EMU Rescue by WDM3D at Hooghly

It was 37232 down Bandel Howrah local which failed at around 9 AM in the morning when it was about to depart Hooghly. Since then, it occupied the reverse track for the next couple of hours until the old horse of Howrah Diesel Shed, WDM-3D, #11296 came from Bandel siding for the rescue. Now-a-days, one ore two diesel locomotives are always available at Bandel for shunting duties. This time the chief foreman directed to bring one of them from Bandel to take the failed EMU rake back to Bandel. Finally it came and rescued the poor EMU. A unique sight for all of us and a memory to cherish forever.
We may go for upgradations and enhancements and technologies wherever applicable, but we need to fall back to the elders to save us from crisis. This is what I realised that moment.
Date : 28th August, 2023
Time : 11:00 AM
Place : Hooghly
Code : HGY

[@gopalshekar986]

Great capture 👍 That occasional kum-kum-kum-kum-kum-kum compressor sound is so devine😊

[@realsimulationworld4745]

I love this Chugging Alco Sound ❤😊😊😊 WDM3A

[@Daydream_Dynamo]

Alco be like: Enough of Shunting Bullshit, Aaj Kuch Toofani Karte hai!!

[@Miganka_De]

Never underestimate Alcos ☠️

[@amittalwar1975]

Thank you so much. Complete video.

[@de2010rht]

You are most welcome

[@NilavoKrishnaDas]

WDM3D - The heroes on Indian tracks.

[@saurajeetchatterjee2049]

Thats why I am always against giving this warhorses to neighbouring nations for free. They are the most effective in newly laid railway routes and when electric fails you.

[@RockJack24]

Yeah they should stop giving it to Bangladesh if they are old instead they should preserve it in India or use it for shunting purpose

[@judefernandez827]

You can never get them back because ALCO is gone forever . Cheers from Australia by way of Chennai .

[@muralidharc782]

ALCOs may be more than 7 decades old and technically not efficient and modern compared to newer locos.But nothing to beat them on reliability and availability on demand.

[@arifsk7x788]

Bqqhvii​@@RockJack24

[@KuntalGhosh]

@@judefernandez827 almost 10 thousand of them were produced and they still have all the tooling to produce few thousand more if the need comes. the alco's in use here were updated with some modern computer control and they can do more if the govt had no active plans to phase all diesel out from mainline.

[@rishipramanick6823]

The moment memu transforms into demu

[@arunabhapaul8656]

It's EMU not MEMU

[@gmeaswaran8490]

15:03 I am seeing for the first time an EMU local train, very very useful for local,urban and semi urban residents, office,school goers halted because of strange failures. I have seen, witnessed,experienced the WAPs failures on the main lines owing to engine failures. Now our INDIAN RAILWAYS have taken a high level policy decision of total electrification of the entire length and breath of our railway lines. They should think of disaster, failures management of WAP/WAG locomotives on the mainlines and highways. Imagine! What will happen to Shatabdi locos and Vandhe Bharath failures on the main lines? You can see number of diesel locos condemned, ready for disposals near K R Puram loco shed near Bangalore city. It is on Bangalore-Jolarpettai line.

[@DistantHorn]

Wow very nice! Some amazing trains.

[@sayansaha9794]

Jedin kharap hoychilo sedin ami oi trainey chilam. Train ta chilo 37230 BDC-HWH local 08.28a.m. ota hooghly te noy chuchura te kharap hoychio

[@soumyajitbasu2242]

But the fact is eta hooghly station

[@sayansaha9794]

Hmm kharap hoychilo HWH diker mukh ta.kono bhabe garitake hooghly porjonto anahoychilo hoyto

[@javwindersingh46]

Manual Alco hits different

[@arunabhapaul8656]

Manual?

[@bazza945]

Come down to the station, reality reality is great, no adverts to interrupt the view..

[@hemantcharvati2932]

Sound very good I fill this suprb Sound 😊😊

[@de2010rht]

Thank you 😋

[@hemantcharvati2932]

Welcome 🙏 🤗

[@trainsimbyvivek]

superb video

[@de2010rht]

Thanks

[@mostlyinterested1016]

One guy working, a dozen standing-by, hands-on-hips. You notice how the EMU doesn't have a coupler? That's strangely "this will work - always".

