Question Paper – Apo ( Assistant Personnel Officer) of 11-10-2009

07-06-2022

Question Paper – Apo ( Assistant Personnel Officer) of 10-10-2009   Click Above or See Below PDF     Indian Railway Question

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Where can I find locomotives from India that have been preserved or restored outside India?
June 20, 2019

During the World Wars, many Indian locomotives were transferred to the middle East, Africa, and elsewhere to support British military efforts. Most of these locomotives of course do not survive now and may be difficult to trace. Details of these wartime transfers are found in works such as 'Middle East Railways' by Hugh Hughes as well as railway

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What is bio-diesel? What are bio-diesel locomotives?
June 20, 2019

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?
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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Where can I find plinthed or preserved locos in India?
June 20, 2019

Some information is provided below. Also see the locomotive lists which detail steam survivors in south Asia, preserved locos in Sri Lanka, etc., and also the industrial loco list which has information on many preserved locomotives in India and other south Asian countries. The page on steam locomotives and the current steam page have some more

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Were Garratts used in India?
June 20, 2019

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?
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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