Fresh colors

Fresh from overhauling, ARAKKONAM WAP-4 was looking beautiful with the typical lighting streaks of the ARAKKONAM shed

Contrasting colors

Frame was filled with contrasting colors of red loco, creamy yellow carriages, lush green background and sky with white clouds

Climbing gradient

ERODE WAP-4 climbing gradient with 22 carriages Intercity Express on its way to final destination, Thiruvananthapuram Central

RED workhorse

ARAKKONAM WAP-4 shining in morning light as it crosses Paravur lake with Thiruvananthapuram Central bound Intercity Express

At sunrise

ERNAD Express with ARAKKONAM WAP-4 crossing Kaithapuzha lake at the golden hour of sunrise, towards ERNAKULAM Jn

Short train

Short consist of COVID-19 workmen special train for railway employees, crossing Aroor - Kumbalam Bridge on a hazy morning towards ERNAKULAM Jn

Bezawada WAP 4 with Guruvayur Punalur passenger passing through Cheriyanad station

24 years of service

Starting 2021, with an old workhorse of ERODE shed with 24 years of service, powering south bound Jan Shatabdi Express

Crossing backwaters

Ending 2020, with Jan Shatabdi Express crossing Kaithapuzha lake powered by ARAKKONAM WAP-4 on a winter morning

26 years of service

As a reliable electric traction, WAP-4 locomotives have completed 26 years of service in Indian Railways and still going strong

Like a snake

RAPTISAGAR Express powered by ARAKKONAM WAP-4, twisting like a snake, crossing the tracks to join the mainline towards Kollam Jn

River Rapti to Arabian Sea

Raptisagar Express, originating from Gorakhpur where river Rapti flows to Thiruvananthapuram Central surrounded by Arabian Sea

95 stoppages

Dhanbad Jn / Tatanagar - Alappuzha Express powered by ARAKKONAM WAP-4 covering 2535 kms with 95 stoppages arriving Thrissur

Uniformity lost

Last time I spotted this train in Jan, 2020, it had uniform UTKRISHT carriages which eventually got mixed with blue carriages loosing uniformity

High speed pantograph

Seeing first time, BEZAWADA WAP-4 with Schunk WBL 85 High Speed pantograph passing the outskirts of Thrissur with Shalimar Express