[@roberthuron9160]

I wondered why,there was no MCB drop coupler,as all the coaching

[@arunabhapaul8656]

The leading motor coach must not have to be installed a coupler & MCB

[@sahidaandfriends]

alco and emd are my favorite

[@AarushSehgal]

❤

[@horstmuller7512]

Looks like it's filmed in the suburbs of London, UK.

[@diptabratabhowmick4818]

Train ta kharap hoye geche

[@sokol1235]

Im cofused are these people a railway workers because In my country every railway worker MUST have a saftey west with the railways logo

[@ach557]

Yes but this is in India... everything goes here....so better not to compare

[@thimyash1140]

Increasestoppegetimeatleasttheeminutes

[@arunabhapaul8656]

Why they took it very slowly like 10-15 Kmph

[@SarojSingha-jq2tg]

😊

[@indranilize]

What happened to the EMU 🥺

[@1146again]

Dream For Suburban RFs😳🦴👀💀💀💀

[@SarojSingha-jq2tg]

😢😢

[@raomsr8576]

Now thos train is LOCO EMU

[@arunsubramanian8162]

Why they couldn't use electric loco for this purpose? All the lines in the Kolkata area are electrified. The station in the video, hooghly, has electric traction.

[@de2010rht]

@arunsubramanian8162 The next station is Bandel junction which usually possess a couple of diesel loco for shunting at its yard. That's why the chief foreman supervising the incident ordered to bring one such loco for the rescue operation.

[@arunabhapaul8656]

Locomotive availability

[@SANJUKUMAR-id7ne]

Diesel alco hi kam aaya h jab bhi railways problem me aya h

[@HR.ASHOOK]

Ami sunechi je ekta emu hoogly na dariye chuchra chole gechilo pore aabar return back kore esechilo

[@de2010rht]

Eta sei ghotona noy.

[@karabimandal6166]

Thik e sunechile. Burdwan local chilo. Ar loco pilot k chakuri theke borkhasto kora hoeche

[@user-yy3wu6cj1e]

In diesel locomotives ko firi se saba jile me chalana chahiye kyuki a gadi sabaki pasanda locomotive he

[@arunabhapaul8656]

Pasand hone se kuch nehi hota

[@HR.ASHOOK]

Emu ta besh lamba chilo eta total koto kamra mane boggie chilo, eta koto tarikher ghotona

[@de2010rht]

28th August, 2023.

[@arunabhapaul8656]

12 coaches

[@SuperBrotin]

বর্তমান এ ই এম উ এর এই পুরানো রেক গুলো কেন রেল বাতিল করছে না। যেখানে আই সি এফ ই এম উ রেক গুলো এতো ভালো পারফর্ম করছে।

[@arunabhapaul8656]

Old manei ki sob ek dine batil kore debe??? Ei old guloi sob theke best perform kore jeta common persons ra bujhte pare na. Era akhono onek years service debe

[@ankitvyas1379]

Isme ek chij samaj ni kuch log emu k loco civil dress phen k chale gaye kya vo railway k adhikari thee ya nhi

[@arunabhapaul8656]

Because they were sent for emergency, may be some of them came from off schedule of their duty

[@Tmcalaser]

Tikiapara station hai 😂

[@abcdff123]

Tikiapara not Tikarpara

[@de2010rht]

It's Hooghly station.

[@abcdff123]

@@de2010rht ooo

[@arunabhapaul8656]

Nope

[@abhrabiswas1025]

Train tar ki holo

[@de2010rht]

Acceleration throttle was not working

[@mistercool8376]

malaria😅

[@aryamukherjee434]

matha ghure gachilo.....engine ta ese saridon ar paracetemol die gelo.

[@dpmc7285]

Why did they not lower the EMU's panto?

[@riyantkhalap7327]

To keep the fan and lights on

[@arunabhapaul8656]

​@@riyantkhalap7327LOL there is no one inside of it. They actually kept pantograph up because they already shutdown Dis-Junctioner

[@akhilllllllllll384]

Aaj Tera bhaii emu chalayega ye le alco se 💀🗿

[@JuliaBrame-e2l]

Walker Angela Johnson Frank Hernandez Brian

[@Uktichavada]

Fd

[@arjun_prajapat999]

❤