The Indian locomotive class WCG-2, colloquially called the Howlers by railfans because of their very noisy blowers, is a class of 1.5 kV DC electric goods locomotives developed in the late 1960s by the Research Design and Standards Organisation and Chittaranjan Locomotive Works for Indian Railways. The name reads broad gauge (W), direct current (C), goods traffic (G), second generation (2). The locomotives entered service in February 1971, and the article reports 57 built at the Chittaranjan works, the most numerous class of DC electric locomotive. They were known for passenger and banking duties on the Bhor and Thull ghats, but once the Central Railway converted to 25 kV AC they were withdrawn from mainline duties, and two were preserved.
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is a class of 1.5 kV DC electric locomotives that was developed in the late 1960s by Research Design and Standards Organisation (RDSO) and Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) for Indian Railways
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is a class of 1.5 kV DC electric locomotives that was developed in the late 1960s by Research Design and Standards Organisation (RDSO) and Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) for Indian Railways
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is a class of 1.5 kV DC electric locomotives that was developed in the late 1960s by Research Design and Standards Organisation (RDSO) and Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) for Indian Railways
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is a class of 1.5 kV DC electric locomotives that was developed in the late 1960s by Research Design and Standards Organisation (RDSO) and Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) for Indian Railways
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They entered service in February 1971
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A total of 57 WCG-2 were built at CLW between 1978 and 1983
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the WCG-2 locomotives were withdrawn from mainline duties, with two of the locomotives being preserved
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is a class of 1.5 kV DC electric locomotives that was developed in the late 1960s by Research Design and Standards Organisation (RDSO) and Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) for Indian Railways
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is a class of 1.5 kV DC electric locomotives that was developed in the late 1960s by Research Design and Standards Organisation (RDSO) and Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) for Indian Railways
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is a class of 1.5 kV DC electric locomotives that was developed in the late 1960s by Research Design and Standards Organisation (RDSO) and Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) for Indian Railways
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is a class of 1.5 kV DC electric locomotives that was developed in the late 1960s by Research Design and Standards Organisation (RDSO) and Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) for Indian Railways
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is a class of 1.5 kV DC electric locomotives that was developed in the late 1960s by Research Design and Standards Organisation (RDSO) and Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) for Indian Railways
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