A Closer Look at the WCM2 loco (July 1995)
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- After the loco got attached to the rake of the Bombay-Kanyakumari Exp., I jumped into the cab. The driver patiently explained the various controls. A memorable journey was about to begin...
The iconic diamond shaped panto leaves us (21st) century kids fascinated! You are are lucky to have your childhood era! Thanks to you sir!
Yes.
I'm 66 years old now and recollect this loco WCM2 20181 when it was brand new black in colour with a red stripe running along the side on Eastern Railway and operated between Howrah and Burdwan DC traction. My Father then an '' A ' grade Mail driver was the first to drive this loco when it was imported to India and was inaugurated by our then honourable Prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru , the year was 1957.
Fascinating! What an honor to be the son of someone who drove this loco for the first time. I would love to hear more about your father's experiences, and yours as well :-) So, was this loco converted to run on 1500v DC for the routes in and around Bombay?
As far as I remember this loco was running on 1500 volts DC.
That was between Howrah and Burdwan.
Howrah to Burdwan used to be 3000v DC before being converted to 15kv AC. So, the loco must have run on 3000v DC in the beginning.
Mani Vijay I was too young a kid to know the difference in voltages, I was probably too excited to see my hero of a Dad at the helm of driving a beautiful loco with so many passengers in his responsible hands.
During my childhood use to feel WCM engines as dog face...and was also scared due to its loud horn....
But these golden 90's train memories shared by you Mani Sir...Are pure happiness....
Thank you so much for uploading and being a true Rail Fan....👌👌😃
Very glad you enjoyed the video. Please stay safe!
If i recall, when i was kid, saw this loco connected to udhyan express mumbai-bangalore. I used say to my uncle, tum wo mote wale engine train me aaye, woh bahut fast bhagta hai :)
+Fan Mote Wale engine :-)
mote wale 😂😂
hahahha,,,, it always reminded an elephant to me..I used to call this engine design as jumbo.
Vivek श्रीधरन then an emd gt 46 pac (wdp 4) used to haul the train the rest of the journey to bangalore... now i think the train is hauled by an electric loco all the way now because they electrified the line here.
Mani Vijay sir aapne yeh kaise shoot kiye the aur yeh kaunsa station hai
WCM 2
W= brod gauge
C= DC ( this one runs on DC overhead line)
M= mixed .(can be used for both goods and passenger service)
2= 2nd generation
True!
Thats what we are looking for 😂
I remember those days in 90s when I used to visit my relatives in Kurla and we used to stay nearby the railway line. In the evenings we used to go sit beside the tracks to watch all the evening trains and fast locals. At that time there were only wcm locos. And since Electric locos were only in Mumbai region, i used to cherish it. Loved these locos a lot and when wcam3 came as replacement it was a disappointment..
Thanks for sharing some nostalgic memories.
I used to watch on of those engine pulling out from the Parsik Tunnel at Mumbra. I think it was the Deccan Express and I was mesmerised by its giant and majestic appearance. Unfortunately, the old days won't come back.......
True, all gone!
The WCM class locos kind of had a regal look about it...:D , why can't they adopt the chassis design now going forward?
They were all British-based design. Now IR has its own fleet for AC traction.
Simple....It is aerodynamics! Curved Bodies have more drag!
These wcm loco were pride of Bombay VT station and central railway.i still remember as kid my journey without these loco were incomplete. I use to pray to god kindly attach wcm loco till Igatpuri
@@ArjunChatterjeeIN I think it would impact visibility as well. That huge nose sticking flatly forward would limit the field of view of the locopilot, compared to the flat front locos used now a days.
@@prabhatsourya3883 You absolutely right
I guess in late 90s the tamilnadu express was running with this engine . I still remember in the Chennai Central when I looked up to this engine.. it was so monstrous in appearance with a " Don't come Near me" kind of look 🤣🤣🤣. As a kid i was much scared to even see it closer ...my dad once said that it looks like an alligator with monstrous power that runs to Delhi much much much faster than anyother. I guess it almost matched the speed of rajadhani and top speed of 110-120kmph in that period is definitely not a joke, gentlemen 🙏🏽 🇮🇳
bachpan ki yaad aa gai . jab ye mumbai main Victoria Terminus main khada hota tha. tab iski vo awaz se darr lagta tha mujhe .. kya shandar awaz thi bahot din bad suni ... thank for video
Dhanyavaad!
I first saw this loco in 1993 with a blue-white livery fully Airconditioned rake, can't forget the LP of that loco, a fair guy neatly dressed gentleman like a Aeroplane pilot. On that trip also saw a high speed action of this loco at UlhasNagar.
