I had seen this very picture way back in 2003 when Sundar Krishamurthy decided to share his terrific picture collection with us. It can be found here - http://www.irfca.org/~sundar/wcm02.html

Posted by Mani Vijay on 2012 Jun 07 16:30:23 +0000

Appu, did you mean the picture on this page - http://www.irfca.org/~sundar/wcm02.html ? I, too, remember feasting on all the pictures when Sundar came out with his pictures.

Posted by Mani Vijay on 2012 Jun 07 16:26:38 +0000

Thanks for the wonderful set, James.
While it is nice to see the effort, I think they have used too much paint to make the locos look artificially good. Being old school, I think the old rustic looks better than this make up!

Posted by Shirish Paranjape on 2012 Jun 07 05:18:55 +0000

Perfect profile!

Posted by Dr. Himagirish Rao on 2012 Jun 07 02:43:19 +0000

When hauling air-braked stock, there is a compressor in the first coach that supplies air for the braking system. The red pipe is for connecting to that. Some locomotives like Fairy Queen carry their compressors on-board but it is still powered by the generator in the trailing cars.


When on their own, these locomotives have to rely on their vacuum brakes and steam brakes. In all they now have four kinds of brakes including mechanical brakes!

Posted by Harsh Vardhan on 2012 Jun 06 20:31:48 +0000

Fantastic coverage, Avishek. Enjoyed each and every picture.

Posted by Siddhartha Mukherjee on 2012 Jun 06 17:57:10 +0000

Thanks a lot.

Posted by Arzan Kotval on 2012 Jun 06 17:45:48 +0000

The locos have been modified for Air-Brake working.Wonder how the requisite pressure is built using the limited power sources in the locomotives.There is also a third pipe colored red,the function of which is not clear.

Posted by Khalid Kagzi on 2012 Jun 06 17:31:12 +0000

Lovely shot Ashwin. Inspite of multiple images from similar angles, you somehow manage to bring out a sort of uniqueness in each and every one of your images and make them equally special. Great Effort & thanks for sharing!!!

Posted by Kharad Zarir Variyava on 2012 Jun 06 04:22:43 +0000

Superb pic!

Posted by Heth Kansara on 2012 Jun 06 03:57:08 +0000