Uttarbanga Exp: উত্তরের আত্মার আত্মীয় - Avinaba Bose

******Flashback to the Golden Era of Duronto Exp with high speed 3 phase white stallions******
**** Report regarding 3 phase High speed loco for Non stop Duronto****
***This train has been stopped by IR due to less patronage now. Instead daily Shatabdi has been started between MAS and Coimbatore which is hauled by RPM WAP7. This Shatabdi has been LHB fied from 1st Nov.***
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High speed engine for Duranto Express
The following news report was published in the esteemed English Daily "The Hindu" on Oct 20,2012
Reporter: Mr V.S. PALANIAPPAN
Place:COIMBATORE
Date:October 20, 2012
The WAP 7 locomotive of the Southern Railway built by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works, West Bengal, made its maiden journey from Chennai to Coimbatore and back hauling the coaches of the non-stop Duranto Express.
It has a horse power of 6,000 and can run at a maximum speed of 160 kmph. But the railways have restricted its speed at 130 kmph.
The drive was comfortable with a fast pick-up compared to the WAP 4 locomotives used by us, said V.K. Ayyappan, Loco Pilot who was in the cabin of the Duranto Express along with Assistant Loco Pilot Ahikesh Kumar. The loco was decked up and was seen off from Coimbatore Junction on its return journey by Divisional Railway Manager Sujatha Jayaraj.
The engine is equipped with software assisted trouble shooting mechanism, making the job much easier for the loco pilot.
The other railway zones are already using the engine. Southern Railway has plans to introduce more WAP 7 locomotives.
Southern Railway is already operating some of its trains in the Chennai Central-Bangalore sector with WAP - 7 engines made at Lallaguda Workshop.
Another feature of this engine is that it eliminates the need to have a separate power generation car for air-conditioning the coaches.
These trains have Head on Generation (HOG) by which the electric loco transfers its power from its pantograph to the coaches As of Now, Indian Railways, approximately has nearly 120 WAP locos.
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Antonov 124-100 transports the original ABB WAP-5 made for Indian Railways in June 1994
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Navodit(GZB WAP 5 30011)
Navjagran(GZB WAP 5 30012)
Amul WAP 5
WAP 5 ON THE RAIL BRIDGE