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Rarest of rare spotting !!! None of the electric loco sheds in Southern India hold WAP-5 locos. So spotting WAP-5 in south is a rarity. As the monsoon floods disrupt rail traffic and loco links go haywire with route diversion, Thiruvananthapuram Rajdhani Express got diverted from the original route via Madgaon and came via Warangal. Hence the .. More |
WAP-5
Electric locomotive
| Series: | Lok 2000 |
| Build: | ABB, CLW 1995 |
| Top speed: | 160 km/h |
| Gauge: | 1676 mm |
| UIC axles: | Bo'Bo' |
| Length: | 18.16 m |
| Width: | 3.14 m |
| Height: | 4.25 m |
| Weight: | 78 t |
| Electric systems: | 25 kV AC 50 Hz |
| Power output: | 4000 kW |
| Tractive effort: | 258 kN |
| Source: | en.wikipedia.org |
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WAP-5 locomotives came to India from ABB / AdTranz in 1995 . 10 units came from ABB / AdTranz and after that production in India started. But it took 21 years for WAP-5 locomotive to come the extreme Southern India . To be precise, to the city of Thiruvananthapuram under Trivandrum division of Southern Railway . There were claims that WAP-5 .. More |
Changed Oct 27, 2018 Report
