Blog Entry# 2083264
Posted: Dec 07 2016 (15:17)
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Last Response: Dec 27 2016 (21:29)
Built in 1962 by General Motors. This broad-gauge locos were fitted with vacuum brakes, 16-cylinder 2-stroke turbo-supercharged engines, having haulage capacity of 2400 tonnes with Co-Co type wheel arrangement. initially considered as alternative to the WDM2 (ALCO make) & were superior in many ways, but as GM did not agree to do transfer of technology, WDM4s considered as ill-fated locos. Picture taken by Roy at NRM in Sept 2012.
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WDM4 has halted by Howrah Rajdhani, Doon Express, Kashi Vishwanath Express, AC Express (now Poorva Express), Himgiri Express and Ganga Gomati...
more... Express.
This is an EMD. Not ALCO.