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anant_s good work bro.
Why do BHEL manufactured WAG 6 have a different bodyshell?
For the starters that loco is WAG 7 class loco (5,000 HP, HS 15250 DC motored, Co-Coie 6 axle running on 25 kV AC) loco.
As of now WAG 7 is the most manufactured electric loco in the history of IR & the reason behind it is that it is one of the most rugged loco designed entirely by RDSO. As i write this there are about 1,800 locos of this class.
Now your question for body-shell. These locos are manufactured by both CLW and BHEL. after road number 28000 onwards, RDSO revised the body-shell and made it common with shell of another loco WAP 4 (a pure passenger class loco having specifications similar to WAG 7). This was done to save on having 2 different type of inventories for seemingly similar locos. Concurrently a contract was given to BHEL to manufacture WAG 7 locos (road number 24501 to 24700) which were made in aerodynamic shell as shown in above pic.
It would be interesting to note here that CLW will in about 3-4 years from now stop manufacturing convectional tap changing locos and only manufacture IGBT based 3 phase AC locos and BHEL will manufacture tap changer locos.
Here is something interesting you may like
Do we have any plans to manufacture more cooler & better looking Locos
I think they look good, don't they
anyway for the upcoming Dedicated freight Corridor there are plans to manufacture 12,000 HP (Bo-Bo+Bo-Bo, 16 axles twin unit locos) based on
Siemens Eurosprinter or
Bombardier's TRAXX class. they will be a welcome addition, i'm sure.
