Central Railway DC/AC Conversion - KalyanJn - Thane - LTT, Jan 12,2014

Pictures of the historic DC traction to AC traction conversion of Kalyan - Thane - LTT section of Central Railway - January 2014.

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Date: 2014-01-10
Owner: Gallery Administrator
Size: 65 items
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First WAP-4 to reach Pune. BRC WAP-4E doing its return duty with Pune-Jaipur express. Location-Near Akurdi. 2014-01-19. (Lalam)

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02111 LTT-LJN AC Special on its Last run with BSL WAM4#21234. (Dhairya Upadhyaya)

Superb looking ET WAM-4# 21335 curves into Kasara station with Chhapra Ltt Godan Express. It was running 30mins before time. Yes

Superb looking ET WAM-4# 21335 curves into Kasara station with Chhapra Ltt Godan Express. It was running 30mins before time. Yesterday I saw 13201, 11056, 15018, 12173 and 12143 with WAM-4's. (Arzan Kotval)

On a foggy morning, ET WAM-4# 20625 descends the gradient at Dombivli with 13201 Rajendra Nagar Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express.

On a foggy morning, ET WAM-4# 20625 descends the gradient at Dombivli with 13201 Rajendra Nagar Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express. (Arzan Kotval)

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BSL WAM4 21343 in nice classic Pseudo Raj Livery, negotiates the various points at Kalyan Jn, to enter PF 6, with RJPB - LTT Exp. Pic clicked by Nitin Kumar. (Nitin Kumar)

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1st AC Passenger loco WAP4 / BRC / 22801 to enter Pune junction of CR, post KYN-LTT AC Conversion on Jan 12,2014. Pic clicked by Pune Members. (Pune Members)

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1st AC Passenger loco WAP4 / BRC / 22801 to enter Pune junction of CR, post KYN-LTT AC Conversion on Jan 12,2014. Pic clicked by Pune Members. (Pune Members)

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On Jan 19,2014, exactly 1 week after AC Conversion of KYN-LTT, 1st WAP4 loco entered CR/Pune section. BRC / WAP4 22801, after bringing in the JP-PUNE exp, is seen resting with WCAM3 21883, inside the Pune ETS. Pic clicked by Pune member Jayaram K. Thanks

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BRC WAP4 22801, the 1st AC Passenger loco, to enter Pune Jn, on Jan 19-2014, makes its presence felt inside the Pune ETS, after bringing the JP-Pune exp.Pic clicked by Pune member Jayaram K (Jayaram K)

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1st WAP4 Loco / 1st AC Passenger loco, makes its presence into Pune Junction, on CR, on Jan 19, 2014, exactly a week after AC conversion, done on Jan 12, 2014. BRC WAP4 of WR, feels happy after bringing the JP-PUNE exp into Pune on Jan 19,2014. Pic clicke

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1st WAP4 Loco / 1st AC Passenger loco, makes its presence into Pune Junction, on CR, on Jan 19, 2014, exactly a week after AC conversion, done on Jan 12, 2014. BRC WAP4 of WR, brings the JP-PUNE exp into Pune on Jan 19,2014. Pic clicked by one of the Pune

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Where else, this can be witnessed? Only on Central Railways - Mumbai Divn. 1500V DC EMU with its clearly visible DC Panto, and NEw member 25KV AC Loco WAP4, with its AC Panto with 13201 RJPB-LTT exp, enter Thane in a parallel run, on the day of conversion

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See !! How A Simple 1500V DC OHE, became a complex jungle of 25KV OHE, with DC to AC Conversion. WAP4 / ET / WCR - 22973 with 13201, enters Thane, while a light WCAM3 exits Thane, to Kalyan side. Pic captured by Nitin Kumar. (Nitin Kumar)

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Railfans posing with 1st WAP7 loco, (1st AC Loco) to depart LTT under the newly converted AC region. L to R: Aditya Kambli, Parag Dhabe, Rahul Sharma, Sushant Susarla, Nitin Kumar, Himanshu Siloiya. Pic clicked on Nitin's Cam by me - Vijay Aravamudhan (Ni

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1st Appearance of a 3phase AC Loco from GZB, hauling 12541 DN enters Thane on Day-1 of AC COnversion on Jan 12, 2014, and see, how crazy it made, all of these railfans, who are fluttering around with excitement, to capture this white beast that halted at

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All you guys, take a bow. Super effort really. Amazing.
Posted by Sudhir Moghe on 2014 Jan 17 02:49:46 +0000
Super album!! Great effort guys!!
Posted by Avishek Basu on 2014 Jan 16 17:37:36 +0000
Thank you so0 much Apu Sir.... And fantastic coverage from all of the guys in and around KYN-LTT section.
Posted by Vijay Aravamudhan on 2014 Jan 13 04:20:22 +0000