DIESEL Locomotive CHUGS through RURAL INDIA : Indian Railways Video - Catch the beautiful action of an Indian Diesel Locomotive chugging its way through the Indian countryside! WDM3A 16084 belonging to the Tondiarpet (TNP) Diesel Loco Shed hauls the Rameswaram bound 18496 Bhubaneswar - Rameswaram Weekly Express. Subscribe to my Channel for more Train Videos http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=VivekExpress Diesel locomotive is a type of railway locomotive in which the prime mover is a diesel engine. Several types of diesel locomotives have been developed, differing mainly in the means by which mechanical power is conveyed to the driving wheels. By the mid-1950s, with economic recovery from the Second World War, production of diesel locomotives had begun in many countries and the diesel locomotive was on its way to becoming the dominant type of locomotive. It offered greater flexibility and performance than the steam locomotive, as well as substantially lower operating and maintenance costs, other than where electric traction was in use due to policy decisions. Currently, almost all diesel locomotives are diesel-electric, although the diesel-hydraulic type was widely used between the 1950s and 1970s. Diesel locomotives offer significant operating advantages over steam locomotives. They can safely be operated by one person, making them ideal for switching/shunting duties in yards (although for safety reasons many main-line diesel locomotives continue to have 2-man crews: an engineer and a conductor/switchman) and the operating environment is much more attractive, being much quieter, fully weatherproof and without the dirt and heat that is an inevitable part of operating a steam locomotive. Diesel locomotives can be worked in multiple with a single crew controlling multiple locomotives throughout a single train - something not practical with steam locomotives. This brought greater efficiencies to the operator, as individual locomotives could be relatively low-powered for use as a single unit on light duties but marshaled together to provide the power needed on a heavy train still under the control of a single crew. The locomotives of India presently consist of electric and diesel locomotives. Steam locomotives are no longer used in India, except in heritage trains. A locomotive is also called loco or engine. Diesel locomotives are built and maintained in India at the Diesel Locomotive Works (DLW), Varanasi or at the Diesel-Loco Modernisation Works (DMW), Patiala. ALCOs are today a vanishing breed with new EMDs coming in and more lines being electrified. Only two among all ALCO models is in production today. It took 42 years for the Indian Railways to come out with a new diesel locomotive after the WDM2! Even then, the WDM3A was just a reincarnation of the same old ALCO. The 12 cylinder ALCO engine was rebuilt with 16 cylinders to output 3100 hp. These were initially classified WDM2C but later changed to WDM3A (for 3100 hp) as per the new classification scheme. Though there are around 1200 WDM3As today, only some 150 odd were originally built as WDM3As. The rest are WDM2s with their engines rebuilt to output 3100 hp. Rebuilt WDM3As can be identified by a “R” at the end of their Road Number. Some of these have DBRs fitted on their short roof which makes it look like they have a “hoodie” covering their short hood top, a predominantly WDM3D feature. The WDM3A also laid the foundation for the remaining WDM3x series. Most of the “ALCOs” seen today are WDM3x series and not WDM2s. All dimensions of the WDM3A are identical to the WDM2, except for the baldies. Also Watch, Train on Sea! RAMESWARAM PAMBAN BRIDGE!! Dangerous Railway Bridge! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF2zUqV0xCE DIESEL Locomotive Startup - Smoking And Chugging! Indian Railways https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4mw0qW-4gQ Watch more Diesel Locomotive videos, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLFjvWYaZr5pjpVqiCgpsaG_cqdSd38mc Train : 18496 Bhubaneswar - Rameswaram Weekly Express Locomotive : WDM3A 16084 Tondiarpet Diesel Loco Shed, Southern Railway Location : Karunguzhi Town, Madurantakam, Southern Railway DIESEL Locomotive CHUGS through RURAL INDIA : Indian Railways Video https://youtu.be/HkulgtpOXgI

• published: 27 Jun 2015
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