WCM Series Part-II

Next loco is WCM 2. It was manufactured by English Electric / Vulcan Foundry. Auxiliaries by Westinghouse (compressor, etc.) and North-Boyce (exhauster).Slightly smaller than the WCM-1, but with normally positioned entrance doors, the these were initially built to run on the 3kV DC sections in the Calcutta area.The RDSO Lucknow modified them to work on 1.5kV DC without loss of power, and they were subsequently moved to the Bombay VT - Poona - Igatpuri area. Built in 1956-57, several were still in service until the 1980s. This locomotive had a top rated speed of 120 kmph!

WCM 2