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

Very well documented. Many thanks for sharing. Appreciate the efforts.

Posted by Jatin Bhavsar on 2012 Jan 20 05:16:50 +0000

Yes Vivek,it is indeed the OHE.5 OHE masts got uprooted.

Posted by Sachin Buddhisagar on 2012 Jan 20 04:28:17 +0000

Great coverage guys! Thankfully CR could route the Up traffic through the Dn line as the tracks are separated.

Posted by Vivek Manvi on 2012 Jan 20 04:08:55 +0000

Damn! Is that the OHE lying on the hillock in the foreground?

Posted by Vivek Manvi on 2012 Jan 20 04:04:04 +0000

A sad event on a very important main line. Well documented by Sachin and Anish. Thanks for sharing.

Posted by S. Srinivas on 2012 Jan 20 03:10:24 +0000

We can see the flood lights set up along the accident site - to enable round the clock recovery operations.

Posted by S. Srinivas on 2012 Jan 20 03:07:34 +0000

Superb photo-essay!

Posted by Shirish Paranjape on 2012 Jan 19 21:16:08 +0000

This is a 140 ton Gottwald breakdown cranes - the largest on Indian Railway. Originally six were ordered - how many are there on the network now?

Posted by Harsh Vardhan on 2012 Jan 19 20:32:33 +0000