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  1. Ray

    Indian Military Trains

    This is a more romantic version of a Military Special. It is not all that smooth. There is a whole lot of travails involved.
  2. Ray

    Indian Military Trains

    Freight trains - general information Q. What are the typical freight loads carried by IR? IR carries the entire gamut of goods, ranging from parcel traffic and small consignments, agricultural products, raw materials like iron ore and petroleum, and finished goods like automobiles. Over the...
  3. Ray

    Indian Military Trains

    Additional notes Double-decker automobile carriers are made by Golden Rock workshops. These are coupled in 5-car formations similar to the CONCOR container consists described below (the middle three cars having low buffers). These are (confusingly) also classified BCCN. The A cars can carry 9...
  4. Ray

    Indian Military Trains

    BTFLNImproved frameless bogie tanker wagon, successor to the venerable BTPN (see above) [2004]. Used primarily for liquid petroleum products (petrol, naphtha, kerosene, diesel, furnace oil, etc.), and also for vegetable oil and other liquid cargo. The BTFLN wagon was developed by RITES in...
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    Indian Military Trains

    Gauge code M : (prefix) MG N : (prefix) NG Wagon type code B : (prefix) Bogie wagon (sometimes omitted) BV : Brake van V : Brake/parcel van (see above for brake van codes) O : Open wagon (gondola) C : Covered wagon (boxcar) F : Flat car FK : Flat car for container transport FU : Well wagon LA ...
  6. Ray

    Indian Military Trains

    @pmaitra, Where can I get the classification of various rakes and engines? Like C = Covered Wagon, and different type of engines have different nomenclatures WGD os something like that.
  7. Ray

    Indian Military Trains

    @pmaitra, Most of us in the Army call carriages as bogies, while you being a railway child would know better. In fact, I would be grateful if you post on the Railway thread photos and nomenclature of the various types of rakes (if that is the right term). I always found it interesting (and...
  8. Ray

    Indian Military Trains

    Things have improved since my time when I was in NDA. When we went home on term breaks, we went in Third Class compartments with wooden sleeper berths! and during my service, I have travelled, as a unit, in many military specials. They were not so fancy looking and were normal rakes, as in...
  9. Ray

    Indian Military Trains

    It is not that we don't want, it is the railways who churn up excuses and we cannot delay our movement since it is all taken as 'operational moves'. Of course, the Movement Dte should act, but then, it appears that Delhi inertia grips them too!
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    Indian Military Trains

    Indian Railways rolling stock [IRFCA] Indian Railways FAQ: Rolling Stock - I
  11. Ray

    Indian Military Trains

    Not in special trains. Given that the batteries would run low, I would rather sweat it out, than being asphyxiated! :)
  12. Ray

    Indian Military Trains

    They look pretty in pictures. I have much experience in travelling on these so called 'military specials'. The electricity does not last a day, the water finishes and it is a huge hassle to get the railways to have the batteries recharged and water filled since these are usually available on...
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