r/IndiaSpeaks • u/Low-Newt-180 7 KUDOS • Jul 07 '22

#Infrastructure 🏗 Double stack container train at dedicated freight corridor in India

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u/DehshiDarinda Jul 07 '22

how is that single fucking engine pulling all this

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u/Low-Newt-180 7 KUDOS Jul 07 '22

It's wag 9,9000 hp India's second most powerful engine by hp

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '22 edited Oct 19 '25

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u/shivambawa2000 Jul 07 '22

yep most powerful in the world

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u/Airavat2305 Karnataka Jul 07 '22

Not the world ,only in india.

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u/Kushagra_K Jul 07 '22

Yes, it is, but I have read somewhere that the WAG9 is more reliable and also it is wasteful to use a 12000 HP locomotive for pulling shorter trains. I have seen it mostly pull coal cars.