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Posted: Aug 30 2012 (15:16)
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Last Response: Aug 30 2012 (16:02)
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Last Response: Aug 30 2012 (16:02)
from the very name you can analyze that it is metre gauge electric engine mixed type running on AC-traction.
They were used in chennai area
They were used in chennai area
YAM–1
These cute little B-B MG electrics, 20 in number (18 ordered first, two later) were supplied by Mitsubishi in 1964 and worked on SR, especially in the Madras area, until the recent conversion to BG of the mainline tracks. These were later [12/03] run on the Tambaram - Villupuram section of the mainline. On June 30, 2004, the last YAM-1 run took place, minutes after the last MG EMU service on the Chennai network reached the Tambaram station. The remaining YAM-1 locos are now at Tambaram, only occasionally energized for departmental work. One unit is [2/05] at CLW, apparently undergoing preservation work prior to being plinthed.
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These cute little B-B MG electrics, 20 in number (18 ordered first, two later) were supplied by Mitsubishi in 1964 and worked on SR, especially in the Madras area, until the recent conversion to BG of the mainline tracks. These were later [12/03] run on the Tambaram - Villupuram section of the mainline. On June 30, 2004, the last YAM-1 run took place, minutes after the last MG EMU service on the Chennai network reached the Tambaram station. The remaining YAM-1 locos are now at Tambaram, only occasionally energized for departmental work. One unit is [2/05] at CLW, apparently undergoing preservation work prior to being plinthed.
They...
more...