The new locomotive has been christened as the WDAP-5. The first such loco of the new class (with road number 71000) has been allotted to Kazipet Loco Shed of South Central Railway in Telangana. Interestingly Kazipet is among the few locations in India which has facility to maintain both Diesel and Electric locos.
Practical usage of this locomotive can be seen in trains going from Secunderabad towards Pune/Mumbai as the section beyond Wadi till Daund is unelectrified. Similarly, trains towards Parli, Aurangabad and Shirdi can run on the electric traction till Vikarabad and then switch over to diesel motive power without change of locomotive, thus saving at least 15 minutes in addition to saving of loco usage, manpower usage and reducing line usage.
This dual traction loco will soon be dispatched from DLW in Varanasi. SCR will test this loco at its Kazipet shed. Both DLW & SCR have to report dispatch, testing & commissioning details to the Railway Board.
India should manufacturer more number of traction locos. This type of locos also help in the kacheguda kurnool bengaluru route
Railways should take up self propelled train coaches having underslung motors as in the case of train 18
Very good loco of IR . Wanting it to be successful and waiting to see more locos manufactured. Useful after complete electrification also just like WCAM 3 KYN . Very useful for trains from sections like SC NED , SC KRNT , BZA MTM NS , SBC TO NORTH VIA UBL , IN Rajastan , In Assam etc .
New sheds like GY , KYN , TKD , HWH , GOC , VTA OR SBI .
I feel it is 3 phase loco ! Can someone confirm regarding its power , max speed , 3 phase or conventional, are new locos being manufactured or not?
And also some saying it it as WDAP 4 . is it WDAP4 OR 5??
This loco best suits for Hyderabad Jaipur Express route via Purna and Akola,
RAIFAN SITE HAVE NO UPGRADATION
diesel locoshed ERNAKAULAM need s eletric locos ,so keala states only one loco shed
WDAP-5 Locomotive will be more productive when deployed in Kokan route