Bhilai houses a fair number of WAM 4s.

Posted by Siddhartha Ganesh on 2006 Feb 04 19:07:53 +0000

When did Bhilai start housing WAM-4s??? AFAIK Bhilai only had WAG-5s and G-7s..........And the livery on this loco is straight off Tatanagar's...is it a new transfer?

Posted by Bizzy Mishra on 2006 Feb 04 17:06:36 +0000

Nice shot

Posted by Vaibhav Sarin on 2006 Feb 04 13:18:08 +0000

The rake was empty.

Posted by Siddhartha Ganesh on 2006 Jan 31 20:29:56 +0000

Lovely Framing ,was the Rake loaded?

Posted by Lakshman Thodla on 2006 Jan 31 17:08:25 +0000

The LV plate is of a folding design and is usually kept folded-up when the engine is leading.The LV plate is required only when the engine is running light or as a banker and that too only on the trailing cab.In this case the driver may have forgotten to close the plate or the fastener may be broken.

Posted by Khalid Kagzi on 2006 Jan 29 00:29:43 +0000

Daytime pictures in sunny conditions usually require a very small exposure time. A 4 second exposure with f2.8 will completely saturate the picture. Also, there is really no way in which you can take even a 1/4 second exposure without shake if you do not have a tripod or rest your camera on some surface. If the object is moving at 100 km/hr, and you have no blur, the exposure time must have been very short (less than 1/500 sec probably), especially with f2.8. Just my 2 cents.

Posted by Jagadheep D on 2006 Jan 25 04:54:11 +0000

The time the picture was taken is exactly noon where the surrounding has more than enough light required by any camera. So the picture has come good obviously.

Posted by Ramesh on 2006 Jan 24 11:45:53 +0000

Well, even I myself was surprised at the clarity and the timing as I never expected the results to look so good. Also the EXIF of my camera seems to be lying - have a look at http://i1.tinypic.com/mih2pv.jpg - it is clearly a 4-second exposure, but the exif says 1/4 sec. Now tell me - is this kind of shot possible with a 1/4 sec exposure?

Posted by Bizzy Mishra on 2006 Jan 24 09:56:31 +0000

from my experience, for speeds of around 100kmph you need a shutter speed of 1/1000sec.

Posted by Aseem Johri on 2006 Jan 24 07:38:18 +0000