The locomotive from where it all started 24 years ago !In frame: The first WAP 7 of IR, 30201 christened as 'NAVKIRAN' departing Lucknow NR with 13005 Up Howrah - Amritsar Mail (also known as the Punjab Mail) after a customary traction change from diesel to electric. The loco was recently transferred from Gomoh to Ghaziabad back then. Note the ABB style markers with the classic yellow lamps inside them. These lamps were later replaced by white LEDs but the original marker setup is still intact.The advent of WAP-5 & WAG-9 was a major transition from conventional to 3-phase technology....

The locomotive from where it all started 24 years ago !In frame: The first WAP 7 of IR, 30201 christened as 'NAVKIRAN' departing Lucknow NR with 13005 Up Howrah - Amritsar Mail (also known as the Punjab Mail) after a customary traction change from diesel to electric. The loco was recently transferred from Gomoh to Ghaziabad back then. Note the ABB style markers with the classic yellow lamps inside them. These lamps were later replaced by white LEDs but the original marker setup is still intact.The advent of WAP-5 & WAG-9 was a major transition from conventional to 3-phase technology....

@UTR: Utraitia Jn   36km/h   22m early@UTR: Utraitia Jn &20 km/h skipping #13005: Howrah - Amritsar Mail

@DDU: Pt DD Upadhyaya Jn   7km/h   3m late@DDU: Pt DD Upadhyaya Jn &5 km/h #13005: Howrah - Amritsar Mail now departing...

@ASN: Asansol Jn   0km/h   18m late@ASN: Asansol Jn &1 km/h arrived with WAP 07 #13005: Howrah - Amritsar Mail