My Last Video of WCG-2 Bankers - 11 coach Intercity Express
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Channel: Rishad Ghiara · 2015 · Autos & Vehicles
Taken in 2009, from a far distance from the train, and without zoom. But there is no mistake in identifying the train as it passes Khandala station. The train is the Mumbai - Pune Intercity Express which had only 11 coaches at that time. The leading loco was a Kalyan WCAM-3 and the bankers were WCG-2. The WCG-2 locomotives (only on Direct Current DC) worked as bankers for many long years. They are also called the heroes of the Bhor Ghat (Karjat - Lonavala). They did a great job of pushing express and goods trains up the ghats. They were finally replaced by pure AC locomotives like WAG-7 and WAG-5 when the Central Railway converted the ghat stretch from DC to AC in 2010. Date of video: 6th September, 2009
