Indian Locomotive Class WAG-9
WAG-9 is the name of a type of electric locomotive used in India. Homed mainly at Gomoh, Ajni,Lallaguda,Tughlakabad and Bhilai, it is currently the most powerful locomotive in Indian Railways' fleet. It is very similar to the class WAP-7; The only difference being the gear ratio which makes it suitable for heavy freight operations. In November 1998, CLW started producing these with indigenous components. The first one, 'Navyug' (translated, 'New Era'), was flagged off on Nov. 14. They have ,like the WAP-5 units, GTO thyristor converters and 3-phase asynchronous motors.
Newer versions starting from Wag-9 31248 feature full igbt traction control.
The class is named as Wag-9i
There is a technical variant of this class named WAG-9H.
Read more about Indian Locomotive Class WAG-9: Introduction, Sheds Holding WAG-9s, Technical Specifications
Famous quotes containing the words indian, locomotive and/or class:
“The Indian said a particularly long prayer this Sunday evening, as if to atone for working in the morning.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“I walked on the banks of the tincan banana dock and sat down under the huge shade of a Southern Pacific locomotive to look at the sunset over the box house hills and cry.”
—Allen Ginsberg (b. 1926)
“The traveler to the United States will do well ... to prepare himself for the class-consciousness of the natives. This differs from the already familiar English version in being more extreme and based more firmly on the conviction that the class to which the speaker belongs is inherently superior to all others.”
—John Kenneth Galbraith (b. 1908)