Nice shot. Excellent contrast between the clean colourful loco and the dull dirty rake behind it.
Any idea as to why an AC/DC loco was being used on a fully AC section?

Posted by Manish on 2008 Nov 06 12:16:03 +0000

long time and now a perfect pic of a clean WCAG1. good shot!!

Posted by Deepak Murali on 2008 Nov 06 12:41:34 +0000

Good shot !!!

Posted by Ashwin Rao on 2008 Nov 06 13:24:41 +0000

Arzan , grrr8 shot !!!
Lovely Colours on the WCAG-1 , I hope this would have hauled by a colourful container rake.

Posted by Chaitanya Gokhale on 2008 Nov 06 13:50:17 +0000

Good shot! But my notion is, this train is moving into Mumbai city and not to JNPT. There is a scheduled run of this rake every afternoon towards Mumbai. We spotted this rake almost every time we went to Saphale.

Posted by Anamitra Ghatak on 2008 Nov 06 14:37:12 +0000

Lovely shot Arzie... you have promoted WCAG-1 in right way.

Posted by Sagar Patil on 2008 Nov 06 15:38:51 +0000

WCAG-1 locos are dual-braked(Air+Vacuum)and are regularly used for this type of train because they are vacuum braked.As they need to run in AC as well as DC territory on the Central Railway,they need a dual-power loco.These locos are either attached at Valsad or Udhna.

Posted by Khalid Kagzi on 2008 Nov 06 16:23:20 +0000

Thats a soooper pic, Arzan bhai. This is indeed the best pic of WCAG 1 I have ever seen. And it has rear view mirrors too. A feature common in all WCAG 1's?

Posted by Jimmy Jose on 2008 Nov 06 16:50:52 +0000

Arzie....u have done it and i ll call this pic spl in 3 terms...paints very fresh ...loco is garlanded and the perfect lighting and detailing of each and every aspect.

Posted by Deepak Murali on 2008 Nov 06 18:32:04 +0000

Great pic sir. The sun falling on the face of the loco enhances the beauty of it!

Posted by Ranjeet Ramaswamy Iyer on 2008 Nov 07 03:22:59 +0000

Dear Arzan, Just one word - "Phenomenal".... This is my desktop wallpaper now !!!!.....

Posted by Vijay Aravamudhan on 2008 Nov 07 08:38:22 +0000

Super stuff Arzan. I can only imagine the multiple clickety clacks of the 45 tankers.

Posted by Kharad Zarir Variyava on 2008 Nov 07 08:38:28 +0000

Thanks everyone for your comments and kind words - great to boost my motivation.

Posted by Arzan Kotval on 2008 Nov 07 16:24:56 +0000

Very Very Fresh Loco Pic!!!!!!!!!
Good Work Arzan!!!!!

Posted by Jatin Bhavsar on 2008 Nov 07 17:45:02 +0000