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01-02-2019
What kinds of bogies (trucks) are used by IR’s locomotives?
June 20, 2019

For mainline BG locomotives, there were, until the 1980s, two main alternatives. The venerable WDM-2 which existed (exists) in vast numbers, along with the WDS-6, WAM-4, WAG-5, and some of the WCAM-1/2 locos used an Alco design asymmetric trimount (Co-Co) cast bogie design. Most other mainline BG locos used some variant of the GM-EMD 'Flexicoil'

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LOCOMOTIVES/General Information
June 20, 2019

LOCOMOTIVES/General Information WHAT DO THE DESIGNATIONS SUCH AS ‘WDM-2’ MEAN? WHAT IS THE HISTORY OF THE CLASSIFICATION SCHEMES FOR LOCOS? WHERE WERE/ARE LOCOMOTIVES USED IN INDIA MANUFACTURED? WHICH WERE THE EARLIEST DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES IN THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT? WHICH WERE THE EARLIEST ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVES IN INDIA? OTHER THAN

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What does ‘Static Converter Fitted’ or similar annotation mean on a locomotive?
June 20, 2019

Locos traditionally had a rotary converter (of Arno make) to generate 3-phase AC on board to power auxiliary equipment such as traction motor blowers, compressors, exhausters, etc. Starting in the 1980s static converters using solid-state circuitry to generate 3-phase AC on board have been used instead of the Arno converter, driving up efficiency

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What does ‘microprocessor control’ for a locomotive mean?
June 20, 2019

'Microprocessor control' can mean a few different things. A few of the newer electric locomotive models such as the WAP-5 or WAG-9 with complex 3-phase AC drives have circuitry and equipment controlled by microprocessors. In these, the microprocessor or computerized control is an integral part of the locomotives' design. Some of the newer diesel

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How are locomotives ‘run in’ to prepare them for service?
June 20, 2019

New locomotives are run in for a period of time after being commissioned from the factory in order to shake out any possible initial manufacturing defects and for all the components to settle into normal wear and usage patterns. In order to give the loco a reasonable load and much starting and stopping opportunities, usually the new loco is run in

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Which were the earliest electric locomotives in India?
June 20, 2019

Which were the earliest electric locomotives in India? Two MG electric locos using overhead electrification were supplied to the Mysore Gold Fields in 1910 by Bagnalls of Stafford. Electrical equipment for these was supplied by Siemens. Electrically operated rail trolleys (patented by T A White, an EIR engineer, and hence known as White's

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