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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11th January 2014 - the last day when km 49/2 saw DC rakes such as the one in the background. Its curtains down for the oldest type of Mumbai's local trains in Thane - KYN sector now.

A video of a DC rake accelerating on the last day of DC...

Date: 2014-01-11
Owner: Akshay Marathe
Views: 752
Comments: 1
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2nd AC Loco, and 1st 3 Phase AC Loco - Ghaziabad WAP7 30252, brought dead, alongwith 11058 - ASR-LTT exp, clicked by Nikhil Karunakaran at Kalyan Junction at start of Jan 12, 2013 just after AC conversion. Kudos to Central Railway. (Vijay Aravamudhan)

Date: 2014-01-11
Owner: Vijay Aravamudhan
Views: 557
Comments: 1
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Pre AC Conversion: DC EMU alongwith Siemens ACDC EMU captured at Diva Jn, by Railfan Nitin Kumar, 1 day before AC Conversion, i.e. on saturday (Vijay Aravamudhan)

Date: 2014-01-11
Owner: Vijay Aravamudhan
Views: 351
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Pre AC Conversion: DC EMU captured at Diva Jn, by Railfan Nitin Kumar, 1 day before AC Conversion, i.e. on saturday (Vijay Aravamudhan)

Date: 2014-01-11
Owner: Vijay Aravamudhan
Views: 378
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FINALLY MUMBAI CENTRAL RAILWAY GOES 25000 VOLTS AC!!!

WITH THIS CONVERSION, KALYAN - THANE - LOKMANYA TILAK TERMINUS (KURLA)MUMBAI SECTION OF CENTRAL RAILWAY GETS CONNECTED TO THE REST OF THE 25000V AC ELECTRIFIED TERRITORIES OF INDIAN...

Date: 2014-01-11
Owner: Vijay Aravamudhan
Views: 859
Comments: 5
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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
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