I kept looking to the colonies adjacent to the shed if people would come out to see what's happening, but apparantly they have got used to WDP-4 sounds, so no one was bothered. It was absolute fun inside the loco with people playing with the horns and lights, others listening to the operations being explained and so on.

Posted by Pawan Koppa on 2009 Jan 30 12:30:04 +0000

Absolutely! With both horns echoing in the enclosed space of the shed, IRFCAns sure created quite a cacophony.

Posted by Manish on 2009 Jan 30 11:15:13 +0000

@ Akshay,

This is THE last "Original EMD". #20010 does not exist due to a goof-up in numbering at DLW.

@Krupa,

This is one of the dedicated locos for RC Express/MYS-MAS Shatabdi combine.

Posted by Manish on 2009 Jan 30 11:13:32 +0000

Nice shot.

For the record, the boards on the rake read "Chennai-S.S.P. Nilayam-Bijapur" and the rake also had a pantry car! There were just about three dozen people in the entire 22-coach train.

Posted by Manish on 2009 Jan 30 11:10:55 +0000

Some IDs of people on the ground (R-L): Rahul Rao (white shirt), S. Sampath Kumar (cream), Sriram (orange), Antony Damacious (white), M.S.M. Saifullah (white), Bharath Narayanan (black T-shirt)

Posted by Manish on 2009 Jan 30 11:09:17 +0000

@Karthik,

It appears to me that the latch has not even been fastened!

Posted by Manish on 2009 Jan 30 11:02:12 +0000

Nice captures.

Posted by Manish on 2009 Jan 30 10:58:39 +0000

This is the first pic of fit and fine Deepak on the server.

Posted by Arzan Kotval on 2009 Jan 30 08:29:06 +0000

Dear all, Look at the SMB latch on left side. Its already come out...! This set of design is certainly poor and unsafe. Just not fool proof.

Posted by Karthik M V on 2009 Jan 30 06:37:56 +0000

was the signal man in the RRI on lunch or what?

Posted by Sandeep Marzara on 2009 Jan 29 21:39:16 +0000