NEW ELECTRIC LOCOS WITH SPECIAL FEATURES
Electric Loco Shed at Visakhapatnam received two new WAG9 class electric locomotives manufactured at Chittaranjan Locomotive Works which were commissioned today.
State of the art...
more... technology has been adopted with Digital Electronics based real time traction control system, Electrical Weight transfer control system, On-board fault diagnostics system, Static Auxiliary converter system for supplying the 3-phase current to the auxiliary motors, Electronic Speedometer, improved fire detection and alarming system, electronic brake system etc.
The overall system is energy efficient, displays the amount of energy generated and consumed, keeps the loco-pilot on alert with Electronic controlled vigilance system. With the more safety equipments and energy conservation system these locos are taking the railways into new era of effective operation.