And needless to say SC station continues to impress with its spic and span look. Hats of to those guys! Wish other large city stations would take cue..

Posted by Bharat Vohra on 2007 Jul 02 22:22:41 +0000

For exactly the same reason (forces created by slack) and as a general rule, 4 wheeler stock is never marshalled in a consist where it is between 2 8 wheelers. It is ok for 2 or more 4 wheelers to be between 8 wheeler stock but not for a single 4 wheeler. Of course all of this is almost irrelevant these days given that only block rakes are run by IR - as against mixed freights in the early days.

Posted by Bharat Vohra on 2007 Jul 02 22:20:26 +0000

That is because this small wagon cannot bear the buffing(slack-in and slack-out)forces when coupled in between two coaches/goods wagons and is prone to derail.It will be put behind a 75/100 kmph goods train after the caboose and yes,that unlucky driver has to not exceed 60 kph.They won't hook this wagon to stopping passengers even ! Most of these OHE cars are self-propelled.

Posted by Ashwanth on 2007 Jul 01 14:09:41 +0000

SKZR............Is there are OHE shed in SKZR?

Posted by Samar on 2007 Jul 01 08:06:06 +0000

This is part of the month long cleanliness drive launched by SCR on June 15. This snap features removal of a birds' nest from the catenary mast. The nest was abandoned and not actively homed though. The yellow pole is actually a combination of four smaller poles, covered by the yellow colored PVC insulating material. The top end had a metal hook to it and the base had a rubber grip.

Posted by Vrijilesh Rai on 2007 Jun 29 16:46:07 +0000

RMV = rail maintenance van. It is a glorified and self propelled trolley used by "gangs".

Posted by Gaurav Varshney on 2007 May 28 11:22:26 +0000

That's a Ballast Regulating Machine (BRM)

Posted by Gaurav Varshney on 2007 May 28 07:41:39 +0000

This is probably a Ballast Spreader cum Cess Compactor.The folding plates on the flanks are lowered to give the neat slope to the ballast on the "cess".

Posted by Khalid Kagzi on 2007 May 28 04:16:45 +0000

All credit for the so called derailment goes to the Gang which was doing the thermit welding, the removal of clamps resulted in the increased width of the track and the inevitable happened. At least it didn't derail when Bizzy Mishra, Pawan Koppa & I were near the truck !!! Dilip Setlur

Posted by Gallery Administrator on 2007 May 27 14:54:36 +0000

great shot! how you do you expect drivers to accelerate if tracks look this from this angle.

Posted by Aseem Johri on 2007 May 27 13:09:20 +0000