WCAM-2 series and variants

Western Railway's premier AC/DC workhorse. Includes photos of the WCAM-2 and the WCAM-2P

Date: 2006-04-30
Owner: Gallery Administrator
Size: 35 items
WCAM-2 #21866

I was lucky to experience the slow but steady differential upward rise of the OHE Electrical Conductor Wire near this particular Traction Mast due to the upward force exerted by the Pan of 25kV AC Pantograph of WCAM-2 Locomotive. If observed carefully the

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CSTM - Pune Deccan Express hauled by KYN WCAM-2P #21868 in LHB livery overtakes KYN WCAM-3 #21963 hauled CSTM - HWH Geetanjali Express.
Geetanjali Express was given loop at Diva because of a derailment of a freight on NE line. (Heth Kansara)

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KYN WCAM2P #21870 at Pune ETS. (Ashwin Rao)

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On a cloudy afternoon, 12939 PUNE-JP Superfast rushes towards Lonavala with the power of Valsad WCAM-2P #21861 in charge. Location is between Chinchwad and Akurdi, Pune, Maharashtra. (Ujjawal Kashyap)

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c 2003 The Rajdhani blasts past Jogeshwari on its way to Delhi. Ten years since, DC traction is gone, so is the ICF rake. The WCAM2P took on LHB colors and then went to CR. Hell, even the train number took on an additional digit. Time flies, just like the