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Blog Entry# 4545364
Posted: Jan 21 2020 (15:36)

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Jan 21 2020 (15:36)   BAY/Ballari Junction (Bellary) (4 PFs) | R/WDG-4/12645
SteelCityRF^~
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SECR and CR locos in SWR - Raipur WDG-4 Twins and Kalyan WDG-4D at Ballari Junction - #specialguest
1) to 3) R/WDG-4/Twins (Airawat) i.e., R/WDG-4/12645 and R/WDG-4/12402 were spotted at Ballari Junction outer on #January17th2020 - #Airawat - #WDG4R
4) & 5) KYN/WDG-4D/70334 was spotted in goods section of Ballari Junction on #January20th2020 - #WDG4DKYN
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Jan 21 2020 (20:07)
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@Anirudh sir: Please explain what is the device/equipment in the highlighted portion of the picture in the reply /blog/post/4545364
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By its appearance, it looks like some exhaust may be to release excess heat generated in Radiator?
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Jan 23 2020 (04:07)
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Thanks sir
I am not sure about this, but I believe they might be antennas for DP(W)CS (Distributed Power control).
In normal MU units, the locos are connected by cables. When freights have banker locos, the bankers are controlled independently and the lead loco does not control the rear locos.
For such cases, IR developed a system for controlling all the trailing locos from the lead loco over a wireless link, called DPWCS.
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know that Raipur has some EMDs which have been fitted with the DPCS system. These things look like they might be the antennae for the wireless DPCS system.

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Jan 23 2020 (09:21)
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Yes sir. This might be antenna for DPCS. I have captured another loco with DPCS system /blog/post/4256865 In this blog you have explained regarding DPCS system. Both antennas are looking similar
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