Typically Mumbai ambience in the picture with the WCM 2 on lead.

Posted by Anirban Dasgupta (guest) on 2009 Jun 04 00:40:09 +0000

This is the class of loco which had hauled my Deccan express from Pune to Kalyan way back in 1993(I had uploaded scanned images of that earlier).Nostalgic feeling...This resembles more like WDM1.

Posted by Dr Chandan Sinha (guest) on 2009 Jun 03 15:20:07 +0000

I use to call these locos as "Ambassador" in my childhood.
Thanks Dr. Yande and ashish for uploading.
These locos have very sweet memories etched with me.

Posted by Jattin Bhavsar (guest) on 2009 Jun 03 13:33:59 +0000

Great. No loco comes even close to WCM in looks. Massive Beast...

Posted by Rajesh, Bahrain (guest) on 2009 Jun 03 13:18:26 +0000

Interesting point about visibility being an issue with loco design such as this.

Even I've always wondered how would the loco pilots manage to have a clear view ahead, with such a small inconvenient windshield and with a grill obstructing vision. I bet, it would be a challenge even now for loco pilots esp. while the locos run LHF. How do they confidently run the locos?

I particularly pity the LPs of WDP/G-4 especially when running LHF.

Posted by P Kumar, Bahrain (guest) on 2009 Jun 03 13:17:34 +0000

Awesome. dont u think visiblity wud hav been an issue with this? btw, this looks like a wdm jumbo.

Posted by Nefy (guest) on 2009 Jun 03 12:55:23 +0000

Lovely pic !!! WCM 2 looking monster !!!!!

Posted by Raj Bhavsar (guest) on 2009 Jun 03 12:05:12 +0000

Thanks Mr. Shirish and Ashish for the snap. Great contrast between dull looking vacuum braked coaches and the monster WCM2. These monsters used to frighten me a lot by their looks and HT horns.

Posted by Arzan Kotval on 2009 Jun 03 11:31:26 +0000

My all time favourite too. The nostalgia this photo invokes. Its like a classic car, timeless beauty.

Posted by Mayur (guest) on 2009 Jun 03 11:20:39 +0000

My all time favourite...

Posted by Jose (guest) on 2009 Jun 03 11:12:25 +0000