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Description: WCM5: This was the first electric locomotive built in India by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW), first one christened as Lokmanya and dedicated to the Nation on 14th October, 1961. It had Hitachi HS 373-BR (675hp, 700V, 765A, 850 rpm, weight 4500kg) traction motors. 3700HP, Max speed 120kmph, Tractive effort is 31300kg. Road numbers ranged between #20083 and #20103. HGS 26761 is a Heavy Goods Superheated (HGS) class of tender Locomotive manufactured in the year 1920 by W.M. Beardmore Company, England. It has a wheel arrangement of 2-8-0 and has a length over buffers of 18.387 metres. The maximum tractive effort is 15457 kgs and the valve gear is Walschaert's. Maximum spedd 56kmph. Commissioned in 1922 this Locomotive which initially worked on he Oudh and Rohilkhund Railway (0 & RR) and was subsequently transferred to the Eastern railway where it was based for maintenance in the Madhupur Locomotive shed in Bihar and worked trains in the Asansol Division. This Locomotive continued in active service till ' 1985 and was revived again in 1999 and hauled a tourist train between Howrah and Bandel, a distance of approximately 40 kms on 19th September that year. That was the second major steam rehabilitation after the legendary Fairy Queen. Pic taken at Howrah Rail Museum, Howrah, India
Title: Demonical powers of the past, may be fairy-tale demons - Flickr - Dr. Santulan Mahanta
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Author: Santulan Mahanta from Golaghat (GLGT), Guwahati (GHY), Lucknow (LKO), New Delhi (NDLS), INDIA
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