WAP-4 and Variants

Photos of the crack train specialist of IR. Included are photos of WAP-4E and other variants.

Date: 2006-04-27
Owner: Gallery Administrator
Size: 301 items
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The Goa express bound for NZM slowly coasts over the rails with GZB WAP 4 #22731 in charge.

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An unknown express hauled by Howrah WAP-4 catched near Dakshineswar station.-Anurag Ghosh,Kolkata email:anuragghosh@hotmail.com (Want a membership;-)

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LDH WAP 4 #22699 screams past the Khera Kalan LC at its mps with the Jhelum in tow.

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Wide screen version : WAP-4 #22592 from LGD thunders past Chiluvur at 105kmph with the SC bound Janmabhoomi express in tow.

Control panel inside GZB WAP4 22734. I was surprised not to see WAP7 style throttle. Aren't new WAP4's coming with throttle leve

Control panel inside GZB WAP4 22734. I was surprised not to see WAP7 style throttle. Aren't new WAP4's coming with throttle lever instead of the wheel? Sandeep Marzara

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Brute force! GZB's first WAP 4 #22612 (which did the honors of hauling the Red Ribbon express too) screams and blasts towards BRC with the BDTS Garib Rath.

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BRC WAP-4 # 22678 a.k.a "MAYUR" brings the Mumbai bound 9024 FZR-BCT janta exp. The train was unexpectedly running on time!! Ankit Bharaj.

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The smell of fresh dark orange paint.... There was a power chord connected to this WAP 4 22249. The chord was connected to a simple HV plug in the platform and the other end somewhere underneath the loco. I was unable to see where it went since the RP

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The sun is about to set on an eventful day of railfanning as WAP-4 22508 from ED, leading the 2841 Coromandel Express, kicks up dust as it storms through Gannavaram.

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WAP4 #22221 of Erode sleeping off at a stabling line near Platform 1 of Trivandrum Central. The loco was right there from the previous night, and I was worried about the loco being there for that long - but she wasn't there the next morning!

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WAP4 #22341 of Erode rushes off towards Ernakulam with the Chennai bound 2696 Express from Trivandrum. WAP4 #22725 was being carried dead behind the WAP4 (The rear loco was excess at TVC)...

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Arakkonam WAP 4 22617 heads the Gorakhpur-Trivandrum Raptisagar Express near Kalamassery. Look at the heavy gradient. The gradient comprises of two separate gradients - 1 in 783 and 1 in 85 for the up track. There is an immediate down gradient too

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The legendary Geetanjali Express blasts through Odha with SRC WAP4 #22367. Checkout the gradient.. - Odha Station Revisit - 27 December 2007.

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AJJ WAP4 22648 hauls the 2610 express to Chennai. BYPL.

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AJJ WAP4 22647 brings in the Shatabdi. Near BNC