Blast from the past - Arakkonam's WAP 1 22048 get ready to haul SR's prestegious Mysore-Madras Shatabdi on it's electric hauled stretch from Bangalore to Madras. Arakkonam electric shed no longer hold WAP 1 locos. And there are no electric locos with matching livery to Shatabdi Express now in Indian Railways. Photo by Gary Wilson, Bangalore City, December 1998

Date: 2006-08-05
Owner: Jimmy Jose
Full size: 597x400
IN 22048 (02)


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Thanks for the photo Jimmy! I too have fond memories, waiting at SBC for my relatives on the 2007. I used to wait at the fag end of the platform and see this come over the curve. And then run to the front to say hi to the drivers. Interestingly, one of ...
Posted by Rohit Mohan on 2006 Aug 06 12:01:09 +0100
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Thanks Jimmy! Brings back memories of my school days, when I used to watch these WAP-1's and WAM-4's blasting away on the Shat, Brindavan, when the line was converted to AC. I remember this loco well, in fact, it hauled the Shat on my first Shat trip to...
Posted by Naren Damodaran on 2006 Aug 06 00:11:03 +0100