All the new p4's now r coming with the wap5/7 type side windows as even i saw 22689 at Itarsi with the same. Everything agreed, strips or stripless, new quality paint, new side windows,etc but the look the mid-mounted headlamps provide on the wap4 is just unexpressible. Nothing even close to match those looks.....

Posted by Swaran Udasi on 2007 May 03 11:45:29 +0000

I saw 22697 today with AJJ. Will try to put up the photos in a few days.

Posted by Rohit Mohan on 2007 May 02 17:56:46 +0000

Well no matter what is said, the newer Wappies look awesome and yeah AJJ's trademark is their lightning stripes without which they look incomplete.

Posted by Siddhartha Ganesh on 2007 May 02 17:31:30 +0000

Credits to Ramesh who spotted the loco well in time and we were able to click this.I feel the bodywork is certainly a mark higher than before.

Posted by Ashwanth on 2007 May 02 16:06:07 +0000

I agree with Sriram. Without the strikes, it looks like any ordinary WAP4.

Posted by Samar on 2007 May 02 12:17:37 +0000

The P4 looks drab without the lightning stripes... The AJJ trademark looked so good

Posted by Sriram P on 2007 May 02 09:36:27 +0000

Good Catch Ashwanth! The WAP4 looks better without the lightning stripes, i feel.

Posted by S Ashwin on 2007 May 02 04:42:56 +0000

Nice picture Abhijit. As a person who's stayed 25 years in Gujarat,i really appreciate your efforts to take pics in the 40+ degree heat!!Look at the time of the
pic..1 in the afternoon!! - Kunal Subnis

Posted by Gallery Administrator on 2007 Apr 27 11:38:13 +0000

Airavat is generic name for all KSTRC Volvos (not only for Mysore - Bangalore ones). IMHO, Airavat must be a Sanskrit word. About naming this particular loco, may be because of the colour, the elephant was white (unique, normally elephants are black), this WAP4E is LHB liveried (unique??, normally WAP4s are red) - Amruta Bhate.

Posted by Sandeep Bhate on 2007 Apr 25 15:15:11 +0000

Brilliant.....great composition.

Posted by Siddhartha Ganesh on 2007 Apr 23 15:01:23 +0000