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17-01-2021
Alert loco pilot notices rail fracture, averts mishap in Maharashtra’s Thane
January 6, 2020

The incident took place around 9.45 a.m. between Khadawali and Titwala stations, located about 60 km from Mumbai An alert loco pilot averted a possible accident when he applied emergency brakes to stop the Rajendra Nagar-Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express after noticing a rail fracture in Maharashtra’s Thane district on January 5 morning, a

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Training modules of LP,ALP & CLI (Elect.) refresher course and ALP conversion (Dsl. to Elect.)
August 9, 2019

Training modules of LP,ALP & CLI (Elect.) refresher course and ALP conversion (Dsl. to

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What is an ‘A’ class line, or a ‘Q’ class line, etc.?
June 28, 2019

The permanent way sections are classified by IR according to the maximum speed (or more precisely, the maximum speed proposed for the immediate future) that the tracks are capable of supporting. In most cases this classification is more an indication of the priority of the route and IR's plans for it in the future, rather than an indication of the

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Where are the loco sheds, workshops, and trip sheds?
June 22, 2019

Western Railway Shed Type Loco / MU's Comments Ratlam Diesel WDS-6, WDM-2, WDM-3A, WDM3-D, WDG-4 Formerly home for the double-headed diesel-hauled Rajdhanis' locos. Started receiving EMD locos from 7/13. Locos mostly serve on routes in Gujarat and down Konkan Railway. Vatwa (for Ahmedabad) Diesel WDM-3A, WDM-3D, WDG-3A,

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What about other articulated locomotives?
June 20, 2019

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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Which locos are the rarest ones on IR?
June 20, 2019

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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