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Blog Entry# 1551874
Posted: Jul 27 2015 (19:23)

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Last Response: Aug 04 2015 (21:57)
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Jul 27 2015 (19:23)   12859/Gitanjali Express (PT) | HWH/Howrah Junction (23 PFs) | LGD/WAP-7/30237
 
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On 27 July 15 after Satragachi Aggressively running WAP 7 Pantograph was broken and Engine became dead. @ dasnagar station. Waited for 2 hours for service engineers from Satragachi shed to arrive and ALCO from Howrah station to tow dead WAP 7.
Became real news with ETV BANGLA . ABP ANANDA . AND 24 GHONT arriving at sscene.
which has thrown Bombay Line traffic into dead halt.
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1. Pantograph Broken WAP 7.
2. Maintainence staff from Satragachi Shed to Rescue.
3. ALCO arriving to tow dead WAP 7 to Howrah.
Loco pilot in PIC .
4. AAssistant loco Pilot frantically locking the wheels in position.
Making it to the news.

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Jul 29 2015 (12:17)
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Sir,
One decision is certain. After this incident there is hardly any possibility of further using WAP-7 with Geetanjali, Samarsata etc upto HWH.
This incident throws the future of WAP-7 into darkness in SER for a long time in future. (At least for coming 15 to 20 years).The Opportunity Lost and it's a costly indeed, so media highlights on this issue so, no chance for this High Speed Loco to be allowed with any SER train from HWH.
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only that this incident also play a major role in WAP-7 allotment to SER in it's TATA Shed in future.
SER is a very conservative Zone. I don't think they will again take any chance.
Bad News for all WAP-7 lovers who want to see P7 in SER including myself.
SER has a plethora of Red Beasts, it was a testing of this White Demon so, it is also to be remembered that after AJNI WAP-7 it was the second chance given so if I fail to prove then I will be kicked out, in case of an area which is a "Red Beast Area".
Lastly, if it was a WAP-4 instead of WAP-7 then the situation would have been different and interpretation would have been different from IR as because IR has a plethora of Tap Changer Locos and to these Locos IR is very flexible and supportive but in case of 3 Phasers Flexibility or trust is hardly shown from IR. If you want proof of this statement then go to "Loco Performance" section under E-Locos where you will see that since 2010 IR has huge number of Failures of Tap Changer Locos as compared to these 3 Phasers, in spite of that still Tap Changers rule IR and 3 Phasers have not penetrate so much after 15 years of their entry in our country.
Some glaring instance
Withdrawal of 3 Phaser from SDAH Duronto and giving it HWH WAP-4 permanently, I think 3 Phaser is also withdrawn from HWH RNC Shatabdi and also it has been given HWH WAP-4 permanently.

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