WAP7 First Time powers DURONTO Express | HWH -YPR | Indian Railways click here
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Catch the extremely rare spotting of the Howrah - Yesvantpur ( HWH - YPR ) Duronto Express hauled by a WAP7 Locomotive. WAP7 is presently the most powerful Passenger Class AC Locomotive of the Indian Railways with a continuous Power output of 6,000 HP and a Top permissible Speed of 140 KPH. This is probably the firs time a WAP7 is hauling this train as the crew that handles the train from Howrah to Kharagpur were not...
more... trained to handle 3 Phase locomotives earlier. The regular link for this train is a conventional WAP4 Locomotive from SRC / Santragachi Electric Shed.
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A special thanks to the Loco Pilot for acknowledging my presence and flashing the head lamps along with hello honks, very few LP's bother to acknowledge the Rail fans.
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Train : 12245 /12446 Howrah - Yesvantpur - Howrah
~ Duronto Express ~
South Eastern Railways , Howrah.
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Location : Banaswadi and Tyakal , Karnataka.
South Western Railways , Bangalore.
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Locomotive : WAP7 30450 LGD / Lallaguda Electric Loco Shed.
South Central Railways , Secunderabad.