Question Paper – Compassionate Ground Appointment for JE in Civil Engineer Department (7.3.2019)

04-06-2022

Question Paper - Compassionate Ground Appointment for JE in Civil Engineer Department (7.3.2019)   Click  Above or See below PDF     Indian Railway Question

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

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 departmental duties as late as

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What driver vigilance or driver alertness systems are used by IR in its locomotives?
June 20, 2019

What driver vigilance or driver alertness systems are used by IR in its locomotives? Several loco classes have speed limiters with buzzers that go off when the prescribed speed is exceeded. In some cases these may also result in the application of brakes. Some WAP-4 locos have the buzzer system and it is set for a speed of 130km/h although they

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Where can I find pictures of various kinds of locomotives?
June 20, 2019

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 और रहस्यमयी जगहों पर

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I’ve heard that some locos have ‘cruise control’. What does this mean?
June 20, 2019

I’ve heard that some locos have ‘cruise control’. What does this mean? Some locomotive classes such as the WAP-5 and WAP-7, as well as the WAG-9, have controls in the cab that can 'lock' the train to travel at a certain speed (the speed at the time the control or button is set). The button is known as the 'BPCS' button. The computerized

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Does IR have push-pull operations?
June 20, 2019

Push-pull operations are seen in a few places. The Bangalore-Mysore Passenger has a loco at one end and driving trailer cab at the other end for true push-pull operation. The trailer cab is sometimes seen in the middle of a rake instead of the very end (Bangalore-Arsikere-Nanjangud Passenger) The 6057/6058 Sapthagiri Express between Chennai

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What’s the cause of the characteristic jerk or momentary loss of power felt when a WDM–2 accelerates?
June 20, 2019

What’s the cause of the characteristic jerk or momentary loss of power felt when a WDM–2 accelerates? The WDM-2 loco, like most diesel-electric locos, has several configurations of its traction motors that are used as the loco accelerates from rest (Series Parallel - Series Parallel Shunt - Parallel - Parallel Shunt, and weak field

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