रेलवे के पास है कोहरे की काट, तकनीक के साथ काम आएगा ये देसी नुस्खा

19-11-2020

रेलवे समय के साथ हाईटेक हो गया है। मगर, कोहरे से निपटने के लिए रेलवे को अभी भी सालों पुराने 'नुस्खे' पर भरोसा है। कोहरे में अब भी चूना सबसे कारगर है। इस पर लोको पायलट को भी सबसे ज्यादा विश्वास है। इस कारण सर्दी शुरू होते ही चूना मार्किंग का काम शुरू हो जाता है। रेल प्रशासन

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What do the notations such as ‘2-4-2’ mean? Traditionally, steam locomotives have been classified by their wheel arrangements. The system most widely used was the Whyte system. In this, the loco's leading non-powered wheels, the (usually coupled) driving wheels, and the trailing non-powered wheels are indicated separately. Indian practice

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What is bio-diesel? What are bio-diesel locomotives?
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What is bio-diesel? What are bio-diesel locomotives? Biodiesel is the name given to various fuels or diesel fuel mixtures that incorporate varying amounts of oils derived from plants. While in western countries interest has centred on soybean oil and other crops' oils for use in diesel engines, in India, local plants such as 'Ratanjyothi'

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What about other articulated locomotives?
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What about other articulated locomotives? Other than the Garratts mentioned above a few articulated locos were used in India. Perhaps the best known are the WCG-1 (EF/1) 1.5kV DC locos ('Crocodile') and the NDM-1 dual-engined diesel loco for the Neral-Matheran hill run. The bonnets of both these types of locos were able to swivel around. Other

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Were Garratts used in India?
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Were Garratts used in India? Yes. Bengal Assam Railway had 2-6-2+2-6-2 Meter Gauge Garrats made by Beyer Peacock & Co. Manchester, the same maker of the earlier Garrats in Burma. A B/W picture of Garrats from Bengal Assam Railway appears on page 19 of Indian Locomotives, Part 2 (Meter Gauge) by Hugh Hughes. There were also a few 4-8-2+2-8-4

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Which locos are the rarest ones on IR? The situation is changing all the time with many old locos reaching the end of their useful lives. The list below shows the loco classes that can be considered as being really rare on the IR network . YAM-1 : Only at Tambaram (SR), decommissioned and probably scrapped by now but were occasionally used for

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Where can I find pictures of various kinds of locomotives?
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Where can I find pictures of various kinds of locomotives? Two other good places to start are the loco picture pages at the Indian Train Gallery and RailInIndia. See S Shankar's IR pages for dozens of links and pages on different kinds of locomotives with pictures. ये भी पढ़े - इंडिया की इन खतरनाक

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