24032007 KYN DLS : More miscellaneous pics...

More pics from last year's visit to the Kalyan Diesel Loco Shed.

• The shock absorber springs on the bogie of a WDM2 - notice a set of springs inside the outer set.
  

• Parts of a stripped-down WDM2:
  

• The radiator fan.

• BHEL-manufactured generators

• Cylinder Heads inside the engine
  

• The "bull gear" over the axle of a stripped-down WDM2. The drive turns the gear that ,in turn, turns the axle.
  

• The drive of a stripped-down WDM2:

• The "Sanding Box" of a WDM2. (A Sanding Box holds sand that can be used in case the rails are very slippery; the sand can be released by the press of a button in the cab; the sand comes out of the sand pipe positioned so that the sand falls just ahead of the wheels)
• A CLA (Kurla) WDS4 shunter awaits its duties at the KYN DLS.

• Siblings from the same stable: a WDM2 and a Shakti WDG3A