular! Just about any ALCo taken from relatively low to high notches will smoke heavily, although later MLW and Bambardier examples do rev and load in a more controlled manner (less responsively) and consequently don't smoke anywhere near as much. Of course the possible causes you mentioned and the condition of the injectors, fuel pumps (and, significantly, their settings), turbo, load control system etc will make a difference, it's probably the setting of the maximum fuel stop that determines a true heavy smoker.
Regards, Dan.

Posted by Dan Cross on 2008 Jun 29 10:22:26 +0000