WCG2 Nostalgia

The WCG2 will no longer be seen in the Bhore Ghats, post coversion of the traction to AC. This album contains images shot by various members of the WCG2s working in the Bhore Ghats, before the conversion.

Date: 2010-05-09
Owner: Gallery Administrator
Size: 49 items
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A closer look on the WCG2 and EMU consists working on the Mumbai Main Line for a cause. (Tushar Dhake)

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Post Retirement from the Bhore Ghats... WCG2 Locos seen on the Mumbai Main Lines again on hard work for smooth running of Mumbai's LifeLine... (Tushar Dhake)

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WCG2 20142 at one end of an EMU rake. The other end had another WCG2. In view of strike by Motormen, the WCG2s were pressed into service to run the local services on CR ()

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"I Retire?? Who Told You?" seems to be the voice of the Mighty Great Howlers - WCG2 Loco, pulling a dead EMU and trailed by another WCG2 Loco. Seems these howlers are not in a mood to retire !! Kudos to them. These locos came to Mumbaikars rescu

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Final days of working.... KYN WCG 2 #20123 & #20154 wait for banking train at karjat staion. (Bhaveen Patel)

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A peek at WCG-2 from local train window (Saurabh Paranjpe)

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Three WCG-2s rest at the Lonavla Electric trip shed awaiting their final days of service on the Bhore Ghats. Lonavla. 20010-02-08. (Pawan Koppa)

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The heroes of the IR workforce in one picture. As gangmen toil hard to keep the railways working day and night, so do the WCG-2 triplet led by #20139 at Karjat. 20010-02-08. (Pawan Koppa)

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A WCG-2 triplet led by #20123 awaits banking duties at Karjat on a warm February afternoon. 20010-02-08. (Pawan Koppa)

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Twin WCG-2s led by #20152 faithfully await their banking duties as the 6331 Mumbai-Thiruvananthapuram Express passes by ready to climb the ghats towards Lonavla. 2010-02-08. (Pawan Koppa)

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A scene that can never be seen again. Recently decommissioned twin WCG-2 locos famous for there howling blowers, shatters the quite tranquility of the morning with there ear splitting horn and the howling noise. They are seen here hauling a load they wher

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Picture showing the invasion of 25000V AC traction in Mumbai as on May-2-2010. Certainly not to scale. Just tried to show the progress made by CR & WR in bringing 25KV AC traction into Mumbai, ruled by 1500V DC at present. (Vijay Aravamudhan)

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Yet another day on duty for the howlers before retiring after 35 years of service making the Bhor Ghats a silent place... ()

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From the Fond Memories... a Final Adieu to the Kalyan WCG2 Loco's from the Bhore Ghats as it gets converted from DC to AC Power today... (Tushar Dhake)

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From the Fond Memories... a Final Adieu to the Kalyan WCG2 Loco's from the Bhore Ghats as it gets converted from DC to AC Power today... (Tushar Dhake)