I too have never seen bankers here at least from 1998 onwards. Even in the diesel days of Kalka Shatabdi there were no bankers. Why have they been introduced? I can see a WAP 5/7 hauled train in the background. Is it Paschim Exp?

Posted by Jimmy Jose on 2007 Jun 21 09:49:54 +0000

It is the Paschim Express. The banker has come in after the length of this train was increased. Maybe they don't want to take any chances even though it is CBC.

Posted by Sriskandh Subramanian on 2007 Jun 21 10:38:03 +0000

Wow!! WAP-7 for Paschim....great!!

Posted by Akshay Marathe on 2007 Jun 21 11:52:04 +0000

My versatile WAM-4 now does banking duty too :) :)

Posted by Ashwanth on 2007 Jun 21 13:58:16 +0000

Ok the banker is still a mystery to us all and Paschim with a WAP 7?? This has confirmed that the Paschim has changed totally into GZB link. So we can expect any GZB loco with it, even a WAP 5 ;-)

Posted by Siddhartha Ganesh on 2007 Jun 21 16:24:31 +0000

Paschim is worked by a WAP-7 from KLK till UMB only since last many months. It works 2926 in the morning and brings the 2925 from UMB in the afternoon. Regarding the Banker it all depends on the availability at that time. I have seen a WAP-1, WAP-7 and now even a WAM-4 as banker for KLK Shatabdi.

Posted by Thakur Nishant Pundir on 2007 Jun 21 16:48:32 +0000

Listen dude, what I’m saying is that the P7's are used sometimes for the Paschim, whether it be for the ASR or the KLK bound and its link is GZB now. So that’s why I said it can get any loco from GZB. No one is going gaga over Paschim getting a WAP 7.

Posted by Siddhartha Ganesh on 2007 Jun 22 06:07:27 +0000