I personally called it as Mumbai Bullet train engine.
The blue-white fully Air Conditioned rake could have been the Pune Shatabdi. But it was introduced only in 1995, so I am wondering myself.
May be that loco was WCM-5 in Shatabdi livery..
All I want to say is thank you so much for showing my childhood favourite engine as a kid inside me big hugs for you
Wow.... Childhood memories getting refreshed. Just before watching this video I was watching today's local train cockpit and the new Train 18 cockpit. Technology progressed so much, at least the design. And still these WCM videos keeps mesmerising me because I have been a part of it and have seen it being taken over by the new ones. Thankyou so much for uploading. Thankyou so much Mr. Mani. Keep uploading many more. You have one more new subscriber now.
Thanks so much! Am very happy you enjoyed the video :-)
this is gold vedio bcz us time har kisi k.pas mbl nahi hota ..hota bhi tha without camera..tab ki time aisi vedio bana bedio.camera le jake...bhot bari baat hai...wow amazing
Thanks!
What a soothing horn! One might assume that trespassers would just stand on the track to hear them!
Thank u so much for uploading this video when i traveled to nasik from Kalyan in Deccan Queen this engine was it's recognition it's truly amazing to it once again.
Deccan Queen doesn't go to Nasik. Perhaps you meant Panchavati?
0:27 what a lovely horn 😍
The bestest till date.no harm to loco man on collision chances.super efficient engine and pick up.
Mile sur mera tumhara me yeh engine dikhai deta hai this engine is memory of our chidhood time.!
Even i first saw this loco. in SRK's film "kabhi haan kabhi naa" and at that time i was too small to be called a RF.Really a great loco. in IR History,should be preserved in some rail museum so that the budding rf's can know how imp. this loco was in past.
Interesting two-tone horn, reminiscent of the UK electrics (all UK locos to be exact).
EDIT: Upon closer look I see that this was a product of English Electric, the other electric loco produced by them was the UK's Class 83, which had rectifier problems and was withdrawn in the 80's. Good to see their exports have more longevity!
Yes, these English Electric locos served us very well throughout the years.
Wow! I have never seen this loco. Such a beauty. I thought these were de-commissioned around the 1970's. Thanks for making the video!
That is a great capture, Mani. Love(d) those locos. Thanks!
That was favourite ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ locomotive the retro design was just awesome 🤩⚡️
Hell I was not even born then! glad to see such rare footages. You earned a subscriber today
Welcome aboard! Hoping that you will enjoy many more vintage videos in my channel 🙂.
@@ManiVijay The more fascinating fact is that you had a handy cam that too of decent quality in 1992! My father graduated college in 1992 and was searching for his job and for that he travelled pan India because of Gov recruitment exams. Sadly he did not had a camera then as it was a rarity.
I showed your videos to him and he fell into deep sweet nostalgia. Thank you!
@@the_indian_guywho_codes1473 I was fortunate to have started working in US by then. Still it was expensive - around $1000.
@@ManiVijay Nice to hear
Great & awesome video as always....True rail therapy...I like IT!!!! Thumbs UP from Romania
Thank you very much!
Wow sir, efforts you have taken when there were no mobile don't have words to appreciate 🙏
You are welcome!
Thanks mano Vijay foe this timeless video
Mai chota thha to,,,,mere maata pitaa ke saath,,pune se ghorawadi jataa thha,,tab yahi aise hi rel thhi,,,,mere bachpan ki yaad aai,,,,thanks thanks great great great great great great great great video thanks
Really Appreciable work by the Loco Pilot.. Bowed to his Work..
what a vintage beauty. Cant believe it served till as late as 95. I dont remember seeing this engine anywhere in South
Thanks! This loco only ran in the DC electrified sections in and around Bombay.
Thanks for uploading this video...Loved to see these old video of yours ...
Glad you enjoyed.
These WCMs are real classics. There were also several black WCMs back when I was a kid. These white and blue painted ones were used for some prestigious trains.
It actually runs fast. I was a kid when I boarded some train hauled by this from Kalyan to VT. We were coming from Goa.
True.
wowwww!! MV, you definitely have great treasures in your library!! Thanks a lot of this wonderful treat!! i wish we had a 'window-view' also... probably you must have captured in another video... Great to see these gentle monsters....
I saw this train in "Thomas and his friends".
Really?
He's still living in his childhood....!
Nice shot. You are a lucky guy to get this chance of a extra explanation of the loco!
I do feel lucky :-)
What a superb horn....Salute these WCM2'S. Thanks for uploading sir...
