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What sorts of lights do locomotives display?

20-06-2019

What sorts of lights do locomotives display? Headlight — All IR locomotives have headlights. Usually this is a single centrally mounted light near roof level at each end, although some locos have it at mid-level. Some of the newer locos feature twin-beam headlight fixtures. The headlights can be dimmed if needed. Steam locos had their headlights mounted in various positions; either with an bracket mounting on top of the smokebox, or sometimes in the centre of the smokebox face, or mounted just above the buffer beam. ये भी पढ़े - इस वक्त पीएं हल्दी वाला दूध, होगा फायदा ही फायदा Flasher — All

Why is the neutral section provided with a dummy (neutral or electrically dead) cable? Why can’t it be a real gap?

June 22, 2019

Pantographs of electric locomotives have a spring mechanism or compressed-air assembly that keeps the pantograph pushing up against the contact wire with a certain specific pressure. If the neutral section were not wired and the contact wire simply ceased to exist, then then possibility exists that if the driver has not dropped the pantographs at

Where can I see some preserved coaches, wagons, and other rolling stock?

June 22, 2019

The National Railway Museum has the following: Broad gauge Oudh and Rohilkund Railway Saloon of 1890 4 wheel saloon Oudh and Rohilkund Railway Covered wagon 148 Central Workshops Alambagh, Lucknow 1879 Gaekwar's Baroda State Railway Saloon Parel workshops of BBCI 1886 MSMR 6 wheel Saloon built by Southern Railway at Perambur EIR Sheep wagon

What are the common configurations of IR coaches?

June 22, 2019

The BG 3-tier sleeper coach is very common, and provides accommodation for 72 persons. Each compartment in it has 6 berths: 3 seats forming a bench on either side of the compartment; these form two bunks, the back-rests of the seats fold out to become bunks at night, and lastly, there are two bunks further up. Across the aisle from a compartment

How are coaches numbered by IR?

June 22, 2019

Coaches usually have a 4-, 5-, or 6-digit number, where the first two digits denote the year of construction (e.g., 8439 denoting a coach built in 1984, or 92132 denoting a coach built in 1992). In some cases the first two digits may represent the year the coach was transfered to the zonal railway, and sometimes the year represented is the year

How do signals refer to specific lines in the case of diverging and converging routes?

June 21, 2019

Multiple signals may be mounted on a signal assembly (bracket post, signal gantry, etc.) to provide signal indications for diverging routes. The signals from left to right correspond to the diverging routes from left to right. If one of the routes is the main line, the signal for it is usually placed higher than the others (the maximum permissible

What are ‘single-wire’ and ‘double-wire’ signalling?

June 21, 2019

'Single-wire' apparatus, as the name implies, utilizes a single wire or cable connecting the signal lever at the cabin or elsewhere where the signal frame is located, to the actual semaphore mechanism on the signal post. Operating the signal lever to take the signal off causes the transmission wire to be pulled, moving the semaphore arm to the

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