What a collection ! Falling in love with these gradients of SWR !! 2:30 - Glad to see 11121 in action ! 4:05 - Epic ! This was really insane ! Thank you for sharing such a great video !!
Close of Erode loco shed and almost 90% gone to GOC and New Guwahati shed and also 30% of GOC gone to NGC means that TN will be bereft of D locos altogether in 80% with only Virudhunagar Tenkasi Punalur and Tiruvarur Karaikudi and Tiruchi Rameswaram lines in non electrified section. GOC, Erode, KRpuram and Ernakulam are paradise of Alco mosters and will be history from 1 1 2021 as it seems. Still Tondiarpet has few of them but will be closed to give E locos since Villupuram mayiladuthurai Tiruchi now electrified alongwith Thanjavur Tiruvarur Karaikal also finished on 30 6 2020. The Case of Bangalore diesel Alco monsters future ended with electrification of Gooty Bangalore and Bangalore Mysore line in 2016 2017 and now even Hubli Gadag Guntakkal line also fully completed and Hubli Londa Pune line is also under electrification process with 60% already completed. The dream Maula Aly twins, cream Guntakkal twins and sheen Pune alco twins are going to be part of history once Solapur Bigwan in Mumbai Guntakkal section is completed and under fast process of doubling and electrification. Even Electrification invaded Konkan railway also with Mangalore to Mandgaon already finished and fast paced electrification between Madgaon and Panvel Road is under progress. We after corona lock down surely will be in bitter frustration in missing WDM, WDP all 3 series and even WDG/P4 series are also fast trasferred to special dedicated Goods corridor.It is not surprise even WAG5 series also will meet same fate and WAG7s transfer to Goods corridor. Jai hind.
Pick my comment.. None of the Alco's are Refitted.. ALCO loco's life ends 10-15 yrs of there refitt.. there are true possibility of replacing them but shown locomotives are just 12-16 yrs old since none is refitted in them.. refitted loco's are written with example-12315R3A
These AlCOs SHOULD be REPLACED by electric ASAP!! They cause a lot of pollution by burning diesel. Moreover electric locos are more efficient, powerful, fast and cause the LEAST/ NO pollution. examples are WAGs for goods and P5 and P7 for passenger !! i do agree that ALCOs looked amazing and were efficient in regions where the electric locos couldn't go such as ghats, mountains. But diesel costs more than electric.
Im surprised that with new available electronic fuel controls and variable turbo features that can be retro-fit on ALCo's to make better emissions, lower fuel consumption, that IR has not done more of it. There would be less smoke and pull just as hard as any newer 3500hp GE engine that has little smoke. You think the lower fuel consumption saved over time would overcome the price of retro-fit these old iron and be much cheaper than buying new GE Locos from America.
I think alcos just weren't cutting it, infact they've done a lot of upgrades on them, that's why you see so many different types of alcos on IR. Even the ones you've mentioned. But their growing old, and you can't keep them forever. So it is a good decision in my view. As for buying new locos, those are goods locos to probably replace the old WDG4 and alco diesel locos, (which are actually quite in abundance). But it's also confusing considering the fact that they also want to electrify the network completely. So it depends on whether it's a good thing or not. We'll just have to wait and watch.
@@TheRailzone That is true and confusing. The WDM 3A was built with a special fuel injection system and a throttle governor which would reduce the black smoke during intense acceleration. Also, Indian Railways uses high speed diesel, the same as used in road cars (even though it is expensive), so fuel is also not the contributor. I believe that the black smoke comes due to worn out engine parts like worn out turbo bearings (this allows lubrication oil particles to flow into the intakes, leading to incomplete combustion and black smoke) or worn out piston rings.
@@trainfanner47 The only reason why ALCOs are still being used on mainline duties (singles or in pairs) is because EMDs are expensive to manufacture and a blanket replacement is not possible. The expense of EMD was what prompted DLW to try and bring some EMD features into ALCO locomotives. So as newer locomotives (EMD and GE) come into use, the ALCOs at the end of their life would be shelved and scrapped. They did have a great run. They were the main workhorse of IR, and ran for much longer and many more generations than was expected. Coming to the old WDG 4 locos, Indian Railways is planning to use the traction motors and inverter equipment coupled to the pantograph and transformer of the WAG 9 to make the WAG 11. Essentially, when the electrification is completed, the Diesel Generators of the EMDs will be decommissioned, while the electrics (motors and inverters) will be recycled into the new electric locomotives.
@@prabhatsourya3883 No, the reason ALCOs are being used is because according to IR rules, locos must be run for atleast half their codal life before scrapping or decommissioning. ALCOs were being produced until 2016, and EMDs till 2019. So Alcos will run till 2030. EMDs will ply till 2035-37. But some will remain as backup incase of emergency. These may comprise of dual traction locos (WDAP series) if things go to plan. EMD production stopped once the 100% electrification movement started. Else they would have completely replaced ALCOs. The conversion plan is actually quite interesting. They have started, stopped and once again started the project. So there is no definite plan to reuse ALCO shells and parts for electric locos.
