I think WDG5 will be the 2nd IR diesel locomotive to have 20 cylinder power-pack after the German, Henschel made WDM3 locos (please do not confuse with DLW WDM3A locos).

Posted by Abhinav Phangcho Choudhury on 2012 Apr 28 04:47:50 +0000

LHF driving will not be crew friendly !!

Posted by Abhinav Phangcho Choudhury on 2012 Apr 28 04:33:01 +0000

LHF driving will be difficult like the present EMDs of IR

Posted by Abhinav Phangcho Choudhury on 2012 Apr 28 04:29:59 +0000

Superb

Posted by Abhinav Phangcho Choudhury on 2012 Apr 28 04:24:26 +0000

Thank you very Subhabrata Chatterjee!!!
Thanks for sharing such valuable photos.
It isa great gift to all the IRFCA community!!!

Posted by Abhinav Phangcho Choudhury on 2012 Apr 28 04:14:31 +0000

Check out the radial DBR unit.

Posted by R Viswa Chandra on 2012 Apr 28 03:47:34 +0000

All they need to do now is to provide some space for knapsacks and camera bags!

Posted by Harsh Vardhan on 2012 Apr 28 03:20:45 +0000

821 Vent valve is used to vent brake pipe air on the locomotive locally at a high flow rate to ensure that a rapid reduction of brake pipe air is transmitted to the
following cars when emergency brakes are applied.

Posted by Harsh Vardhan on 2012 Apr 28 02:16:18 +0000

I sincerely hope that they did a better job fabricating the tank than what they did on this etched makers plate.

Posted by Harsh Vardhan on 2012 Apr 28 02:06:03 +0000

Air conditioners and restroom for the loco crew should have been there long ago but anyway, better late than never.

Posted by Anurag Bist on 2012 Apr 27 22:34:20 +0000