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Blog Entry# 2382690
Posted: Aug 17 2017 (14:16)

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Aug 17 2017 (14:16)   11020/Konark Express (PT) | HTCY/Hi-Tech City (2 PFs) | UBL/WDP-4/20005
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IMPORTED DIESEL LOCO, KONARK EXPRESS with Canadian EMD WDP4 20005 HUBBALI, NOW HISTORY.
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The EMD GT46PAC or WDP-4 is a passenger-hauling diesel-electric locomotive with AC electric transmission designed by General Motors Electro-Motive Division and built by both GM-EMD and under license by Diesel Locomotive Works (DLW) of Varanasi, India for Indian Railways as their classes WDP-4, WDP-4B and
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WDP-4D. The GT46PAC is a passenger version of the previous Indian Railways EMD GT46MAC freight locomotive. The locomotive has a 16-cylinder 710G3B diesel engine with a maximum speed of 904 RPM.
The first set of 10 locos starting from road number 20000–20009 were manufactured by the Electro Motive Division (EMD) of (General Motors) 20005 is one of them.
About Konark Express(follow link):
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Due to part electrification, it gets two locomotives. Between Mumbai CST and Vijayawada Junction, First it used to haul with WDP-4D of Kalyan shed and now it uses WDP-4/4B of UBL i.e. Hubbali shed, from Vijayawada Junction till Visakhapatnam Junction, it is hauled by a WAP-4 of Lallaguda shed and a WAP-7 of Visakhapatnam Shed hauls it till Bhubaneswar Railway Station.
Recently a traction change caused adding up of electric loco in Vijaywada Wadi section, link is WAP4 of Vijaywada for that leg.

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History refers to Konark express with diesel link which is now electric :p the loco is still operational
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