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BB-M
Bharat, there were WAM-1 locos homed at SDAH. Pls Refer:
http://irfca.org/gallery/Steam/rmorris/roger_morris_diesel_electric/WAM1_20238CalcuttaSealdah25-2-92.jpg.html
Posted by Anamitra Ghatak on 2009 Feb 05 07:09:03 +0000
wam2
Those 'D' shaped buffers bring a lot of Nostalgic memories back
Posted by Anamitra Ghatak on 2009 Feb 05 06:09:34 +0000
BB-M
Jimmy, these were WAMs, not WAGs.
Zubin: I think your confusing these with the WAG2's that were based at BSL. Those were scrapped in the late 90s.
Anamitra - was SDAH ever a homing shed? I thought it was only a trip shed.
Posted by Bharat Vohra on 2009 Feb 04 18:30:06 +0000
BB-M
A couple of these were there at BSL ( Scrapped) say about five years back.
Posted by Zubin J Dotivala on 2009 Feb 04 17:11:17 +0000
WAM1
I suppose this is the same loco seen here:
http://irfca.org/gallery/Locos/Electric/wag1_2_3_4/umax42.jpg.html

Look at the ancient coach behind it
Posted by Jimmy Jose on 2009 Feb 04 08:38:27 +0000
BB-M
Sachin bhai, this BBM/1 classification is based on the french classification for this class. These later became the WAG 1 series loco. They were originally imported from SNCF, france. Note the european style buffer and side window. You can see a pic of this loco here:

http://irfca.org/gallery/Locos/Electric/wag1_2_3_4/umax43.jpg.html
Posted by Jimmy Jose on 2009 Feb 04 08:36:07 +0000
WAM1
Bharat, this livery was unique to the whole ER. Even MGS (under ER) shed's WAM-4/WAG-5 locos had the same livery.
Posted by Anamitra Ghatak on 2009 Feb 04 06:24:56 +0000
BB-M
These were called as BBM-1 and later renamed as WAM-1. They were based at ASN and SDAH till early 2000 before being scrapped at KPA workshop one by one.
Posted by Anamitra Ghatak on 2009 Feb 04 06:22:23 +0000
WAM1
This confirms my comment on your earlier pic. The 202xx series were all WAM1's and this livery was unique to ER, possibly Asansol shed.
Posted by Bharat Vohra on 2009 Feb 03 16:10:46 +0000
BB-M
Sachin, if I recall correctly, these later came to be known as WAM1's. They were found mostly on ER.
Posted by Bharat Vohra on 2009 Feb 03 16:08:39 +0000