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Posted: Nov 06 2019 (17:19)
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Last Response: Nov 10 2019 (14:18)
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Presenting before you :
Howrah (HWH) WAP-5 30121 & Howrah (HWH) WAP-5 30084.
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WAP-4 can also maintain average of 90-95 km/hr in a 110 MPS section if good clearance is given, and the load is somewhere around 14 to 18 coaches.
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As for Jaynagar and Bhagalpur GRs, because of good clearance, an average speed of 90 km/hr is achieved with a load of 20 coaches, which is somewhere around the limit of the comfort zone of a WAP-4.
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As for Jaynagar and Bhagalpur GRs, because of good clearance, an average speed of 90 km/hr is achieved with a load of 20 coaches, which is somewhere around the limit of the comfort zone of a WAP-4.
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If you were part of Race Blogs of LTT-NZM AC during the period when it used to get WAP-4s, then you would observe that on most occasions the train would go through over 2 hours having an average speed of over 100 km/hr. Even in BSL-ET section, I remember the train making up one-hour delay during one run, going at over 100 km/hr for over 3 hours.
Exactly, the major factor after loco is the sectional clearance. I've experienced an astonishing average of 93kmph with a WDM-3A, that too on a slow 100kmph track.
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Even in ASK DVG stretch of SBC UBL section many times 20654 covers 160 kms distance in just 1hr 45 mins with 105 kmph mps with WDP-4D
A WDM-3A with 15-17 coaches is as good if not bit better than a EMD with 24 coaches.
As for WDM-3A Twins, till date if you travel by Padatik Express, you will be astonished by the acceleration of the twins.
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I still remember during one Race Blog in BPL-JHS section, 12171 LTT-HW AC was beind hauled by GZB WAP-1 that day. The loco...
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As for WDM-3A Twins, till date if you travel by Padatik Express, you will be astonished by the acceleration of the twins.
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I still remember during one Race Blog in BPL-JHS section, 12171 LTT-HW AC was beind hauled by GZB WAP-1 that day. The loco...
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