Notice how the windows have been completely shut up with bricks to prevent any unscheduled stores audits by thieves!

Posted by Gallery Administrator on 2005 Mar 17 06:30:15 +0000

True. But I think IR should become less stringent about standards and should keep a bare minimum standard for such work while allowing sheds and zones some freedom in designing the rest of the schemes. This way, IR gets what it wants and so does everyone else. For example, the Railway Board should specify exactly how the numbers must be written on the front of the loco while leaving it to the shed to decide how it must be painted on the sides according to their own paint schemes.

Posted by Gallery Administrator on 2005 Mar 17 06:06:18 +0000

I forgot to add, there is a trip shed at Ajni but it is a pain taking locos there and bringing them back in the already congested section unless they need some form of light repair or maintenance and so locos are not sent there.

Posted by Gallery Administrator on 2005 Mar 17 06:02:05 +0000

Hello Jimmy! Nope, unfortunately, there is none in Nagpur yard. As a result, locos are stabled on a loco stabling line. Locos do not stand at this place anymore. It has since been extended and merged with PF No.3 The line to the left of this one now acts as a stabling line and can hold 7 locos. There is a large shed right in the middle of Nagpur yard on the Delhi end but that is used by NGP for repairing coaches of all things!!! They do not seem to ahve their priorities set right!

Posted by Gallery Administrator on 2005 Mar 17 06:00:04 +0000

What an atmosphere ! Many thanks to Samit for the treat.

Posted by Gallery Administrator on 2005 Mar 17 05:39:26 +0000

The oversize buffers and the bogie make it look so crude and dispropotionate. Thank god CLW had sense to create the WAM-4 presently properly!!

Posted by Gallery Administrator on 2005 Mar 17 05:17:07 +0000

Samit, WAG-1 #20710 christened Bidhan & not this one.

Posted by Gallery Administrator on 2005 Mar 17 04:45:28 +0000

So many locos lined up on a platform!! Doesn't Nagpur have a trip shed?

Posted by Gallery Administrator on 2005 Mar 15 11:36:05 +0000

Great pics. Interesting font for the road number. IR has some standards for stenciling the numbers, eg, so many mm high, so many mm wide etc and has position to write the road numbers, eg so many meters from both ends etc. Also there is a specific font to write the road numbers, class, shed name (similar to Arial). This does not seem to follow any of these. Was this a trial or prototype of the 6P+DB+HS version WAM 4? The Humanoid symbol still exist on some WAM 4's of AJJ, transferred from Tata

Posted by Gallery Administrator on 2005 Mar 15 11:32:53 +0000

Yes, that is a WDP/WDG4. SWR loves these machines so much that it has made them its de facto mascot. After all, no other zone homes these locos.

Posted by Gallery Administrator on 2005 Mar 14 08:32:10 +0000