Rarest spotting of the season!!
A Kalyan WCM-6 # 20188 lying dead at Kiratgarh station near Itarsi on the ET-NGP secion of Central Railways, my train 16093 MAS-LKO Express came to a 2min unscheduled halt here for dropping the two LP's which were seen moving towards the WCM-6 as my train started from there! (Ujjawal Kashyap)

Date: 2012-06-20
Owner: Ujjwal Kashyap
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Photo Properties
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Make Panasonic Model DMC-FZ35
Aperture Value f/4.4 Color Space sRGB
Exposure Program Program Flash No Flash
ISO 400 Metering Mode Multi-Segment
Shutter Speed Value 1/125 sec Digital Zoom Ratio 0
Date/Time 2012 Jun 20 07:32:03 +0100
Comments
bful catch...
Posted by Abhishek Kashyap trainman on 2012 Jul 07 11:41:18 +0100
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In all probability, the loco has been sent for departmental duties in the CR ghat section south of Itarsi. That said, why would CR send an inferior loco to do duty on difficult terrain , especially when the nearest shed capable of handling this loco is ...
Posted by Shashanka Nanda on 2012 Jul 05 14:27:34 +0100
This is the only DC loco class that got converted to pure AC operations. Post AC conversion, the performance should be on par with a WAG7.
Posted by Apurva Bahadur on 2012 Jul 05 14:24:14 +0100
Beautiful livery ! Nice catch.
Posted by Chaitanya Gokhale on 2012 Jul 05 11:41:53 +0100
Rare indeed. Never expected to see her near ET!
Posted by Shirish Paranjape on 2012 Jul 05 04:18:28 +0100
@Karan: These days this beast has been regularly spotted on Amla-Itarsi section doing light jobs!
Posted by Ujjwal Kashyap on 2012 Jul 05 00:57:03 +0100
Oh boy! Old chap WCM-6 has wandered far away from its comfort zone.. wonder what brought it here?
Posted by Karan Desai on 2012 Jul 04 19:46:12 +0100
Loco looks beautiful !!!
Nice to see a Kalyan WCM-6 !!!
Posted by Nitin Bhardwaj on 2012 Jul 04 16:30:35 +0100
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