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| India_Delhi_Jct_WDM2_17308 Northern Railway train 2DS Shadarah-Delhi passenger, arrives at Delhi Junction behind WDM2 17308 (DLW date unknown); 11.12.1979. The TKD painted on the front of the locomotive indicates that it is allocated to Delhi’s Tughlakabad diesel depot. Roger Griffiths roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
| India_Dhaulpur_T6_Punjab_Mail Central Railway Dhaulpur station; T6 Punjab Mail (Firozpur-Bombay, 17 coaches) is hauled south by WDM2 18282 (DLW 1963); 9.12.1979. Roger Griffiths roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
| India_Dhaulpur_Tamil_Nadu_Express Central Railway Dhaulpur station; two Class WDM2 head north with the Tamil Nadu Express, a train of 21 coaches, Madras - Delhi; 9.12.1979. Roger Griffiths roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
| India_Dhaulpur_southbound_freight Central Railway Dhaulpur station; BG WDM2 17509 (DLW 1975) heads a southbound freight; 9.12.1979. Roger Griffiths roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
India_Madras_Basin_Bridge_Madras-Bombay_Janata_Exp_WDM2_18222_Alco_1962_1_12_1979.jpg (152018 bytes)| Indian Railways BG Co-Co WDM2 18222 (Alco 1962) leaves Madras with the Madras - Bombay Janata (public) Express. Janata expresses were cheaply ticketed, long-distance, relatively slow trains for the benefit of the most of India's population. 1.12.1979. Roger Griffiths roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
| Indian Railways Co-Co WDM2 18323 (Diesel Locomotive Works 1963) approaches Madras with the Mangalore West Coast Express; 1.12.1979. Roger Griffiths roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
| India_Renigunta_SC_SR boundary A Guntakal - Madras express passes the boundary marker for the division between Indian Railways' South Central Railway (behind) and Southern Railway (ahead. A heavy freight train heads in the opposite direction hauled by a pair of WDM2 Co-Co diesels, Nos.18218 and 18404; 24.11.1979. Roger Griffiths roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
| Indian Railways diesel locomotive WDM2A No. 17721. WDM2A is a designation given to some of the WDM2 refitted with compressed air brakes (originally they had vacuum brakes) but others have that brake without the "A" ... Don't look too long for any logic in the designation. Based in Abu Road, with a passenger train in Jodhpur, 2012-12-30. |
| Indian Railways diesel locomotive WDM2A No. 17729 based in Abu Road with a passenger train in Jodhpur, 2012-12-24. |
| Indian Railways diesel locomotive WDM2S No. 17522. Based in Ludhiana, marked "Only fit for shunting service". This is the most numerous diesel locomotive of India with more than 2700 units built since 1962, the first came directly from Alco (type DL560C). EMD locomotives were also imported and tested but only Alco offered a transfer of technology agreement, so this type was chosen for mass production at the newly set up Diesel Locomotive Works in Varanasi. Some, like the locomotive shown, are dedicated shunters. Amritsar, 2012-12-29. |
| Indian Railways diesel locomotive WDM2S No. 17610. Based in Ludhiana, marked "Only fit for shunting service". Shunter in Amritsar, 2012-12-30. |
| Indian Railways diesel locomotive WDM2S No. 17610. Based in Ludhiana, marked "Only fit for shunting service". Shunter in Amritsar, 2012-12-30. |
| Indian Railways diesel locomotive WDM2 No. 18540. Based in Ratlam, with a passenger train in Kota, 2012-12-30. |
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