I like this loco very much. I was 6 years old in 1995.that time i see this loco closer look at kalyaan station and many times at vasai road and karjat station.now i am miss this type of locomotive.i have no experience about this locomotives speed!
The company that made this locomotive engine is the same that made Lightning military aircraft... The Canberra also if I'm not mistaken.
I had two railway fanning ambitions: 1) To footplate on this locomotive uptill Igatpuri, 2) Being a philatelist, get a postage stamp issued on this locomotive.. I know my first wish cant be fufilled but I hope someone can fufill my 2nd wish by issuing a postage stamp on this locomotive.. it is my fav loco & only WCG-2, gets remotely close in comparison.. WAP's & WAG's might have the power but the WCM's had sheer class and dignity. just look at their beauty. I could spend a lifetime admiring them
The training on Central Railway for my dad and his colleagues in 1956 was on the WCP class locos which were used for hauling trains between Bombay and Poona, based at Kalyan.
OK, thanks for the info.
Very informative! Loved the horn buttons which look like 'levers' :D
Sir, your videos are always mesmerizing!
Thanks a lot for your kind words!
She was 1 hell of a Loco!!!!!!
I just Love her!!!!!!!
Just seen her passin by when i was a kid but never have traveled in a train hauled by 1 though!!!
it's really nice to see this kind of old videos, I am also very keen fan of railways tnx.
Perhaps the most aerodynamic.
As far as I can recollect before these locos came to Eastern Railway. My father and a team of his colleagues were on deputation to Central Railway for some sort of orientation or training the year was 1956 and we as a family were put up with a railway family Garrett if I'm not mistaken, who was also a Central Railway driver at the Kalyan railway quarters from where we would wave out to Dad with his train hauled by the type of DC loco now seen at the NRM Delhi.( I might have to check out the type and confirm ) we also attended school during our stay and returned a year later to our railway quarters at Howrah. The Statesman newspaper Calcutta edition, I recall had published headlines with sprawling photographs of our honourable Prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru at Howrah station dedicating the first batch of WCM locos to our nation. As I recollect those memorable years I will be very obliged to share the same with you.
Thanks for sharing these precious memories. Please feel free to share more.
I wish I had the photographs of those memorable years to share with you. Tears came to my eyes seeing this video of the WCM 20181. I last had a glimpse of it in the movie Salam Bombay entering the platform at VT.
Memories always fill our heart. Am I am happy this video touched you in some way.
Mr. Mani Vijay I am overwhelmed seeing these videos over and over again. Please post some more of the WCM era.
I will definitely be posting more from the DC era. In the meantime, you can see more of my DC videos in my extinct locos playlist - th-cam.com/play/PLC1E2402AACBC4C30.html
The English Electric Company Ltd . London has left it's mark on Indian soil.
True.
These are DC traction locos imported initally from UK. I once saw the name plate of the loco in the late 80s, below written "English Electic Company, London. Year of manfacture 1954". Later their replicates were built by CLW in the 1960s and named them as "Lokmanya". These loco mainly operated on either the Mumbai - Pune or the Mumbai - Igatpuri route.
Thanks for the info.
Stic pens!! Miss them a lot!
LP Mr Anthony Rodriguez can be heard saying ' the Loco has one door in the middle.' That's the WCM 1 he's mistaken for on this WCM 2.
Yes.
Diamond type panto great to see...!
Another nostalgic video,,,and the pen used by the LP was one we 'd in school those days as a red pen for drawing lines....
Oh, I see.
:)
I have only seen a wcm1 in chennai and a shatabdi liveried WCAM3 in lonavala..... And also got into a WCAM3 cab in 12TH standard in LTT.... that's it dude.... U too lucky..... I was very small when these DC hunks were running
I agree! Their work is commendable.
Those Pantographs
These were legendary machines.....
Very true!
It is observed that this WCM2 engines are not in service of Indian Railway. This engines were having good looking appearance than present electric engines. Thanks.
This is an English Electric legend. Named BlueBird. Few were made for Iraqi Railways and Australian Rail as well.
Happy New Year...I don't know if I ever commented on this video....in 1998,I had the good fortune of checking out a WCM 2 electric at V.T.(CSTM )....it arrived with Bombay Mail....I found that for a DC locomotive it had certain advanced features like battery back up,push button pantograph operation and more...twelve of these engines arrived from English Electric, c.1958-61 as EM2 Class engines to work initially on Eastern Railway's Howrah-Burdwan route,electrified that time to 3000 Volts DC,but by 1967, this system was substituted with 25 kV AC 50 Hz and that remains till date...under supervision from RDSO the 12 EM2s were re-wired for CR's 1500 Volts DC supply and sent over to Bombay Region as WCM 2 Class.
