IR WDG-4G 49071Khalilpur Haryana Khalilpur

Cool livery on that one. Do these not make it down to the Kerala region?

@Maersk.146 No.. The loco pilots in Kerala are not trained in handling these locomotives at present,and also no locomotive sheds in the south which handles these. And I think the chances of the WDG-4Gs making its way into the south (beyond Gujarat I can say) is rare, as they would be exclusive for the Dedicated Freight Corridor once it becomes fully functional. Currently these are more commonly found in Gujarat,Rajasthan,Haryana,other Northern States like Uttar Pradesh and the North East where more freight traffic is there.

@doctortrainspotter
Thank you, very interesting! So there will still be plenty of need for these in light of the electrification project in India?

@Maersk.146 Since the 100 percent electrification policy was made by the previous Railway Minister soon after Indian Railways had a contract with GE to manufacture WDG-4Gs, IR had no other way other than to continue with the project. Yes,there will be a need of WDG-4Gs as many ALCos and some EMD locos are under premature condemnation, and diesel locos need to be kept in standby if at all any power failure comes..