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Blog Entry# 1164544
Posted: Jul 16 2014 (21:08)

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Last Response: Jul 16 2014 (22:42)
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Jul 16 2014 (21:08)   GPK/Gopalapatnam Cabin
 
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Anonymous1218~   22543 blog posts
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Capturing the big daddy, is a tough job, n quite a rare scene for Rail fan who visits Visakhapatnam.
Its like an achievement for an outsider to capture this 26 year old locomotive.
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As i stroll past on the tracks, chit chatting with my pal, these two brothers, the big daddies of our WAP-5/WAG-9 appear from no where silently with a
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honk n stop at the red signal.
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ASEA/Brown Boveri based, Waltair/Visakhapatnam WAG-6A # 26000 and its counterpart WAG-6A # 26001 wait at the signal point til the points are changed.
Date:- 16-07-2014
Flickr:- IR's rare Hunk

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Jul 16 2014 (21:34)
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Great capture...sad to see that when i visited got a chance to see WAP-4 and WAG-7 locos....:(
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Jul 16 2014 (21:37)
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They will live a bit more longer now.
So better plan n come here.
Spotting the ABB's n the Hitachi is quite tough as their schedule is unknown.
These act as the Braker/Banker to the freights in Ghats n also for the Jumbo(Python) Freights now a days.
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Jul 16 2014 (22:42)
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Not so clear image, but edited a bit, to remove the noise.
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The two WAG-6A's start off towards Gopalapatnam Cabin side, after RJY bound PASS clears the path for them.
Being a low light, the mobile camera managed to take a low quality pic of the 26 year locos.
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Mostly they will b hauling back stuff towards Araku side tonight, as per the report given by the crew who were inside.

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