I will say - By and Large, this could have been the fastest Disaster Recovery. Also to mention a major reason to resume operations, was the separated UP, DN lines. Else impact would have been more, leading to diversion, cancellation & re-sceduling

Posted by Vijay Aravamudhan on 2012 Jan 20 10:31:19 +0000

I am surprised as to how the wagons climbed. Dont they have the anticlimbing features enabled couplers, though they are not CBC.

Posted by Vijay Aravamudhan on 2012 Jan 20 10:22:07 +0000

VEry bad magnitude.....Guess, the LP may have been overspeeding, compared to the PSR on the curve

Posted by Vijay Aravamudhan on 2012 Jan 20 10:20:33 +0000

Dear Anish & Sachin bhai... Eventhough this is really a vey sad moment to see, but at sametime, a heartfelt thanks for you guys, to provide IRFCA, the 1st coverage of this accident. Take care

Posted by Vijay Aravamudhan on 2012 Jan 20 10:03:14 +0000

Seems that CBC couplers helped a lot in minimizing the magnitude of the derailment, if the rake would be a screw coupled one then wagons must be crushed into each other badly!

Posted by Ujjwal Kashyap on 2012 Jan 20 07:00:17 +0000

Nice coverage, rarely we get to see such cranes and equipments of IR

Posted by Ujjwal Kashyap on 2012 Jan 20 06:57:44 +0000

Feel sad to see so much of destruction and also inconvenience caused to passengers travelling by mail/express trains. Btw great coverage with nice captions too.

Posted by Arzan Kotval on 2012 Jan 20 06:44:41 +0000

If I can recall the last time IRFCA covered a mishap was when there a derailment in the Thull Ghats of GKP Express and no points for guessing who covered it. Brilliant work folks yet again

Posted by Trayambak Ojha on 2012 Jan 20 06:05:34 +0000

Great coverage. One must also appreciate the way railways has mobilized resources to normalize operations. I was also impressed to see the condition of crane, jacks and other equipments maintained so properly.

Posted by Anant K Singh on 2012 Jan 20 06:01:42 +0000

This arrangement is called synchronized jacks. The yellow items of top left are jacks (the protruding black parts are cylinders that move up). the panel on right is oil controlling valve chest with hand operated levers to operate the valves (Rectangular blocks) . the ports on side of panel are quick disconnect coupling that connect hose from panel to jacks and supply high pressure oil. One thing missing in this pic is an Oil reservoir and pump that pressurizes the oil to move jacks.

Posted by Anant K Singh on 2012 Jan 20 05:53:26 +0000