Ranikhet Express - रेगिस्तान में हरियाली

Fabulous Sir. The evolution of CLW and Electric Locomotive.
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Perfect Journalist of IR
Please continue with such "Valuable Stuffs".
Statement about 3 Phase Technology and Loco in this News Article:
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1960s, IR undertook the first radical shift in motive power technology by adopting three-phase traction technology in step with the emerging global consensus. Accordingly, a ToT agreement was signed on Jul-1993 between Ministry of Railways and ABB Transportation. CLW was mandated to undertake the ToT (not RDSO)."----------- So 3 Phase technology comes to India already 55 years ago (1960 to 2015) still we can't embrace this 3 Phase Loco 100 %------ What a tragedy.
It's really shameful that 55 years before our country adopting 3 Phase Technology till now we are in the "IFS" and "BUTS" with High Speed Loco.
Also know the History of Birth of WAP-7 Locomotive, which is a "Useful One".
According to this news WAP-7 is older than WAP-1 and WAP-4 which I think many of us can't know if this article is not shared here.

Why 3 Phase technology can't flourish in IR ?
Probably the following statement is the answer:
"It was interesting that while the new technology was being assimilated and the railway engineers were pushing the frontiers in a globally acclaimed effort, in an act of bureaucratic bloodbath, the core design team was disbanded just four years after first locomotive was turned out. The pleas of not letting go the acquired skills were dealt bureaucratically.
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Future of 3 Phasers is really uncertain.(/blog/post/1520203)