#trains

The WAM-4 is an Indian locomotive. It was developed and built by the Indian manufacturer Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (for short: CLW) and the Research Design and Standards Organization (for short: RDSO) between 1970 and 1983, with 500 units produced. Its name is composed of W for wide gauge, A for alternating current, and M for mixed, indicating that it can be used for both freight and passenger trains, just like the Br 52 and the EMD. Finally, the 4 indicates that it is the 4th generation of the WAM series, similar to the EMD. She served with the Indian Railways for almost fifty years until she was retired between 2005 and 2020; nevertheless, she was one of the most successful Indian locomotives.

Today I’m going to tell you a little more about trains, but not the Br 52 this time. Today it’s about the EMD F series. The EMD F is an American diesel-electric locomotive from General Motors Electro-Motive Division. It was designed as a heavy freight locomotive, but it was also used for passenger trains. A total of 1,807 units were built between 1945 and 1949: 1,111 of type A and 696 of the cabless units of type B.

Today I would like to talk about another vehicle, which is in the background of the game but still exists, namely the steam locomotive Br 52, a heavy German freight locomotive, of which more than 7,000 examples were built between 1942 and 1951 by Henschel & Sohn, Krauss Maffei, and Škoda, among others. They were widespread throughout Europe and in operation in more than 10 countries after the Second World War until today.