SEMI HIGH SPEED COACHES ROLL OUT BY 2017,JUNE

Rail Coach Factory (RCF), Kapurthala, has started manufacturing coaches, which are capable of running at the speed of 200 kilometres per hour (kmph). The first rake of 20 such coaches would be rolled out by June 2017.

RCF general manager R P Nibariya said the first four coaches - executive chair cars and AC chair cars two each - would be rolled by next month. As the signal distance for the high speed coaches would remain the same as is with other trains, special emphasis has been laid on the brake system to quicken and strengthen it. The coaches of Alstom-LHB configuration would now have stainless steel disc brakes, sintered pads and electro-pneumatically assisted brake system.

"BHEEM" EMDWGD 5

Diesel train for Indian Railways - the WDG5

These are the main pictures of # 50001, the model WDG5 train at DLW, Varanasi. At 5,500 HP, this is the most intense diesel train to be ever constructed in India. The train is prepared, with the exception of the RRT (Real Road Test) freedom from CRS. The train or the arrangement is named Bheem, after the solid Pandav sibling from epic of Mahabharat. The loco has a 20 cylinder EMD prime mover and an AC-AC transmission.

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Not Right Time for Bullet Train in India

Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train picks up speed

Source HERE

R98,000 crore venture to fabricate a 505-km slug train passageway was passed a year ago, no further dialogs had occurred. Slated to start in 2017 and be finished in five years, the task is said to be the response to tending to the developing weight on existing long separation trains, street transport and air go, as indicated by the Indian Railways.

VACUUM TOILET SYSTEM BY I.R (EXPLAINED)

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No more dirty tracks and stinking toilets in trains may become a thing of the past, Indian Railway has installed VACUUM TOILETS for the first time in the trains. The trail run is in progress, fitted in the A.C first class of DIBRUGARH Rajdhani with an approximate cost of 3 lakhs , these toilets are also equipped with BIODIGESTER.

                                               
The basic reason behind using a vacumm toilet is being eco- friendly as it consumes 80% less water than conventional(currently used) toilets in Indian Railway coaches. 

VACUUM TOILETS

 

Vacuum toilets uses an active vacuum instead of a passive siphon, when it flush, it opens a valve in the sever line or septic tank ( to biodigester in I.R coaches) , and the vacuum sucks out the excreta out of the bowl and into the tank. It takes very less water to clean the bowl for the next person. Most of the toilets uses only 0.5 to 1.5 liters of water as compared to 6 liters for a water saving toilet and upto 20 liters for conventional (old) toilets.

OUR VISIT TO RAIL COACH FACTORY, KAPURTHALA

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 

    Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala is considered one of the best manufacturing firms in entire Asia. The 

           technology used here is considered most advanced. R.C.F has been a great 

experience of our life .We are exposed to new  and advanced technology.

Our excursion, learning experience, comprehension of the INDIAN RAILWAYS, friendly nature of every one at the workshops and our incalculable inquiries being addressed and disclosed to, has all been conceivable due to the kind help and consolation of Mr Ashwani Kumar (C.I), Mr jagdish (MCM) Rail Coach Factory Kapurthala.

Much obliged to them, Thank you all that much. 

I am also much appreciative to my friend, Rail enthusiast Satish Maurya. 

For His extending cooperation and support.

With Regards 

Sandip Besra

TYPES OF COUPLING SYSTEMS USED BY "INDIAN RAILWAYS"

TYPES OF COUPLING SYSTEMS USED BY "INDIAN RAILWAYS" (BROAD GUAGE)

DRAW AND BUFFING GEAR ASSEMBLY

Draw and buffing gears are attached to the end of one  coach and this two gear mechanisms are made to suit two adjacent coaches into an uniform continuous movement. They also transform the hauling force from main engine to the following rake, draw gear is specialized for these purpose, where as the buffing gears are essential for maintaining a vibration less motion of a coach with respect to its former one.

                       

We have two different arrangements of draw and buffing gear assembly in ICF and LHB coaches. They are-

FOR "CONVENTIONAL" ICF TYPE COACHES

SCREW COUPLER IN ICF COACHES

Screw coupling and the side buffers serves the aforesaid purpose in case of the draw and buffing gears respectively in case of ICF coaches. Screw coupling not only gives the boost but also let two coaches to connect in the formation of a continuous rake. The two jaws of the screw on both sides are guarded with spring and rubber to minimize the vibration the hauling force produces. They are called the DRAFT GEARS.

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RAIL & LIFE (Stunning view of Parallel Rakes at Santragachi Station)