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Indian Railways diesel locomotive WDG4 No. 12339 long hood forward with a long train of open wagons. Based in Bhagat Ki Kothi. The WDG4 are the freight variant of the EMD GT46MAC (based on the SD60), the first locomotives were imported in 1999, since 2002 they are produced in series at DLW Varanasi. 2983 kW, 100 km/h, engine 16-710 G3B, three phase electric traction, axle load 21 t. Jodhpur, 2012-12-26. tobias b köhler

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Indian Railways diesel locomotive WDG4 No. 12339 seen from the other end. Jodhpur, 2012-12-26. tobias b köhler

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Indian Railways diesel locomotive WDG4 No. 12371 with a limestone train. The loading business means a lot of white dust ... Jaisalmer, 2012-12-23. tobias b köhler

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Indian Railways diesel locomotive WDG4 No. 12403. A newer variant of the WDG4 with 3356 kW power and improved cab (wider profile for better visibility when going long hood forward). You can also see the combined Janney/screw coupler. Jaisalmer, 2012-12-23. tobias b köhler

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Indian Railways diesel locomotive WDG4 No. 12403. Taking a few steps back to include the station sign. Jaisalmer, 2012-12-23. tobias b köhler

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Indian Railways diesel locomotive WDG4 No. 12668 with a passenger train. This is actually the 655th locomotive of its class (the numbering system is a bit chaotic). Jodhpur, 2012-12-24. tobias b köhler

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Indian Railways diesel locomotive WDG4 No. 12668 with a passenger train. Here you see nicely the characteristic radiator developed by EMD for India, which however is decreasing the viewfield when going long hood forward, that led to the development of the WDP4D with two cabs (of which I have not seen any in operation). Jodhpur, 2012-12-24. tobias b köhler