1) The body shell ( & bogies ) of 30005 have just arrived at the ABB factory in Switzerland from its long journey from Australia, it is parked beside its brother (father,mother,sister or cousin) waiting to be picked up for delivery ready for hard work in the Swiss Alps somewhere.
2) On the road transport to the Rhine to be loaded onto a barge for transit to Rotterdam in Holland, then by an Indian cargo vessel to Calcutta.
3)WAP 5 locomotive 30000 Leaving the ABB Tramont factory on its long journey to...
more... Calcutta.
4) The first two Indian locomotives WAP5 30000 & 30001 being tested in the ABB workshop in Switzerland after assembly, the bodies & bogies were made in Australia & fitted out in Switzerland.
5)The first Indian WAP 5 Locos being 11 total were all assembled & tested at the ABB factory in Switzerland, the bodies & bogies were manufactured in Australia, the first 2 were actually flown over in the large Russian transporter, they all then went by sea to Calcutta.
6) The test track at the ABB factory in Switzerland with WAP 5 loco 30000 being moved for the very 1st time.
Pic. By Ron Bannon (Service Engineer, ABB)
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