Very useful information - thanks for sharing!
Very correct
TIGERSABU
Anirban Das Gupta may be right about the conversion from 3000 volts to 1500 volts DC.
Wow, my father told me about this loco when he travelled and now I also saw it 😊😊
All gone now!
Thats Golden Era!!
Gr8 video Sir!!
Thanks!
Thanx.... Btw couldn't blve u actually gt into it..... I saw this in 1997 bt at dat tym I was js too small..... I saw a wcm1 in chennai wich was bought Der for chennai rail museum
@vb642 The LP seems to be quite friendly. Very Nicely explained by him..
I miss that locomotive
WCM2s are preserved in kalyan.....even a rare yellow color WCG1 is also there along with olive green color WCG2,yellow-red colored WCAM1,shatabdi liveried WCAM3 and lots of historical preserves
Very nice capture...
@tandelbaba It was really great to see them hauling trains such as DQ.
Footplated many a times on these locos. Lovely memories. Sad that they are all gone.
It is truly great to hear from you, Viraf. Remember me, I am Vijay Balasubramanian - we had met during the annual MRSP meeting in 1995 and you sent me cut-outs as well. How are you doing? Are you on Facebook? I am in touch with ISA on Facebook.
This footplate happened because of ISA only. He knew the LP, so I was able to get a memorable ride :-)
Absolutely Majestic locomotives!
@TwertonWriter Thanks! I do know that the WCM5 is preserved in NRM, Delhi. Not sure about the WCM2, though.
WCAM1 and WAM4 are my favorite locos.
WAM4 my Favourite.
@farhaans You are most welcome!
Melodious horn!!! Mani sir can you upload a video with this loco honking for some duration?
Which year WCAM 2 elephant head like loco stopped running whether in 1996 or 1997? What was the speedameter highest speed? (160 Kms?)
Hi Mani, how did you manage to get inside the locos so easily and have the Loco-pilots agree to talk to you. I am 36 now but have always been a childish railway fanatic! When I was 35 I stood near an engine at Chennai egmore asking few questions about the engine. I was shooed away disrespectfully and told it was none of my business 😂😞. I was and am still and will always remain curious about all things with Indian railways! Wish I get an opportunity to see the inside of a loco in motion or even at rest.
At that time, a good railfan friend of mine used to personally know many of the LPs in Bombay division. What's happening nowadays is many of the immature railfans are pestering the LPs no end with posting too much stuff on social media and revealing too much (from what I have heard). This is making life tough for others who want to establish good relations with the LP and staff.
even i use to see this kind of loco at the time of school age... when they use to come to BSR to pickup pune or south bound train
This engine look used to scare a lot in our childhood.
I used to see this loco quite often during my school days, traveling from Nasik. I still recall seeing the name plate.. English Electric 1956, Vulcan foundries ..
All gone. Now there is no trace of DC in Mumbai.
Rahul. unfortunate to inform that the WCM2 has been moved out from KYN. :( just 1 WCG2 and WCG1 are kept there (Cant even say that they are preserved) i got a chance to peep into KYN electric shed few days back. have uploaded the pics on flikr. u can have a glimpse of it. i even doubt that they might even scrap the last WCG2 left there.
Many thanks for your feedback :-)
fantastic video man
I miss this loco even diesel
i sjt cant belive....it WCM2..it rockz !
Travelling is very much enjoyable
Sir, can you tell me how you entered the loco pilot cabin, they used to allow in those times or that they agreed if told for media and press purposes ?
Abhi kll0Ram x
In which year you are watching this Iconic Video and my comment?
It's 2022 .
@farhaans Yes, very friendly! And very respected among CR Mumbai staff!
Thanks for this In 1995 people were like handycam ? what the hell is handycam ? :P so thanks very much for this rare vid
I first saw this loco in 1990 in Kurla terminal. Nostalgic back then
All gone :-(
Old is gold
Miss you
Those good old days.
Great sir ❤️
Thanks!
@mindwalk991 Thanks! One more loaded, others coming up soon :-)
I remember those black WCMs with a red band running across, right?
Brilliant...!!!!
Thanks!
Mani Sir, please post the other parts as well One amazing capture!
@pkumar21 Thanks, Kumar! Be sure to check out my next video in this series for a window-view.
I travelled by locomotive from Mumbai to Bangalore enjoyed
WHAT'S THAT STEERING WHEEL TYPE SOMETHING IN THE CABIN?