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Indian Railways heavy diesel shunter WDS6AD 36261 in New Delhi on 2013-01-03, bringing the rolling stock of the train 12006 "Kalka New Delhi Shatabdi" to the storage tracks. It looks like a WDM2 but has the same engine as the other WDS6. tobias b köhler

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Indian Railways heavy diesel shunter WDS6 36079 in Kota on 2012-12-18. It combines the WDM2 frame with Alco cast asymmetric trimount bogies and the 1044 kW six cylinder engine of the YDM4 meter gauge locomotive. Around 260 were built since 1975 by DLW. tobias b köhler

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Indian Railways heavy diesel shunter WDS6 36079 in Kota on 2012-12-18. Many WDS6 have the low nose configuration seen here, which has been standard on North American mainline locomotives for decades while India kept the high short hoods in the Alco-derived mainline locomotives. tobias b köhler