Though the coach look cool, the finer workmanship was really poor (eg seen here, the latch would not fasten with each other. Also, the two halves of latches of side lower berth would not match. The chain holding Middle berth with upper would not fasten etc)

Posted by Jimmy Jose on 2009 Jan 31 17:25:52 +0000

The parking lot is for four-wheelers. And it appears that the pic has been taken from the entrance of the same.

Posted by Manish on 2009 Jan 31 09:34:36 +0000

@Ranjeet,

AFAIK, the DLW staff committed the same mistake as you did in number estimation. They were informed that GM would supply 10 locomotives, hence assumed that the last loco would be #20010, and therefore numbered their first loco as #20011. However, GM numbered the first loco as #20000, and hence the last loco of the consignment was #20009.

Now about your doubt,

#20011 is the 1st loco of DLW.
#20012 is the 2nd loco.
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#20068 is the 58th loco.

Perform the complete count on your fingers or on paper, and you will be able to verify this :-)

Posted by Manish on 2009 Jan 31 09:27:14 +0000

Why was there a goof-up in numbering? Recently I spotted WDP-4 #20068. The was a metal plate sticked to it which told it was the 58th loco manufactured by DLW. SO does the numbering for DLW starts from 20011?

Posted by Ranjeet Ramaswamy Iyer on 2009 Jan 31 02:35:12 +0000

Very nice.

Posted by Arzan Kotval on 2009 Jan 30 17:19:27 +0000

Brilliant shot!!!Smoking at its best!!!

Posted by Shishir Jairam on 2009 Jan 30 14:33:48 +0000

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