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» Indian Railways (more..)
» WCM 5 (more..) |
» Pune station
» Pune, India (more..)
» November, 1990 |
| Locomotive No./Train ID |
Photographer |
» WCM #20084 (more..)
» Unknown (more..) |
» Daniel SIMON (more..)
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| An evening passenger train to Bombay (now called Mumbai) hauled by the veteran broad gauge electric locomotive WCM5 #20084 is leaving the Pune station. The Indian locomotive class WCM-5 is a class of 1.5 kV DC electric locomotives that was developed in 1956 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), Direct Current (C), Mixed traffic (M) engine, 5th generation (5). The trains were the first locomotive of any kind fully developed and built in India. They entered service in 1961. A total of 21 WCM-5 locomotives was built at CLW between 1961 and 1963. The WCM-5 served both passenger and freight trains for over 39 years. With the introduction of more modern types of locomotives and 25 KV AC electrification, all were withdrawn in early 2000s after repeated failures. Today only one locomotive is preserved with rest of the locomotives have been scrapped. |
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