Skipping Karjat - Pragati Exp. (July 1995)

[arpanwcam3]

karjat-khopoli route was diesel earlier.in which yr it was electrified?

[vb642]

@arpanwcam3 I believe that happened sometime in 1997.

[Analghosh100]

@vb642  Thanx sir. Its named "Vintage Shunter crossing Ballygunge" & "Kolkata Docks from Circular Rail. Diff. Shunters at end".

[Analghosh100]

Its an amazing shot. I jst love these S4's. Hav two videos of them myself. Wud be grateful if u see them.

[vb642]

@Analghosh100 I will definitely take a look.

[parthajit72]

lovely!!! Today we all look at the WDS as one of the most diminutive locos but there was a time when they used to haul trains regularly.....

[vb642]

@parthajit72 Very true! And, of course, they used to get featured in Hindi films quite often :-)

[Scrapandjunk]

lovely video sir...ma bro uses dis train lot to travell between pune & mumbai

[vb642]

@Scrapandjunk Thanks! Good to hear that. Doesn't he use DQ?

[hari1983]

those wer d days, sighhhhhh...... wcm, brown livery.... i was in 7th std tht tym :)

[vb642]

@hari1983 Very true...those were the good old days!

[binoyrakesh]

THank you so much for this. Again, I guess very few people those days had hand-held recording devices like you do here. Looks great !

[vb642]

@binoyrakesh That is true - people used to look at me strangely, those days. Some thought I was a news reporter :-)

[jetfighter53]

I presume you have more in your archives

[vb642]

@jetfighter53 Yes.  Will post more soon...

[nileshraste]

nice video! Did you have any video in which WCMx series honking sound?? I love that unique WCMs & its horms. I tried lot but not found anywhere in videos. can you help me??

[vb642]

@nileshraste Do a search on 'wcm5 indrayani'. I have plenty of WCMx footage. Haven't loaded everything yet. Also do a search on 'WCM2 Footplate'.

[sanjayd411]

superb!! what a scenic atmosphere and location.

[vb642]

@sanjayd411 Thanks!

[Arkchat921]

Wonderful video...

[vb642]

@Arkchat921 Thanks!

[tushardeshpande]

Was the Karjat-Khopoli passenger the only train to be ever hauled by WDS4 ?

[vb642]

@tushardeshpande I am wondering if they were used routinely in the Diva-Panvel-Apta section, before electrification.

[nileshraste]

@vb642 hi, I remember many years ago(not confirm but about 1989-1990). i board diva-panvel passanger hauled by WCM which used to leave diva at sometime around 3.00 P.M. and still was speed upto 50-60. before that the passenger used to taken by diesel shunter :)

[vb642]

@nileshraste Ok. Thanks for the info.