wdm2/3x

Pune WDM-2 #17989R at Pune Jn. returning to the Pune shed after having hauled the 7304 Sahyadri express overnight from Kolhapur. May 2003.

Pune WDM-3A #18660R takes 2780 Goa Express out of Pune. Note the bulge on the long hood. Photo by Apurva Bahadur, 14 June 2003.

Here is a totally new and refreshing livery from the Pune shed. The lustre of the green and cream paint (previously seen only on Golden Rock locos) is quite extraordinary. Here the Pune WDM-3A # 17863R hauls the 1077 Jhelum express out of home on 19 July

Pune WDM-3A # 18724R waits to be uncoupled after having hauled the 2780 Goa express from Manmad. Photo by Apurva Bahadur, 19 July 2003.

The short hood view of the Pune WDM-3A # 18724R. Photo by Apurva Bahadur, 19 July 2003.

A closer view of the Golden Rock-inspired Pune WDM-3A #17863R

Pune WDM-3A #17871R leaves PF7 with the Vasco-bound Goa express.

Pune WDM-3A #18688R waits outside the plaforms at Pune Jn. Photo by Apurva Bahadur, 19 July 2003

At the Pune PF2 with KJM WDM-2A #17502. Note the diesel filling station by the loco's cab - the apparatus consists of the black pipe whose end is locked inside the metal cylinder at the ground level. The pillar with the silver box contains the controls fo

WDM-2 #17897R. 12 April 2003.

Pune WDM-2 #17966 in October 2002.

WDM-2 #18334 near Pune, 2003.

WDM-2 #18600 near Pune, 2003.

WDM-2C 'baldie' #14028 near Pune, 2003.

Pune WDM-3A #17854R takes off with the 2780 Goa Express towards Miraj. This is a 'bulgie' variant - note the bulge of the centrifugal oil filter obstucting the driver's vision along the long hood. However, this loco's higher power (3100 HP) allows it to r

Pune WDM-3A # 18737R hauls the Jhelum Express out of Pune in January 2003. Note the blue-white LED marker lights.

7384 express loco departs from Jarandeshwar on 7 Feb 2003

315 passenger departs from Wathar on 7 Feb 2003

315 passenger sweeps into Adarki on 7 Feb 2003

KJM WDM-2 #17560 arrives at Pune with a mixed freight

WDM-2 #18512 with 7384 express waits at Nira - note the blue-white LED marker lamps

Pune WDM-3A #18648R returns to the parent shed after working Goa Exp. from Manmad

Kazipet WDM-2A # 16549 in unusual livery bringing in the Daund shuttle at Pune

Our old friend, the Guntakal Jumbo WDM-2A #17808 at Pune

Another Pune WDM-3A # 18651R waits to head to Manmad with the Jhelum Exp.

316 passenger departs Adarki on 12 Jan 2003

316 passenger appears on the other side of the Adarki horseshoe curve on 12 Jan 2003