It was a nostalgic feel when I saw the blue carriages. North Frontier Railways still maintain the blue livery for some coaches. I have always felt that blue is better than utkrish livery.
Old livery carriages & Lallaguda WAG-9 for Danapur Express
Blue sky, greenery and red WAP-4 gave a collection of contrasting colors on a cool early tropical winter morning. This picture was one the first train shot I had with my new camera Canon R6 Mark II.
Punalur - Kanyakumari Express with 25XXX series WAP-4
WAP-4, the red beast of Indian Railways, is one of the successful electric traction locomotive in passenger train sector. Total of 778 WAP-4s were built by CLW till 2015. Out of which 773 WAP-4 are still in active duty. WAP-4 was mainly built for hauling 24-26 coaches at a speed of 110 Km/h even though the max speed of WAP-4 is 140 km/h . WAP-4 is derived from WAP-1 which had Alstom TAO 659 traction motor which was under performing with heavy load. So WAP-4 was designed to solve the issues of WAP-1 and WAP-4 came with Hitachi HS15250 traction motor. The first WAP-4 unit, #22201 rolled out from CLW on April 25, 1994. The last unit, #25051 was manufactured on November 1, 2015 . With production of energy efficient 3-phase locomotive increasing, WAP-4 production was stopped in 2015 but still remains as one of the trusted mainline electric locomotive.
Beautiful scene...
WAP-4 completes 30 years of glorious service on April 25th 2024
This is my 2701 picture ... It is has been a great journey with trainspo right from the time of its starting. Started with a point and shoot camera and right now with a mirrorless full frame camera I learned a lot here. Got to see good photographers here with great shots. Hope to see more and learn more to improve constantly. And also to showcase Indian Railways too. Thank you TRAINSPO team.
Through gradients and curves at Munroeturutu station
The Golden Temple or Harmandir Sahib or or Suvaran Mandir s the pre-eminent spiritual site of Sikhism. It is one of the holiest sites in Sikhism, alongside the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur in Kartarpur, and Gurdwara Janam Asthan in Nankana Sahib. Maharaja Ranjit Singh, after founding the Sikh Empire, rebuilt it in marble and copper in 1809, and overlaid the sanctum with gold leaf in 1830. This has led to the name the Golden Temple. The Golden Temple is an open house of worship for all people.
Munroe Island is a hidden pearl in the backwaters which is composed of a cluster of 8 islands. Each of them is separated by small water channels and lakes. Munroe Island is located about 27 km from Kollam. The place is named in honor of Resident Colonel John Munroe, of the former princely state of Travancore. He is said to have integrated several backwater regions by digging canals. Some of this island’s main attractions are the narrow waterways, canal cruise...
@nick86235 Yes, sad to see them reaching the end of their operational life
As the ALCos, WDM-3A, WDG-3A, were aging, Railway board decided to discontinue their service in mainline and use them for shunting duties. So the ERNAKULAM diesel shed decided to scrap ALCos but they retained some ALCos for the small sections where still it is diesel traction. Usually the power will be WDP-4D but sometimes WDM-3A or WDG-3A will be also coming as power from ERNAKULAM Jn to Kollam Jn. Once such instance happened and I was able to spot and capture an ERNAKULAM WDG-3A with Ernakulam Jn - Velankanni Express. This WDG-3A will power the train till Kollam Jn and from there PONMALAI WDP-4D took charge of the train after reversal. So after ages I got to see an ALCo in the mainline.
KERALA Express ripping through Munroturuttu station
Spotting an ALCo after ages as they are discontinued
