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.

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

@ 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.

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.

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)

@Karthik,

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

Nice captures.

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

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.

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