I wonder what this loco hit? The buffers, cattle-guard and coupling seems to be intact! Also, the headlights and markers seem to have suffered little or no damage!

Does anyone have any inputs?

Posted by Vivek Manvi on 2006 Apr 13 01:14:03 +0000

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This loco had caught fire and was apparently burnt beyond repair. The way the paint has peeled off confirms the fact that it must have been a major fire!

The curse of number 8!!

Posted by Vivek Manvi on 2006 Apr 13 01:06:39 +0000

Doesn't look like it's crashed....any idea why it's scrapped?

Posted by Bizzy Mishra on 2006 Apr 13 00:56:42 +0000

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You can find its old livery in http://www.irfca.org/gallery/Locos/Diesel/IMG_0336.jpg.html

Posted by Subhabrata Chatterjee on 2006 Apr 13 00:38:11 +0000

Hey Pulastya, remember what I said ? !!! (You better know what I'm talking about, right?)

Posted by Bizzy Mishra on 2006 Apr 12 23:53:46 +0000

looks like it was being considered for Heritage Run ;-)

Posted by Aseem Johri on 2006 Apr 12 21:54:21 +0000

My god, what a livery. Seems the WDM 2 class markings are blanked out. Superb catch

Posted by Jimmy Jose on 2006 Apr 12 21:06:41 +0000

Well, take a look at the bogie, Trimount alright, but there's something different about it...you can actually see the wheel very clearly, as compared to conventional WDMx. A WDS4x can be seen in the background behind the MG rakes. My guess is as good as anybody else's, with regard to the loco in question.

Posted by Kharad Zarir Variyava on 2006 Apr 10 01:01:01 +0000

my take! it is a WDM2 whose short hood was damaged due to minor collision and GOC salvaged it for its own use. Don't quite know how it is hauling MG rakes.

Posted by Aseem Johri on 2006 Apr 09 20:13:44 +0000

Very much a WDM-2. Initially I thought it could be a jumbo modified to have a short nose but the chances are remote, as the windshield looks like a shoddy "aftermarket" job.

Posted by Bizzy Mishra on 2006 Apr 09 13:37:01 +0000