WCAM-3 and WCAG-1 series

CR's 5000 HP AC/DC locomotives

Date: 2006-04-30
Owner: Gallery Administrator
Size: 71 items
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Kalyan WCAM-3 #21889 leads the 1026 Pragati into Khandala for the brake testing halt. Photo by Apurva Bahadur, 29th June 2003

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Scene at PF 1 of Pune Jn - Kalyan WCAM-3 #21940 starts the 2028 Shatabdi towards Mumbai. Photo by Apurva Bahadur, 19th July 2003.

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WCAG-1 #21979 with a tanker rake on a curve. Vasai-Diva, 2004-05. By Vivek Manvi.

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WCAM-3 21934 has just brought in the CSTM - HYB Express at Pune on a wet wet day. Pune Station, 11th August 2004. By Alok Patel.

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A sparkling clean KYN WCAM3-21959 negotiates the very same maze of crossovers and turnouts to head back into Pune station to take charge of the Pune-Mumbai 'Pragati express'. Pune Jn.(lonavala end), Jan'04. By Nikhil Ganu.

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The WCAM 3 hauling the 1026 (Kalyan 21859, I think), shows off the retrofitted dynamic brake grids on the roof. Kamshet, 2004-12-30. By Apurva (iti@vsnl.com).

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Snail's eye view of WCAG-1 #21977. Vaitarna, 2004-12. By Vivek Manvi.

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WCAG-1 # 21976 crawls with a BCNA rake while a BRC WAM-4 #20489 waits in the siding. Valsad, 2005-01. By Vivek Manvi.

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Notice that the WCAM-3 # 21891 was in it's original BHEL livery. The loco had a single headlamp with the old marker lamps. Igatpuri-Kasara, 1999-12. By Sachin Balwatkar.

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A rare sighting of the wcm - 6 #20188 mued with two wcg - 2 passing monkey hill on it's way towards karjat. Monkey hill, 2005-02-12. By Shashank.k.

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Kalyan loco WCAM3 # 21960 (aided by bankers) thunders past MHC with 1021 Indrayani Express to Pune. Monkey Hill Cabin(MHC), 12 Feb 2005. By .asHIsh.

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Dynamic brake resistor bank on rooftop of WCAM3. There are total three banks. Kalyan Loco shed, February 28, 2005. By Prakash Tendulkar.

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Two Dynamic brake resistor banks on rooftop of WCAM3. There are total three banks. Kalyan Loco shed, February 28, 2005. By Prakash Tendulkar.

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Kalyan’s WCAM 3 # 21934 moves slowly to couple with the rake of the 1026 Up Pragati Express to Mumbai. The spikes above the insulators as well as the hanging strips (move by the wind) above the spikes are meant to scare away birds. The bird’s d

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Kalyan's WCAM3#21894 waiting for its duty. Mumbai CST, 17/04/2005. Binai.K.Sankar.